WSPTA Bill Status Report – End of Week 4
Keep up with the bills and committee hearings related to WSPTA member-generated Legislative Priorities and long-term positions – see the attached report for our Bill Tracker for the End of Week 4.
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Legislative Session – Week 4 Recap
Friday, February 2 marked the first of many deadlines the Legislature has imposed to keep the flow of business moving forward to a March 8th finale. Tuesday, February 6 will be the next cutoff, when bills with a fiscal impact must have passed out of their respective budget committees. After Tuesday, action will turn to…
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Legislative Session – Week 3 Recap
A lively two-hour hearing on January 22 offered an opportunity for school district leaders and education stakeholders to address implementation issues with last year’s EHB 2242, the education funding overhaul bill that passed the Legislature with no time for review. View the Week 3 Recap here.
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Week 4 Legislative Bill Tracker
Keep up with the bills and committee hearings related to WSPTA member-generated Legislative Priorities and long-term positions – see the attached report for our Bill Tracker moving into week 4.
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WSPTA Testifies on Proposed Changes to the Education Funding Law
WSPTA Legislative Director Nancy Chamberlain and WSPTA Region 6 Legislative Chair Heidi Bennett testified before the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on four bills that proposed many changes to the education funding law passed last year. For a review of the WSPTA testimony click here.
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WSPTA Gives Testimony – HB 2698
Speaking on behalf of the Washington State PTA, Beth Sigall testified in favor of HB 2698, which would extend some of deadlines for paraeducator standards adopted last session, and fund $500,000 in training costs for paraeducators across the state. Standards for paraeducators is one of WSPTA’s Top 5 issues for the 2018 session. For more…
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Week 3 Legislative Bill Tracker
Week 2 of the Legislative Session saw the passage of the 2017-19 capital budget as detailed in the WSPTA weekly recap. Keep up with the bills and committee hearings related to WSPTA member-generated Legislative Priorities and long-term positions – see the attached report for our Bill Tracker moving into week 3. WSPTA Week 3
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Legislative Session – Week 2 Recap
The biggest news of the past week was the passage of the 2017-19 capital budget on January 18th. The logjam was broken when a compromise was reached among all four caucuses to overturn a Supreme Court October 2016 decision, informally called “Hirst.” View the Week 2 Recap here.
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Legislative Session – Week 1 Recap
When the 2018 session opened for business Monday, January 8th, the committee schedule left no doubt that this session’s pace would be more like the Fast and Furious and not Driving Miss Daisy. View the Week 1 Recap here.
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Week 2 Legislative Schedule and Bill Tracker
Week 1 of the Legislative Session was fast and furious! WSPTA members testified 4 times, and one of our top 5 Legislative Priorities, Breakfast After the Bell, was approved by the full House. Keep up with bills and committee hearings related to WSPTA member-generated Legislative Priorities and long-term positions – see the attached report for…
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