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WashingtonSB 53582025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade.

Sponsored By: John Braun (Republican)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More CTE funds to classrooms

Beginning July 27, 2025, when a district’s CTE funding is higher than its general education funding, it must use only that extra amount for CTE. Allowed uses include CTE staff pay and benefits, materials and operating costs, smaller classes, internships and preapprenticeships, new high-demand programs, coordinators and advisors, community partnerships, student fees for industry certificates, and course-equivalency work. The state also caps overhead on state-funded CTE at the lower of 5% or the federal cap in place on September 1, 2017. For accounting, middle and high school CTE are treated as one program for minimum spending, carryover, and recovery; this is only for accounting and cannot reduce program quality.

Sixth graders can try CTE classes

Beginning July 27, 2025, school districts may let sixth graders take exploratory career and technical education (CTE) classes. This opens earlier hands-on learning for middle school students. Sixth graders in these classes are not counted in the state CTE enrollment totals used to set CTE funding allocations. Check with your middle school to see what exploratory CTE options it offers.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • John Braun

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Adrian Cortes

    Democratic • Senate

  • Claire Wilson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Drew MacEwen

    Republican • Senate

  • Jesse Salomon

    Democratic • Senate

  • Leonard Christian

    Republican • Senate

  • Lisa Wellman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marko Liias

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mike Chapman

    Democratic • Senate

  • T'wina Nobles

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 1

House vote • 4/10/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 95 • No: 0 • Other: 3

Senate vote • 3/6/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 48 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 7/27/2025.

    4/22/2025Senate

  2. Chapter 134, 2025 Laws.

    4/22/2025Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    4/22/2025legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    4/17/2025legislature

  5. Speaker signed.

    4/16/2025legislature

  6. President signed.

    4/15/2025legislature

  7. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    4/10/2025Senate

  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    4/10/2025Senate

  9. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    4/10/2025Senate

  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    4/8/2025Senate

  11. APP - Majority; do pass.

    4/4/2025Senate

  12. APP - Executive action taken by committee.

    4/4/2025Senate

  13. First reading, referred to Appropriations.

    3/8/2025Senate

  14. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    3/6/2025Senate

  15. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/6/2025Senate

  16. 2nd substitute bill substituted.

    3/6/2025Senate

  17. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    3/5/2025Senate

  18. Minority; without recommendation.

    2/28/2025Senate

  19. WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    2/28/2025Senate

  20. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    2/28/2025Senate

  21. Referred to Ways & Means.

    2/13/2025Senate

  22. And refer to Ways & Means.

    2/12/2025Senate

  23. EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    2/12/2025Senate

  24. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

    1/20/2025Senate

  25. Introduced

    1/20/2025Senate

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