Passed by the Senate March 11, 2014 YEAS 47   ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 7, 2014 YEAS 91   ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6062 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/14.
AN ACT Relating to providing internet access to public school data and expenditure information; adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.325 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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.