2SSB 5593: Improving equity in the transfer of student data between K-12 schools and institutions of higher education.
Signed into law: Chapter 406, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Liias
- Introduced
- January 27, 2023
- Status
- C 406 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (May 9, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires institutions of higher education to enter into data-sharing agreements with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to facilitate the transfer of high school student directory information for purposes of informing students about postsecondary educational opportunities. Requires school districts to annually transmit directory information for all enrolled high school students to the OSPI and directs the OSPI to make that information available to institutions of higher education. Directs the OSPI to identify a process for making information about a student's enrollment in an institution of higher education available to the student's school district.
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Floor votes
- House: 687 Rude Pg 1 Ln 13 · April 12, 202345 yea · 52 nay · 1 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 12, 202389 yea · 8 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 19, 202341 yea · 8 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202340 yea · 8 nay · 1 not voting
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