2SSB 6062 -
By Committee on Education
ADOPTED 03/07/2014
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 It is the legislature's intent to improve
the transparency of certain public school data and expenditure
information that may currently be available as a public record but is
not easily accessible to the general public. For example, there is not
a consistent policy for providing easy access to information about
either public school employee collective bargaining agreements or
associated student body program funds.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 28A.320
RCW to read as follows:
Each school district, charter school, and state-tribal compact
school must publish on its web site a copy of its public school
employee collective bargaining agreements by September 1, 2014, and
thereafter must update the web site within thirty days of approval,
renewal, or amendment of any such agreement.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 28A.325
RCW to read as follows:
(1) Each school district that has an associated student body
program fund must publish the following information about the fund on
its web site:
(a) The fund balance at the beginning of the school year;
(b) Summary data about expenditures and revenues occurring over the
course of the school year; and
(c) The fund balance at the end of the school year.
(2) The information under this section must be published for each
associated student body of the district and each account within the
associated student body program fund.
(3) If the school district web site contains separate web sites for
schools in the district, the information under this section must be
published on the web site of the applicable school of the associated
student body.
(4) No later than August 31, 2014, school districts must publish
the information under this section on their web sites for the 2012-13
and 2013-14 school years. School districts must add updated annual
information to their web sites by each August 31st, except that school
districts are only required to maintain the information on the web site
from the previous five years."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Replaces all provisions of the underlying bill with the
following:
Declares legislative intent to improve transparency of certain
public school data and expenditure information that may be available as
a public record but is not easily accessible to the general public.
Requires each school district, charter school, and state-tribal
compact school to publish a copy of its public school employee
collective bargaining agreements on its web site by September 1, 2014,
and thereafter must update the web site within 30 days of approval,
renewal, or amendment of such an agreement.
Requires each school district with an Associated Student Body (ASB)
program fund to publish on its web site the beginning and ending fund
balances and summary expenditures and revenues over the course of the
school year. Requires this information for each ASB and each account
within the ASB fund. If the district web site contains school web
sites, requires the information on the web site of the applicable
school. Requires districts to publish the information for the 2012-13
and 2013-14 school years by August 31, 2014, and add updated annual
information by each August 31st, except that only information from the
previous five years is required to be maintained on the web site.