Greetings
folks!
Today the House and the Senate
are honoring our veterans by passing a series of bills that will improve access
to services and make exemptions to ease qualifying veterans into college.
The House has a series of bills
which are focusing on studying military children’s experiences in Washington
Schools with the intent of following up with services if necessary. They
are also passing out legislation that would give our veterans credit for courses
undertaken while in the military for licensing credential requirements and
college course credit.
The Senate, as promised by
Senator Bailey yesterday, would remove the one year waiting period for veterans
to gain residency in Washington. This is a BIG deal for
veterans who are wishing to make a commitment to remain in our community.
The bill passed the Senate last year, but died in the House Appropriations
Committee. Also not skipping a beat, the Senate is looking to win the
Friday by passing out their version of the Dream Act. It is up for
consideration right now. Here’s a few renditions on yesterday’s press
conference *which the E-Wire joyously attended and took pictures!!*
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022798311_immigranttuitionbillxml.html
For more cool news – onto the
E-Wire!
Top news for those of you
filling out the long forms – Doc Hastings and Jim McDermott sent word to House
Appropriations Committee urging them to extend the sales tax exemption credit
on the Federal Income Tax filings. The exemption expired on January 1st
this year. http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2014/01/30/reps-jim-mcdermott-doc-hastings-unite-behind-sales-tax-deduction/
Former PTA Leader Representative
Chad Magendanz is trying to crack this nut on college effectiveness in
Washington with
HB 2443 (look here)
->http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2443&year=2013
- Based on this article, http://hechingered.org/content/so-how-are-college-graduates-really-doing-a-few-schools-are-willing-to-tell-us_6544/
he will have a challenge ahead
of him – we wish him luck
Quillayute Schools try a new
model in Anti-Bullying Program Models
The Columbian thinks the rift
over McCleary between the Court and the Legislature might become nasty
The Feds are looking for a 50
state strategy for teacher equity
Lance Dickey on the Summer
Learning Loss - http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2022797763_lancedickiecolumnsummerlearning31xml.html
T/PEP Bill remains in Limbo in
the Senate – House members press Feds for Waiver - http://www.theolympian.com/2014/01/30/2958396/state-lawmakers-disagree-on-how.html
Poll shows many parents feel
they have no influence with their local school board
Seattle to get State’s first Charter
School
The Washington Post offers a
contrarian view on Common Core
And finally, candy snorting –
were not joking folks, it’s a problem – learn more here
http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/members/students-warned-about-dangerous-candy-snorting/article_062d80ec-8923-11e3-b87a-001a4bcf887a.html
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