2561.E AMH MILO SNEL 091

EHB 2561 - H AMD 1661

By Representative Miloscia

    On page 3, line 25, after "(2)" insert "The department of commerce shall develop performance measures and targets. The performance measures and targets shall be tracked annually and a report shall be submitted annually to the legislature and the governor.

    (3)(a) All K-12 public school districts, public higher education institutions, and other state and locally owned public facilities, and public facilities owned by subdivisions of the state that receive grants in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more must apply to the Washington state quality award or similar organization for an organization-wide performance assessment within two years and a full assessment every two years for three years after receiving the grant thereafter, in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public entity.  Each K-12 public school district, public higher education institution, other state and local government, and subdivision of the state shall commit and plan to become a high performance, high integrity organization and reach a score of sixty percent in ten years. The performance assessment in this section must use the same criteria as the performance assessment program created by congress in 1987 which is managed and updated by the national institute of standards and technology and assisted by the American society for quality and with annual awards presented by the United States president or commerce secretary to enhance United States competitiveness and quality that includes identical criteria in the following categories for examination: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; process management; and results. Various accreditations are not equivalent to this quality assessment.

    (b) Washington state quality award application, assessment feedback reports, and corrective action plans shall: (i) Be posted on the websites of individual K-12 public school district, public higher education institution, other state and local government, and subdivision of the state, and on the Washington state general management accountability and performance website to insure public accountability, sharing of best practices among public agencies and adequate performance management improvement; (ii) be electronically sent to the Washington state auditor’s office to assist in its analysis of departmental performance data, performance measures, and self-assessment systems; and (iii) be used for identification of best practices for the chapter 43.09 RCW performance audits.  Public agencies may use grant funding for application fee and quality training.

    (c) State agencies shall monitor implementation and consider assessment results as criteria in grant funding.

    (4)"

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

    On page 7, line 16, strike "$858,500,000" and insert "858,425,000"

    On page 7, after line 16, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 303. FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

    Washington Quality Award Training

    The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:

    The appropriation is provided solely for training public agencies that are eligible to receive jobs act funding to manage organization assessments.

Appropriations:

     Washington Works Account -- State                    $75,000

     Prior Biennia (Expenditures)                               $0

     Future Biennia (Projected Costs)                           $0

          TOTAL                                           $75,000"

EFFECT:   Requires the Department of Commerce to develop performance measures and targets to be tracked annually and submit a report annually to the Legislature and the Governor.

           Requires K-12 public school districts, public higher education institutions, and other state and locally owned public facilities, and public facilities owned by subdivisions of the state that receive grants in the amount of $500,000 or more to apply to the Washington State Quality Award or similar organization for an organization-wide performance assessment within two years and a full assessment every three years thereafter.

           Appropriates $75,000 from the Washington Works Account, created in the bill, to the Office of Financial Management for the Washington State Quality Award, including training.

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