SB 5189 — Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.

What this bill does

Defines "competency-based education" and directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to adopt rules authorizing full-time enrollment funding for students in qualifying competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to design and recommend a process for identifying and designating schools and school districts that are implementing competency-based education. Requires the OSPI to update the standardized high school transcript and directs the SBE to recommend a format for a competency-based education transcript that can be part of, or an alternative to, the standardized high school transcript.

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Floor votes

• House — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 15, 2025
  63 yea · 33 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 17, 2025
  44 yea · 5 nay
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 2025
  47 yea · 2 nay

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