Friday, November 18, 2016

ESSA Draft Consolidated Plan Outreach

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Shape your public education system for years to come by providing feedback on Washington’s ESSA draft Consolidated Plan, through the Offic...
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Social Emotional Benchmarks Report

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Washington State PTA has worked on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) as a top legislative priority for several years*. During the 2015-17 bi...
Friday, October 28, 2016

Newly Added Resolutions

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Greetings fellow advocates of Washington State PTA. As you know, WSPTA recently voted on our short-term (two-year) platform for the upcomi...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

2016 Post Legislative Assembly Summary

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Greetings Washington State PTA Advocates! Thank you to all those who attended and participated in this weekend's 38th Annual Legislati...
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Friday, October 7, 2016

Supreme Court Announces Decision on McCleary Lawsuit

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The Supreme Court announced yesterday that the State had failed to submit a complete plan for achieving full compliance with its constituti...
Friday, September 23, 2016

National PTA Commends House Passage of Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Sept. 22, 2016)—The following statement can be attributed to National PTA Vice President of Advocacy Shannon Sevier: ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Expanded Learning Parent/Guardian Survey

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The Expanded Learning Opportunities Council would like your input on expanded learning opportunities. Survey data will be used for council ...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

National PTA Applauds House Education and Workforce Committee Passage of Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Sept. 15, 2016) — Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce passed the Suppo...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Supreme Court Hears Arguments to Lift State Sanctions, Threaten More Sanctions

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The Washington State Supreme Court heard arguments today from attorneys representing the State and the McCleary plaintiffs to assess whet...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Tele-Town Halls on K-12 Education

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The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and Ready Washington invite you to join a telephone town hall meeting about Washi...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

USDA Releases Final Rules on Wellness Policies, Smart Snacks & More

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Action for Healthy Kids  has provided a summary of the  United States Department of Agriculture  (USDA)  press release  on final rules on ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Quick Survey from National PTA on Education Issues

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National PTA President Laura Bay requests your participation in a Department of Education online survey (it’s only 5 questions!) on the m...
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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Low Turnout, Crowded Races: Primary Election 2016

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With a dismal voter turnout, Tuesday's primary results provide only a brief glimpse into what may happen in November’s general electio...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

McCleary Update: Supreme Court's July 14 Order

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You may be aware that today the Supreme Court issued an Order in the McCleary case setting a hearing for September 7, 2016.  Click here f...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Ed Funding Task Force Sets Interim Schedule, Topics to Start

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Members of the eight-member Joint Legislative Education Funding Task Force created by ESSB6195 during the 2016 session decided they would...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

2016 Legislative Session Summary

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When legislators convened for the start of the 2016 session on January 11, everyone expected lawmakers to finish on time or even a little e...
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