6194-S2 AMS CONW MIEL 002

2SSB 6194 - S AMD 523

By Senators Conway, Keiser, Jayapal, Darneille

NOT ADOPTED 01/20/2016

    On page 1, after line 14, insert the following:

     "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that it has yet to fully fulfill its basic education obligations under McCleary v. State, Supreme Court No. 84362-7.  While the legislature recognizes the importance of providing educational stability to the students who had previously attended charter schools prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling, it is also the intent of the legislature to recognize the state has an equally important obligation to the over one million students in our public schools who continue to wait for the state to provide them with the educational opportunities guaranteed by the state constitution."

EFFECT:  Provides legislative intent recognizing the importance of providing educational stability to the students who had previously attended charter schools prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling and also recognizing that the state has an equally important obligation to the over one million students in our public schools who continue to wait for the state to provide them with the educational opportunities guaranteed by the state constitution.

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