Washington Changes to Special Education Funding Initiative (2019)

Washington Changes to Special Education Funding Initiative
Election date November 5, 2019
Topic Education
Status Not on the ballot
Type State statute	Origin Citizens
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The Changes to Special Education Funding Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 5, 2019.

The initiative would have changed special education funding requirements.

Two versions of the initiative were filed: initiatives #1656 and #1663. Initiative #1663 was the final updated version of the initiative that proponents planned to circulate.

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of Initiative 1663 can be found here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

The state process

In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirectly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the Legislature in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for indirect initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the regular session at which their proposal would be presented to lawmakers. Signatures must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the beginning of the legislative session in the year of the targeted election.

The requirements to get an Initiative to the Legislature certified for the 2019 ballot:

• Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
• Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was January 4, 2019.

The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified to appear before the legislature. If the legislature does not approve the measure, it is certified to appear on the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.

Details about this initiative

• Richard Pope submitted initiative version #1656 on January 7, 2019. Pope submitted a final corrected version, Initiative 1663, on February 28, 2019.
• Signatures for the initiative were not submitted before the deadline on July 5, 2019.

See also

2019 measures

• 2019 ballot measures
• Education on the ballot
• 2019 petition deadlines

Washington

• Washington ballot measures
• Washington initiative laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Initiative #1663 Full Text