Inslee spokeswoman Jaime Smith said the governor met Tuesday afternoon with lawmakers from both parties to hammer out a compromise that would make the change in order to allow the state to keep its waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law — and keep control over some $40 million that comes with the waiver.
The compromise will likely delay the move until the 2017-2018 school year and include a provision that voids the change if the state does not actually get to keep the waiver, Smith said.
Inslee, a Democrat, and Randy Dorn, the state superintendent of public instruction, were drafting a bill to be introduced this week, Smith said.
It is expected to win over enough Democrats to join with Republicans for the bill to pass.