Concerning special education funding.

 S-0962.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5263

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen, Braun, Bateman, Chapman, Conway, Dhingra, Frame, Krishnadasan, Liias, Nobles, Orwall, Salomon, Shewmake, Stanford, Valdez, and C. Wilson)

READ FIRST TIME 01/31/25.

AN ACT Relating to special education funding; amending RCW 28A.150.390 , 28A.150.392 , 43.216.580 , and 28A.150.560 ; adding new sections to chapter 28A.155 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that students receiving special education services are entitled, under both federal and state law, to a free appropriate public education that enables their full participation.

The legislature finds that special education is part of the state's statutory program of basic education that is deemed by the legislature to implement Article IX, section 1 of the state Constitution.