Help decide our legislative priorities. Proposals are due JUNE 1 State board of education needs your feedback on waivers ( survey ) 2 n...

District-Level Race to the Top to Focus on the Classroom, Provide Tools to Enhance Learning and Serve the Needs of Every Student - 2012 C...

High-schoolers should register NOW to vote this summer and fall. Register online If you (or your child) will be 18 by Election Day, you ...

Washington has slight edge in science scores, but gaps continue Not much movement since 2009 ... 29 percent not basic; 36 percent basic; ...

Help decide Washington State PTA’s legislative priorities ·          2012-13 Platform: Information & Proposal Form Reminder: ALL...

Subsidizing staff salaries ... Equitable educational opportunities ... Aligning sleep requirements to school start times ... Arts education...

Washington State PTA advocates for the well-being and education of all children. We went into the December 2011 special session with a simp...

Keeping kids safe is a fundamental principle of PTA and the link between poverty and poor educational outcomes to violence and gang-related...

It took two special sessions, but at the end of the day – or in this case the all-nighter – state legislators crafted a budget that helps p...

Tele townhall on early learning Wednesday, April 11 from 12-1 p.m. 888-863-6102 - Increasing access to high quality early learning prog...

Special session ends at midnight tonight. Still no budget deal as day ends, but lawmakers continue to negotiate  (from TVW - Monday night...

Please contact your legislators and let them know if you support- TAKE ACTION - Highlights (viewed through the PTA filter): Continues ...

BOTTOM LINE: KIDS NEEDS ARE STILL IN LIMBO And the state still hasn't figured out HOW it is going to pay for K-12 increases mandated b...

BUDGET ACTION The House will be voting on its version of the supplemental operating budget. ESHB 2127 has been moved to the short list o...

TAKE ACTION - Gregoire pushes compromise; says it is an all-in-one proposal EXCERPT: “Gregoire said there are six major issues still at ...

RESOLUTIONS UP FOR CONSIDERATION: Arts education - updates language, scope Sleep requirements aligned to school start times - new Subsi...

Big news for the early learning folks: new guidlines are available. Please note the guidelines are birth through third grade and reflect th...

BUDGET UPDATE Various proposals Leaders from the parties and respective chambers should be negotiating a supplemental budget. Last week ...

WSPTA neither supports or opposes; is evaluating and cites concerns - NOTE: This bill was heard in January by the Senate Early Learning ...

The Senate passed a budget around 1 a.m. last night, using a procedural move to consider a proposal that did not move out of the Senate Way...