Concerning rail dependent uses for purposes of the growth management act and related development regulations.

Authorizes a county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade mountains that has both a population of at least four hundred thousand and a border that touches another state, and any city in the county, to adopt development regulations to assure that agriculture, forest, and mineral resource lands adjacent to short line railroads may be developed for freight rail dependent uses.

Authorizes a county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade mountains that has both a population of at least four hundred thousand and a border that touches another state, and any city in the county, to: (1) Include development of freight rail dependent uses on land adjacent to a short line railroad in the transportation element required by RCW 36.70A.070; and

Cleaning up contaminated sites across Washington.

Concerning negligent entrustment by rental car agencies.

Addressing the siting of schools and school facilities.

States that the growth management act does not prohibit: (1) A county from authorizing the siting of a school in a rural area that serves students that reside in an urban growth area or a local jurisdiction from extending public facilities and utilities to serve a school sited in a rural area if certain requirements are met; or

(2) Either the expansion or modernization of an existing school in a rural area or the placement of portable classrooms at an existing school in a rural area.

Transitioning The Evergreen State College to a private four-year institution of higher education.

Requires the board of trustees of The Evergreen State College to: (1) In consultation with the office of financial management, develop a plan to transition The Evergreen State College to a private four-year institution of higher education over five years; and

(2) Beginning July 1, 2019, begin implementing the plan to transition the college to a private institution of higher education.

Concerning the Columbia river salmon and steelhead endorsement program.

Restoring the taxation of intangible property to provide additional funding for public schools.

Establishes the restore school funding through property tax fairness act of 2017.

Eliminates the exemption of intangible property from state property taxes.

Provides for the levy of a tax on certain intangible property.

Defines the types of intangible property subject to tax.

Provides tax exemptions and provides for the administration of the tax.

Concerning private school testing and graduation requirements.

Protecting information obtained to develop or implement an individual health insurance market stability program.

Exempts the following from public disclosure under the public records act, for the purposes of developing or implementing an individual health insurance market stability program, reports, data, documents, or materials: (1) That health carriers submit to or receive from the United States department of human and health services as part of a human and health services operated risk adjustment or reinsurance program; or

(2) That the state health insurance pool prepares for purposes of this act that are obtained by, disclosed to, or in the custody of the insurance commissioner.

Providing flexibility in high school graduation requirements and supporting student success during the transition to a federal every student succeeds act-compliant accountability system.

Finds that locally directed intervention strategies, including transition courses, opportunities to take more diverse assessments, dual credit courses, and more sustained focus on providing college and career guidance through students' high school and beyond plans, would better prepare students for postsecondary college and career opportunities.

Declares an intent to: (1) Move the statewide required assessment to the tenth grade for reading, writing, and mathematics; and

(2) Expand alternatives to the assessment when a student does not meet standard on the tenth grade assessment.

-- 2017 2ND SPECIAL SESSION --
Jun 13	First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.