Greetings
folks,
The Day
has come. The end is near for your bills that are stuck in House
Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means. Yes, at 5PM today, the Grim
Reaper of legislation cuts a wide swath through Olympia and reduces the chance
of many bills from moving forward. Please note, just like “The Walking
Dead” *season started Sunday!* some of these bills may come back to
life, especially if they are determined to be necessary to implement the
budget… if there is one.
Right
now, however, it is a waiting game and we will issue a new list of bills that
are on the Senate and House Rules Calendar tomorrow. As we wait to hear,
we have the E-Wire to keep you company. Sadly, slow news day folks, not
much today.
Maybe I
can sneak out to a few hearings and live blog from there if things slow down
here?
Top
Graphic of the Day: Common Core – state of the states
New
York Education Commissioner slows Common Core rollout for high school students
State
Auditor’s office says Washington can do better managing Foster children
caseload http://kplu.org/post/audit-wash-state-can-do-more-help-families-who-adopt-foster-kids
with a follow up from John Stang of Crosscut http://crosscut.com/2014/02/11/Kidsatrisk/118702/how-state-can-help-foster-care-adoption-troy-kelly/
Representative
Hawkins “Apple a Day” Nutrition bill becomes a field trip experience for his young
constituents
Senator
Baumgartner’s Tuition Bill (now study) needs to show answers says the Spokesman
Review
More on
Representative Hans Zeiger’s Social Impact Bonds
The
Paul Allen Awards for tech teaching innovation
Snow
Days – really don’t affect much apparently
More
manufacturing jobs mean a change in efforts to train students for technical
jobs in the workforce
Utilizing
tech in low income schools to jumpstart achievement
The
E-Wire is written by PTA Legislative Staff and Edited by Legislative Director
Sherry Krainick. Have any thoughts or suggestions? Write us! PTALEGDIR@wastatepta.org
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