By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org   Four days remain in the 2026 legislative session, with lawmakers planning to end on time – March 12 by midnight. They will leave town passing supplemental operating, capital and transportation budgets, hundreds of bills, and a tax on millionaires – ostensibly to support public schools and other priorities, but with specific carve-outs and earmarks funding many things, but not K-12…

By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org As reported last week, both the House and Senate Democratic budget chairs released their proposed supplemental budgets for operations, construction, and transportation. Despite an uptick in projected revenue collections for the current biennium (ending June 30, 2027) and the next biennium (July 1, 2027 – June 30, 2029), both operating budgets…

From: Washington State PTA President and Advocacy Director   Date: February 18, 2026  Dear PTA Members,  If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve likely heard about SB 6346 and HB 2724 – commonly called the “Millionaires Tax.” These bills propose a 9.9% tax on individuals with annual adjusted gross income over $1 million, affecting an estimated one-half of one percent of Washington households. With…

By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org   Monday, February 9th, was the cutoff by which bills needed to pass out of fiscal committees to remain under consideration this session (See the list of bills that failed to make the deadline towards the end of the report). The House and Senate worked through the week, including a couple of late nights, and the House worked…