Official Text and Analysis.

Establishes numerous new and modified duties for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), and the State Board of Education (SBE) related to the provision of public education to youth in or released from secure facilities.

A null and void clause was added, making the bill null and void unless funded in the budget.

(1) Adds the Child Study and Treatment Center of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to list of entities that are generally subject to provisions of the bill by including "child study and treatment centers" in the proposed definition of "institutional education facilities." (2) Adds a representative of the DSHS to the Institutional Education Structure and Accountability Advisory Group (Advisory Group) proposed in the underlying bill. (3) Excludes institutional education providers at facilities operated by or under the jurisdiction of the DSHS from rules related to mandatory reviews and assessments for admitted youth that the underlying bill obligates the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to adopt.

Authorizes institutional education students to count above one full-time equivalent (FTE) student for enrollment purposes, with amounts above one FTE to be used for participation in the dropout reengagement program. • Revises the definition of eligible student for purposes of the dropout reengagement program to include students enrolled in an institutional education program.

House concurred in Senate amendment(s).