To revise the powers, duties, and membership of the state board of education and the Washington professional educator standards board and eliminate the academic achievement and accountability commission.   Official Text and Analysis.

To provide that the state board of education has only eight members who are residents of the state of Washington. Makes changes to the election process of board memebers. Makes multiple changes to the duties of the board.

To allow the private school representative to be a full voting member of the board. (GORR 020).

To provide that each major caucus of the house of representatives and the senate shall submit a list of three names. The lists may not include the names of members of the legislature. The governor shall select a member from each list provided by each caucus. All members appointed by the governor shall be subject to confirmation by the senate. (GORR 015).

To add a representative of private schools to the State Board of Education as a nonvoting member except on issues pertaining to private schools, and provides for the election of that member. (S AMD 179).

To require that the Washington State School Directors' Association elect its members with geographic representation of the state. (S AMD 181).

To limit the term of the chair of the State Board of Education to two terms. (S AMD 196).

To require that the Washington State School Directors' Association elect its members with geographic representation of the state and representation by district size. (S AMD 198).

To require that WSSDA elect at least two of its members with representation by district size. (S AMD 203).

(GORR 011).

To prohibit the Superintendent of Public Instruction from serving as chair of the State Board of Education.

To revise the powers, duties, and membership of the state board of education.

By the House Education Committee, to not reconstitute the membership of the State Board of Education. Responsibility for administrator preparation and certification is retained by the SBE. The A+ Commission is eliminated in 2006 instead of 2005 and staff of the A+ Commission are not transferred to the SBE. The PESB retains responsibility for advising the Superintendent of Public Istruction on licensure revocations and suspensions. The SPI becomes a voting member of the SBE, and a legislative task force is created to study governance and report back by December 15, 2005.

By the House Appropriations Committee, to repeal the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission, the essential academic learning requirements and assessments, and establish an effective date of June 30, 2005.

To strike everything after the enacting clause and insert a new bill.

To strike everything after the enacting clause and insert a new bill.

But the Senate refused to concur in House amendments and asks the House to recede from amendments.

And the House agreed to recede from amendments.

To strike everything after the enacting clause and insert a new bill.

To retain the law that established the Center for the Improvement of Student Learning.

To concur in House amendments.

To revise the powers, duties, and membership of the state board of education.