Encouraging community representation in education.

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5861

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Cortes, Conway, Hasegawa, Liias, Nobles, Valdez, and C. Wilson; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/26.

AN ACT Relating to encouraging community representation in education; amending RCW 28A.343.030 and 28A.343.050 ; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that students and communities benefit from school boards of directors that reflect the diversity of the communities and neighborhoods they serve. The legislature further recognizes that electing school directors from designated director districts promotes greater diversity on school boards. Therefore, the legislature intends to require all school districts with enrollments of 2,000 students or more to elect school board directors from designated director districts.

Sec. 2. RCW 28A.343.030 and 2015 c 53 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

21% Unlikely

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Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 42%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum +1 54/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 227 days quiet

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