WA Faces Revenue Decline in New Budget Outlook
By Advocacy Committee, ptaadvocacydir@wastatepta.org On March 18, the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council released the latest revenue forecast. The figures further worsened the state’s financial outlook, adding to an already projected operating budget shortfall of up to $15 billion over the next four years. The latest forecast projects nearly $900 million less for…
Week 10: Senate Advances Special Education Bill
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org Be sure to check out our comprehensive Week 10 Bill Tracker to see how bills we support have fared. Wednesday, March 12 was the deadline for bills to pass out of the chamber in which they began. The Senate celebrated the cutoff by passing E2SSB 5263 by a vote of 48-0…
Week 9: Spring ahead to the second half of the 2025 session
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org Be sure to check out our comprehensive Week 9 Bill Tracker to see how bills we support have fared. Last week, the Legislature crossed the half-way mark of the 105-day session, which means there is still a lot of time left on the calendar to advocate for priorities, share concerns, and…
Act Now: Attend town halls and demand legislators prioritize K-12 funding
Education Funding Crisis: Students across the state need your help! To invest in our future, we must invest in education, yet districts across our state are struggling financially. Funding from our legislature has not kept up with the true costs of education. Our students will continue to be impacted by the loss of staff, programs,…
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Week 8: Big 3 Reduced to Big 2 – Amounts Also Reduced
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org Friday, February 28 was the final day of consideration for bills that cost the state money to pass out of their respective fiscal committees. Both the House Appropriations and Senate Ways & Means Committees worked well into the afternoon Friday, while Transportation committees and the House Capital Budget Committee finished up…
WSPTA Awards of Excellence March 13 Deadline Approaches
All WSPTA Awards of Excellence are due March 13th. PTAs in Washington State are doing amazing things and WSPTA wants to see what you are doing and recognize your PTA for doing them. WSPTA Awards of Excellence are easy to apply for. Click here to learn more. Click here to apply. Categories include: Advocacy Award…
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WSPTA Testifies: Lowering the Thresholds
Advocacy in Action! WSPTA Board member Tori Emerson, a parent and educator in the 39th legislative district, urged members of the Senate Ways & Means Committee to pass SSB 5186, which would lower the threshold to pass bonds by a simple majority. Tori shared her frustration and concern about her school district failing five bonds…
First deadline signals end of the line for many bills, Big 3 remain alive
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org Over the course of the 105-day session the Legislature has set deadlines for bills to remain under consideration and possibly cross the finish line for signature by Governor Bob Ferguson. The first of these “cutoffs” was Friday, February 21st, when bills needed to pass out of policy committees. Bills with a…
National PTA dues increase effective July 1, 2025
Overview During the 2024 National PTA Virtual Convention, the voting body approved a $1 increase in the National PTA dues rate as proposed by the National PTA Board of Directors. Effective July 1, 2025, the new National PTA dues portion will be $3.25 per member. This includes any membership sold for FY2026 before July 1,…
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Learn More About the Community Your PTA Serves
PTA represents parents, caregivers, educators and communities of all children, which enables us to best achieve PTA’s mission to make every child’s potential a reality. Our collective backgrounds, perspectives and ideas allow us to create the strongest future and direction for PTA. To more effectively serve ALL children and families, we need to understand who…