WORKFORCE-RELATED BILLS
2008 Session
As of Sine Die (Final as session ended)

2008 Supplement Budget Details as sent to the Governor

Youth-Related

• HB 2679 - Education of Foster Care Students - Prime Sponsor: Rep. Roberts
  Creates programs to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• SHB 3129 – Online Learning Information - Prime Sponsor: Rep. Schmick
  Directs the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to compile information about online learning programs for high school students to earn college credit and to place the information prominently on its web site. Requires high schools to ensure that teachers and counselors have information about online learning programs for high school students to earn college credit and are able to assist parents and students in accessing the information.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• SHB 3374 – Skill Center Construction – Prime Sponsor: Rep. Fromhold
  Authorizes the State Finance Committee to issue $100 million in state general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements related to skill centers.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor
  
• SB 6261 – Adult Youth Research - Prime Sponsor: Sen. Kilmer
  Directs Workforce Board to research and evaluate work and learning programs for adult youth.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor
  
• 2SSB 6377– Career and Technical Education Programs - Prime Sponsor: Sen. Hobbs.
  Requires the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to develop a schedule for career and technical education plan re-approval. Requires OSPI to develop a list of statewide high-demand programs for secondary career and technical education. Requires all approved preparatory secondary career and technical education programs to meet specified minimum criteria. Requires OSPI to establish performance measures and targets and monitor the performance of career and technical education programs.  Requires the development of model career and technical education programs of study. Requires community and technical colleges to create articulation agreements with high schools and skill centers to offer dual high school and college credit for secondary career and technical courses. Creates the secondary integrated basic education and skills training (I-BEST) pilot project to integrate career and technical instruction, core academic and basic skills, and English as a second language, for secondary school students.  Directs the Workforce Board to create an in-demand scholarship program to attract students into high-demand fields. Requires OSPI to conduct a feasibility study to create technical high schools. Extends the reporting deadline of the CTE Curricula Advisory Committee to December, 2009.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• SB 6534 – Math Standards - Prime Sponsor: Sen. McAuliffe
  Establishes a process for the State Board of Education and the Office of Public Instruction to review and implement new math standards by September of 2008.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• 2SSB 6673 – Extended Learning Opportunities - Prime Sponsor: Sen. McAuliffe
  Creates the extended learning opportunities program and instructional support for students who are not on track to meet local or state graduation requirements.  Provides grants to middle schools, high schools, or skill centers, to develop or upgrade high-demand career and technical education programs.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

Adult-Related

• SHB 2582 – Child Care at Higher Education Institutions - Prime Sponsor: Rep. Roberts
  Encourages programs for high quality, accessible, and affordable child care for students at higher education institutions.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• HB 2641 – Higher Education Performance Agreements - Prime Sponsor: Rep. Jarrett
  Creates a pilot program to test performance agreements at institutions of higher education.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• 2SHB 2783 – Transfers and Academic Planning - Prime Sponsor: Rep. Wallace
  Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Board to convene a work group including representatives from the state board for community and technical colleges, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the council of presidents, two-year institutions of higher education, and four-year institutions of higher education to develop a plan to monitor the progress and success of transfer students and a detailed plan for developing and implementing a statewide web-based academic planning tool.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• SHCR 4408 – HECB Master Plan - Prime Sponsor: Rep. Wallace
  Resolves that the statewide strategic master plan update submitted by the Higher Education Coordinating Board be approved.
  Status: Filed with Secretary of State

• SSB 5104 – Applied Baccalaureate Expansion Prime Sponsor: Sen. McAuliffe
  Directs the SBCTC to select up to two colleges to develop and offer applied baccalaureate degree programs. At least one selected college must be a technical college.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• SSB 6751 – Unemployment Benefits for Apprentices - Prime Sponsor: Sen. Kohl-Welles
  Allows individuals who left work to enter certain apprenticeship programs to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

Industry-Related

• 2SHB 2815 – Green Jobs Training - Prime Sponsor: Rep. Dunshee
  Contains provisions authorizing labor market analysis, creating skill panels, and creating a green collar job training program to train workers for clean energy jobs. Directs the Workforce Board to create and pilot green industry skill panels
  Status: Chapter 14, Laws of 2008

• SSB 5254 – Industry Skill Panels - Prime Sponsor: Sen. Kilmer
  Directs the Workforce Board to establish industry skill panel standards that identify the expectations for industry skill panel products and services. Continued funding of particular industry skill panels is to be based on meeting the standards established by the board.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor
  
• SB 6295 – Worksite Digital Learning - Prime Sponsor: Sen. Kilmer
  Directs the Workforce Board to convene a work group on electronically distributed learning to (a) identify and evaluate current workplace-based educational programs; (b) review and establish standards and best practices; (c) recommend methods to increase student access and completion; (d) determine methods to increase the institutional supply and quality of open course materials and digital open textbooks; and (f) review and report demographic information on enrollments, retention, and completions.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• SB 6804 – Long-Term Care Worker Training - Prime Sponsor: Sen. Kilmer
  Provides capital grants for integrated long-term care worker training labs in the community and technical college system.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor

• SSB 6855 – CERB and Workforce Development - Prime Sponsor: Sen. Kilmer
  Requires applications for Community Economic Revitalization funds be approved by the political subdivision and supported by the local Associate Development Organization or local Workforce Development Council.
  Status: Delivered to the Governor