WA SB6247

Educational service districts must provide financial oversight to school districts showing indicators of financial distress, including significant decreases in reserved fund balances, and must attend all board meetings and conduct detailed budget reviews for districts in binding conditions under RCW 28A.505.110

Suspected acts of financial malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance identified during oversight must be reported to the state auditor for transmittal to the attorney general

School board directors must complete both cultural competency training and new financial management training (covering budgeting, accounting, and financial health fundamentals) once per term, beginning in 2027

Directors, officers, or employees who knowingly violate budget appropriation limits face civil liability, forfeiture of position, and permanent bar from employment at any public school, school district, or educational service district in Washington

State must reimburse school districts up to $750,000 for damages not recovered through judgment or insurance when the attorney general pursues legal action for financial misconduct by district personnel