5395-S.E AMH KLIP MOET 216

ESSB 5395 - H AMD TO ED COMM AMD (H-4971.4/20) 2033

By Representative Klippert

NOT ADOPTED 03/04/2020

On page 6, after line 10 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. A new section is added to chapter 43.30 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The department, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of revenue, and the state treasurer, shall develop a program to permit parents and guardians who withdraw a student from a public school because of the provision of comprehensive sexual health education student's school, to receive funding, in the form of a voucher, for the education costs of the student, including for costs associated with tuition at a private school or home-based instruction. Funding provided to parents and guardians in accordance with this subsection (1) must be comparable to the per-pupil amount provided to schools for general apportionment under RCW 28A.150.260.

(2) The department may adopt and periodically update rules for the creation and implementation program required by this section."

EFFECT: (1) Directs the Department of Commerce to develop a program to permit parents and guardians who withdraw a student from a public school because of the provision of comprehensive sexual health education at the student's school, to receive funding, in the form of a voucher, for the education costs of the student.

(2) Specifies that the funding provided to parents or guardians must be comparable to the per-pupil amount provided to schools under general apportionment requirements.

(3) Authorizes the Department of Commerce to adopt and periodically update rules for the creation and implementation of the voucher program.

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