Bill > HB1289

This bill creates a comprehensive voluntary online survey system aimed at gathering feedback about the Washington public school system from parents and guardians. Educational service districts will jointly develop and maintain an annual online survey that allows families of current and former students to provide insights about their satisfaction with public education, their overall experience, reasons for student enrollment or disenrollment, and suggestions for improvement. The survey will use statewide student identifiers to track responses and will be limited to one survey per student per school year. Beginning September 1, 2025, the survey will be hosted on educational service district websites and distributed annually to school districts, public schools, and the superintendent of public instruction. The survey responses will be anonymized and can be disaggregated by various student categories, reasons for disenrollment, and transfer types. The educational service districts will collaborate with the superintendent's office to create a publicly accessible summary of survey responses that can be sorted by various criteria. The bill ensures compliance with federal and state student privacy laws and requires schools to share the survey link with parents and guardians through existing communication channels. The ultimate goal is to provide a systematic method for gathering constructive feedback to help improve the public school system.

Education

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1289&Year=2025&Initiative=false