Committee documents & work session presentations can be found online after the hearing has begun via a link to committee meeting documents on
the Committee's website: http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/EDU
Most Senate committees now use an electronic committee sign-in program. To sign in for a bill you may use a web-enabled device to scan the code at
right or go to https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi.
You must be connected to the WSL Public wireless network. You may also use one of the public access terminals, which are located in the Cherberg
building hallway & hearing rooms, the 1st floor of the Pritchard Building, and in the Legislative Information Center in the Legislative Building.
John A. Cherberg Building
PO Box 40466
Olympia, WA 98504-0466
(360) 786-7420
Senator Steve Litzow, Chair
Senator Bruce Dammeier, Vice Chair
Senator Rosemary McAuliffe, Ranking Member
Washington State Senate
Early Learning & K-12
Education Committee
Live on TVW
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Tuesday
Senate Hearing Rm 1
February 2, 2016
J.A. Cherberg Building
1:30 p.m.
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing:
1. SB 6431 - Requiring a study of costs associated with maternity and paternity leave for K-12
teachers.
2. SB 6429 - Creating the sandman act.
3. SB 6415 - Concerning career and technical education materials, supplies, and operating costs.
4. SB 6469 - Requiring that cursive writing be taught in common schools.
Executive Session:
1. SB 6233 - Concerning freedom of expression rights of students at public schools and institutions
of higher education.
2. SB 6245 - Concerning visual screening in schools.
3. SB 6371 - Concerning the definition of "agency" for purposes of early learning programs.
4. SB 6408 - Concerning paraeducators.
5. SB 6455 - Expanding the professional educator workforce by increasing career opportunities in
education, creating a more robust enrollment forecasting, and enhancing recruitment efforts.
If draft bills, proposed substitutes, or striking amendments are to be heard, they can be obtained from
committee staff or on the committee's website,
http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/EDU/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
