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The 4-day school week actually is a sort of shorthand for HB 1292, which would let several small school districts get themselves exempted from the 180-day minimum school year as long as they provide the required hours of instruction. A 4-day week is just one route.
Event Date: May 18
OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire today will take action on several bills.3 p.m. Gov. Gregoire to take bill action
Governor’s Conference Room
Legislative Building - 2nd floor
OlympiaGregoire will take action on the following bills:
Substitute House Bill No. 1103, relating to the estates of vulnerable adults.
Substitute House Bill No. 1239, relating to parenting plans and residential schedules in dependency proceedings.
Substitute House Bill No. 1292, relating to waivers from the 180-day school year.
Substitute House Bill No. 1749, relating to regulating the business practices of mortgage brokers for compliance with the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act of 2008.
Substitute House Bill No. 1758, relating to expanding options for students to earn high school diplomas.
Substitute House Bill No. 1869, relating to transparency of health care cost information.
Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1935, relating to adult family homes.
Substitute House Bill No. 2003, relating to the professional educator standards board membership and duties.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2035, relating to requiring registered sex and kidnapping offenders to submit information regarding any e-mail addresses and any web sites they create or operate.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2049, relating to personnel practices regarding exempt employment.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2075, relating to the excise taxation of certain products and services provided or furnished electronically.
Second Substitute House Bill No. 2106, relating to improving child welfare outcomes through the phased implementation of strategic and proven reforms.
Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 2227, relating to green jobs.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2245, relating to clarifying public employees' benefits board eligibility.
Engrossed House Bill No. 2299, relating to the formation, operation, and non-state funding of public facilities districts.
Substitute House Bill No. 2343, relating to achieving savings in education programs by revising provisions relating to diagnostic assessments, classified staff training, conditional scholarships, certain professional development programs, coordination for career and technical student organizations, and national board certification bonuses.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2344, relating to resident undergraduate tuition.
House Bill No. 2347, relating to the review of support payments.
House Bill No. 2349, relating to disproportionate share hospital adjustments.
Substitute House Bill No. 2356, relating to revising student achievement fund allocations.
Substitute Senate Bill No. 5410, relating to online learning.
Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5945, relating to creating the Washington health partnership plan.
Substitute Senate Bill No. 6016, relating to training for educators to identify students with dyslexia.
Senate Bill No. 6137, relating to common schools.
Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6158, relating to delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program.
