ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5235
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senators Wellman, Harris, Nobles, Saldaña, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/14/25. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
AN ACT Relating to repealing and reorganizing outdated statutes concerning public schools; amending RCW 28A.175.145 and 28A.235.120 ; adding a new section to chapter 28A.235 RCW; recodifying RCW 28A.623.030 ; and repealing RCW 28A.335.300 , 28A.415.315 , 28A.415.330 , 28A.415.380 , 28A.600.045 , 28A.605.040 , 28A.623.005 , 28A.623.010 , 28A.623.020 , 28A.625.100 , 28A.625.110 , 28A.625.150 , 28A.630.198 , 28A.630.810 , 28A.655.071 , 28A.655.130 , and 28A.655.280 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.175.145 and 2022 c 75 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a) Subject to funds appropriated for this purpose or otherwise available in the account established in RCW 28A.175.155 , beginning in the 2011-12 school year and each year thereafter, a high school that demonstrates improvement in its dropout prevention score compared to the baseline school year as calculated under RCW 28A.175.140 may receive a PASS program award as provided under this section. The legislature intends to recognize and reward continuous improvement by using a baseline year for calculating eligibility for PASS program awards so that a high school retains previously earned award funds from one year to the next unless its performance declines.