Wednesday’s floor action in the House was set aside to run education-related bills. As of 6:30 p.m., the House had acted on 20 bills, with at least six still left on the bar when they broke for caucus in the evening. They reconvened about an hour later, and took up one education bill, followed by a series of other issues.
One of the most controversial bills passed out of the House today was E2SHB 1443. The debate raged over adoption of national common core standards. Last year, the Legislature adopted a bill that allowed OSPI to provisionally adopt the common core standards. If the Legislature doesn’t act to stop it, OSPI is allowed to adopt the standards.
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