Senate Bill 681 Summary

• Enacts agency policy directives for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, including modifications to Education Lottery Fund appropriations and elimination of certain reporting requirements to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

• Establishes advanced teaching roles program allowing highly effective classroom teachers to earn salary supplements up to 30% above the state salary schedule, with selection based on performance and additional responsibilities.

• Expands charter school enrollment priorities to include siblings applying in the same school year, preschool program alumni, and broadens definition of family relationships for sibling priority (half-siblings, stepsiblings, foster children).

• Requires one credit in arts education for high school graduation beginning with students entering sixth grade in 2022, with exemptions for students transferring in ninth grade or later.

• Clarifies that 911 Fund distributions may be used by cities or counties with military installation partnerships to establish next-generation 911 system compatibility, and modifies various reporting requirements across state agencies to streamline oversight committee submissions.