State Board of Education Resolutions
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2022 Resolutions
July 13, 2022 > Resolution Honoring Student Voice
SBE honors past, present, and future student Board members following the passage of SSB 5497 giving student members voting rights on the Board.
2021 Resolutions
March 11, 2021 > Resolution of Intent to Establish an Ethnic Studies Washington State Graduation Requirement
The State Board of Education is providing notice of its intent to establish an ethnic studies graduation requirement within the existing credit framework. The form this requirement takes will be developed by December 2021 in consultation with stakeholders, particularly students, their families, and educators who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Once implemented, the requirement will provide students the opportunity to receive their required academic content through an ethnic studies lens, while allowing for local flexibility.
March 11, 2021 > SBE Delegated Authority to the Executive Director
The State Board of Education delegates to its Executive Director the authority to grant waivers to public school districts, charter schools, and tribal compact schools as provided in Chapter 180-111 WAC if the waiver application meets the requirements of Chapter 180-111 WAC.
2020 Resolutions
April 8, 2020 > SBE Delegated Authority to the Executive Director
The State Board of Education delegates to its Executive Director the authority to grant waivers to public school districts, charter schools, and tribal compact schools under the Emergency Rules if the waiver application meets the requirements of the Emergency Rules.
2019 Resolutions
September 12, 2019 > Resolution in Support of Chronic Absenteeism and Trauma Supports
Washington State Board Member, Autymn Wilde, presented to the State Board of Education in July 2019 and presented this resolution in September that year to establish firm committment to supporting students experiencing chronic absenteeism.
May 8, 2019 > Resolution to Honor 2019 State Teacher of the Year Robert Hand
The Washington State Board of Education honors the outstanding work of Mr. Hand and other exemplary educators who remain dedicated to our most important endeavor: preparing all students for civic engagement, careers, postsecondary education, and lifelong learning.
March 14, 2019 > Resolution on the Mental Health of Students
The State Board of Education will work alongside the Association of Washington Student Leaders to develop a state-wide campaign to significantly improve mental health services in Washington’s K-12 public schools. The State Board of Education will actively engage partner organizations, state legislators, and the Governor to spread awareness and support of mental health action plans.
2018 Resolutions
July 12, 2018 > Resolution to Support Financial Education
The Washington State Board of Education encourages and supports further development of the required financial education offerings in grades 9-12 to better prepare all students for career, college, and life. The SBE also urges additional development of financial education offerings in grades K-8.
July 12, 2018 > Resolution to Support School Safety
The Washington State Board of Education urges the State Legislature and Congress to take action to reduce the availability of weapons to children and those who would harm them, and urges the state of Washington to invest in, promote, and support comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative strategies to prevent drug use, bullying, harassment, discrimination and violence in our schools so that all students have the opportunity to attend school, engage in the classroom, and achieve academic success for their future well-being. The State Board of Education values the whole child, relationships, and mental health. The SBE will actively seek student voice, listen to that voice, and value it by deliberately amplifying it in all of our school safety policy discussions.
May 10, 2018 > Resolution to Honor 2018 State and National Teacher of the Year Ms. Mandy Manning
The Washington State Board of Education honors the outstanding work of Ms. Manning and other exemplary educators who remain dedicated to our most important endeavor: preparing all students for college, career, and life.
March 6, 2018 > Resolution to Commemorate Mona Humphries Bailey
The Washington State Board of Education honors and commemorates member Mona Humphries Bailey. She is missed by us all and we won’t soon forget the imprint she left. We offer this resolution in recognition of her contributions to our Board and to our state.
2017 Resolutions
September 13, 2017 > Resolution on Undocumented Students
The Washington State Board of Education encourages the United States Congress to approve legislation to reinstate DACA, or another program, that not only would allow DACA recipients to live and work in the United States without fear of deportation, but also would provide a path for them to become United States citizens, and encourages all school districts to continue to serve undocumented students in good faith and without regard to legal status, in fulfillment of Washington State’s constitutional guarantee and consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Plyer decision.
May 11, 2017 > Resolution on Biology Graduation Requirement
The Washington State Board of Education respectfully asks the Legislature to act immediately, so that schools and districts are able to designate students from the Class of 2017 as eligible to graduate, even without passing the biology end-of-course exam, and will continue to make further recommendations on graduation requirements to the Legislature as necessary, or as new standardized tests are utilized by districts.
