Referred to the House Education Committee on January 8, 2018
Substitute offered in the House on January 18, 2018
Limits the fees charged to certain public and private school students for student identification cards and participation in extracurricular activities and career and technical student organizations.
Referred to the House Rules Committee on January 26, 2018
Amendment offered by Rep. Steve Bergquist (King) (D) on January 31, 2018
Makes the maximum fee limit for participation in Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) applicable only to students eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced- price meals (FRPM) program;
(2) Specifies that the maximum fee limitations do not apply to admission fees for events or the purchase of supplies required to participate in extracurricular activities or CTSOs;
(3) Changes the purpose of the PLAY grant to subsidizing small school districts unduly impacted by student identification card fee limits, rather than extracurricular activities participation fee limits;
(4) Reduces the maximum grant award per school district to two thousand, rather than five thousand, dollars per year; and
(5) Changes the organization required to contract with the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) for administration of the grant program from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Office of Financial Management (OFM).
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on January 31, 2018