Washington Changes To Special Education Funding Initiative (2020)

Washington Changes to Special Education Funding Initiative
Election date November 3, 2020
Topic Education
Status Not on the ballot
Type State statute	Origin Citizens
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The Washington Changes to Special Education Funding Initiative (#1689) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 3, 2020.

This initiative would have changed special education funding requirements and how special education funding is calculated.^[1]

Text of measure[edit]

Full text[edit]

• Initiative 1689 full text

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

The state process[edit]

In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People 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 direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.

The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2020 ballot:

• Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
• Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 2020.

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 for 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[edit]

• Richard Pope filed the initiative on February 7, 2020.^[1]
• Proponents did not submit signatures for the initiative by the deadline on July 2, 2020.^[1]

See also[edit]

2020 measures 2020 ballot measures Education on the ballot 2020 petition deadlines

Washington Washington ballot measures Washington initiative laws

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External links[edit]

• Washington Secretary of State: Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2020
• Initiative 1689 full text

Footnotes[edit]

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