January 11, 2017 > Joint Resolution on Career Readiness
The Workforce Board and the Washington State Board of Education, along with partners and stakeholders, will work to align the education system to support all students becoming career ready
2016 Resolutions
January 11, 2016 > Every Student Succeeds Act Resolution
The Washington State Board of Education, in collaboration with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and other partners, will begin the process of revising the performance improvement goals contained in Chapter 180-105, toward the goal of creating a more meaningful framework for performance improvement goals-setting that maintains comparability across schools, but sets realistic targets and incorporates multiple measures of success, and establishes a goal of adopting revised performance improvement goals for implementation during the 2017-18 school year.
2015 Resolutions
January 8, 2015 > Position Statement on High School Assessments required for graduation
2014 Resolutions
September 10, 2014 > Resolution on the McCleary School Funding Decision and school funding proposals entertained during the 2015 Legislative Session
The Washington State Board of Education, in view of its statutory responsibility to provide strategic oversight of the public education system, voted to adopt a resolution suggesting guiding principles to the Legislature in the performance of its duties to ensure that ample provision is made for all students residing within its borders, in a general and uniform system of public schools.
March 6, 2014 > Resolution to Raise Awareness of School Discipline Concerns and Best Practices
The Washington State Board of Education encourages schools and school districts to review their locally collected discipline data and review and adjust their discipline policies and practices based on their local data, recognized best practice, and in light of the 2014 federal guidance.
March 6, 2014 > Resolution on the Federal ESEA Waiver Teacher Evaluation Requirements
The Washington State Board of Education calls upon the Legislature to resolve the issue of the student growth component of teacher and principal evaluations in a way that will allow the State of Washington to continue to receive a U.S. Department waiver of the requirements of No Child Left Behind while preserving the innovative Teacher and Principal Evaluation Program.
January 9, 2014 > Resolution to Approve Washington State Graduation Requirement Framework: Career and College Ready
The State Board of Education is approving an amended career and college-ready graduation requirement framework that will allow all students to pursue personalized post-secondary pathways. These post-secondary pathways will be locally determined, but must include at least the following options for high school and skill center students.
2013 Resolutions
November 15, 2013 > Anti-Bullying Resolution
The Washington State Board of Education supports the inclusion of students in the adoption or amendment of any anti-bullying policy or procedure as required by RCW 28A.300.285.
2012 Resolutions
September 27, 2012 > Native American Mascot Resolution
The Washington State Board of Education urges school districts to follow the principles outlined in the 1993 Board Resolution. Local district leaders are encouraged to review and reevaluate mascot policies that may have an adverse affect on Washington students.
July 12, 2012 > Accountability System Resolution
The State Board of Education will begin development and implementation of “Phase II” of the accountability system established under RCW 28A.657, will focus on revising the Achievement Index to incorporate student growth, and will establish a unified system for evaluating school and district performance in Washington state.
February 23, 2012 > State Accountability System, ESEA Flexibility Resolution
The State Board of Education will begin development and implementation of “Phase II” of the accountability system established under RCW 28A.657, will focus on revising the Achievement Index to incorporate student growth, and will establish a unified system for evaluating school and district performance in Washington state.
2010 Resolutions
November 10, 2010 > Resolution to Approve Washington State Graduation Requirements: Career and College Ready
The State Board of Education is approving a new set of career and college-ready graduation requirements. All students will be enrolled in a common pathway that will keep all postsecondary options open and will align with the Higher Education Coordinating Board’s minimum four-year public college admission requirements unless students substitute courses according to their High School and Beyond Plans.
2009 Resolutions
January 15, 2009 > Final Accountability Resolution
The State Board of Education will develop an accountability index to identify schools and districts based on student achievement using criteria that are fair, consistent, transparent, and easily understood for the purposes of providing feedback to schools and districts to self-assess their progress as well as to identify schools with exemplary performance and those with poor performance.
1993 Resolutions
September 24, 1993> Native American Mascot Resolution
The Washington State Board of Education requests school districts review and reevaluate their policies and practices in the areas of building names, mascots, logos, activities, events, portrayals of caricatures, and behaviors to ensure that such references and activities are free from bias and derogatory connotations or effects associated with race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.