Title Bill ID Year Branch Body
REPEAL EXEMPTION TO CHILD RESTRAINT LAW SB 227 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill; Representatives Vaad and Ryden are the House sponsors.  The bill repeals an exemption to state law on child restraint systems in motor vehicles that had been passed last year.  The law now requires all children under the age of 8 riding in the...

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS SB 80 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill; Representative Todd is the House sponsor.  The bill's original purpose was to expand strategies that schools could use if they were required by state law to implement turnaround plans because of persistently low performance.  However, the bill...

EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL ADVISORY TEAM SB 247 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill; Representative J. Kerr is the House sponsor.  The bill repeals the Early Childhood Council Advisory Team (ECCAT) from law.  ECCAT was created several years ago to develop applications and criteria for early childhood council infrastructure and to...

SUNSET REVIEW - PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOLS SB 240 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill; Representative Murray is the House sponsor.  The bill creates a process for the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) to do a review of the functions of the Private Occupational School Division and the Private Occupational School Board. ...

DISCIPLINE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS SB 133 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill, along with Senator Newell; the House sponsor is Representative Nikkel.  The bill creates a legislative task force to work with people who have knowledge and experience in school discipline and juvenile justice matters.  The task...

IMPROVING PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOLS HB 1126 2011 House

I am the Senate sponsor of this House bill sponsored by Representative Duran.  The bill encourages districts to implement a parent involvement policy that incorporates the best practices recommended by the State Advisory Council on Parent Involvement in Education.  In addition, the...

CHILD CARE CONTRIBUTION TAX CREDIT HB 1014 2011 House

I am the Senate sponsor, along with Senator Roberts, of this House bill sponsored by Representative DelGrosso.  The bill eliminates the ban on the child care contribution tax credit in any year that the state's General Fund increases less than 6 percent over the...

COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES SB 100 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill, along with Senator Keith King; it was sponsored in the House by Representative Murray.  The bill reauthorizes the Council of Higher Education Representatives, also known as the GE (General Education) Council.  The bill allows the...

SPECIAL ED STUDENTS HIGHER ED TRANSITIONS SB 70 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill; it is sponsored in the House by Representative Ramirez.  The bill requires the State Board of Education to work with an advisory committee to help students with disabilities transition from secondary to postsecondary education.  The...

EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS SB 69 2011 Senate

I am the Senate sponsor of this bill; it was sponsored in the House by Representative Massey.  The bill provides for state oversight of companies that manage charter schools.  Currently there are at least 19 of these management origanizations running schools in the state, and...