04/24/2025 01:30 PM Senate FINANCE

CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 57(EDC) am                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     "An   Act  relating   to  wireless   telecommunications                                                                    
     devices  in  public  schools;   and  providing  for  an                                                                    
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:34:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the committee substitute                                                                        
for CSHB 57(EDC)am, Work Draft 34-LS0064\O (Bergerud,                                                                           
4/24/25).                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:35:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
LIZ HARPOLD, STAFF, SENATOR DONNY OLSON, explained the                                                                          
committee substitute. She discussed the Explanation of                                                                          
Changes (copy on file):                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Title:  Adds references  to education  reports; charter                                                                    
     schools; relating  to the duties  of the  Department of                                                                    
     Labor and  Workforce Development; and  establishing the                                                                    
     Task Force on Education Funding.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Section 1: New  section. Amends 14.03.120 to  add a new                                                                    
     subsection  (k) directing  the Department  of Education                                                                    
     to  collaborate  with  the   Department  of  Labor  and                                                                    
     Workforce Development  to gather data progress  of each                                                                    
     high school graduating class in a district.                                                                                
     Section 2: New section.  Amends 14.03.250(a) to allow a                                                                    
     charter school application to be  submitted at any time                                                                    
     during a school year for  the following school year and                                                                    
     that  the   local  school  board  shall   announce  the                                                                    
     deadline for submission.                                                                                                   
     Section 3: New  section. Amends 14.03.255 to  add a new                                                                    
     subsection (e)  authorizing school districts  to create                                                                    
     simplified  procedures  for   the  renewal  of  charter                                                                    
     schools.                                                                                                                   
     Sections 4  6: Previous sections 1-3, renumbered.                                                                          
     Section 7: New  section. Amends 44.31.020 to  add a new                                                                    
     subsection (8)  updating the  duties of  the Department                                                                    
     of Labor and Workforce  Development to include tracking                                                                    
     progress of high school graduates.                                                                                         
     Section 8: New section.  Adds section to uncodified law                                                                    
     establishing  the legislative  Task Force  on Education                                                                    
     Funding.                                                                                                                   
    Section 9: New Section. Applicability of section 3.                                                                         
     Section 10: Previous section 4, renumbered.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Kaufman   wondered  whether   there  was   work  to                                                                    
reconcile  the  bill  with  potential  objections  from  the                                                                    
governor.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman  shared that there was  discussion with the                                                                    
other  body, but  did  not  believe that  there  had been  a                                                                    
dialog regarding a potential veto.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Kaufman  remarked that  the job  was done  until the                                                                    
bill avoided the potential line  item veto or no overturning                                                                    
of the potential veto by the legislature.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:37:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman WITHDREW  his  OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman explained the fiscal notes.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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1:50:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman  MOVED to  REPORT  SCS  CSHB 57(FIN)  from                                                                    
committee  with  individual   recommendations  and  attached                                                                    
fiscal notes.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Cronk  OBJECTED,  and  remarked  that  he  did  not                                                                    
appreciate  the lack  of  clarification regarding  amendment                                                                    
deadlines,  and  the overall  process  in  the committee  as                                                                    
related to the  bill. He REMOVED his  OBJECTION. There being                                                                    
NO further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:51:17 PM                                                                                                                    
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SCS CSHB  57(FIN) was REPORTED  out of committee  with three                                                                    
"do  pass" recommendations,  two  "no recommendations",  two                                                                    
"amend" recommendations; and two  new zero fiscal notes from                                                                    
the Department  of Education and Early  Development, two new                                                                    
fiscal  impact notes  from the  Department of  Education and                                                                    
Early  Development,  one new  fiscal  impact  note from  the                                                                    
Department  of  Labor  and Workforce  Development,  one  new                                                                    
fiscal impact note from the  Legislature, and one previously                                                                    
published zero fiscal note: FN 1(EED).