| Passed by the Senate March 13, 2008 YEAS 34 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 7, 2008 YEAS 93 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6426 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 27, 2008, 10:47 a.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 28, 2008 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2008 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/08/08.
AN ACT Relating to an interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1) The office of the superintendent of
public instruction shall convene and support a task force to review and
make recommendations regarding the interstate compact on educational
opportunity for military children. Education committee staff from
senate committee services and house of representatives office of
program research shall provide support to the legislative members of
the task force.
(2) The task force shall review the compact and issue a final
report on the following, at a minimum:
(a) Which components of the compact are currently being
substantially implemented in Washington and which are not;
(b) The implications of and the interplay between the compact and
applicable federal education law;
(c) The implications of and the interplay between the compact and
applicable state education law; and
(d) The legal obligations that the compact would impose on the
state if it were to be adopted.
(3) The task force shall also address any provisions within the
compact that raise concerns of the task force members and shall make
recommendations on how to address those concerns within the final
report.
(4) The task force shall include the following members:
(a) Four legislative members, including one member appointed by the
president of the senate from each of the two largest caucuses of the
senate, and one member appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of
representatives;
(b) The attorney general or a designee;
(c) A representative from the United States department of defense;
(d) The superintendent of public instruction or a designee;
(e) A representative from each educational service district;
(f) A superintendent from a school district with a high
concentration of military children; and
(g) A representative of the state board of education.
(5) Legislative members of the task force shall be reimbursed for
travel expenses under RCW 44.04.120. Nonlegislative members are
entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW
43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(6) The task force shall present its final report of findings and
conclusions, including recommendations for legislative action if
necessary, to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December
1, 2008.