WaKids

Governor/House: Funding is provided to continue the statewide administration of the Washington Kindergarten Inventory and Developing Skills (WaKIDS) and for one-time implementation and training grants for schools implementing the inventory for the first time in the 2016-17 school year. This step assumes the expansion of state-funded full-day kindergarten in the 2016-17 school year.
Senate: Funding is provided to continue the statewide administration of the Washington Kindergarten Inventory and Developing Skills (WaKIDS) and for one-time implementation and training grants for schools implementing the inventory for the first time. This step assumes the expansion of state-funded full-day kindergarten to 75 percent in the 2015-16 school year and fully-implemented in the 2016-17 school year.