State of WaStE

What's going on in Washington State Education. A synopsis of current legislation affecting teachers.

Listen on:

  • Apple Podcasts
  • Podbean App

Episodes

Update January 14, 2024

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Sorry about some of the technical difficulties.  Had some things to work out.

April 23, 2023 Update

Sunday Apr 23, 2023

Sunday Apr 23, 2023

I will only be posting in YouTube next year.  Here is the link.  If at some point I get more subscribers, then I may return to the podcast format as well.
https://youtu.be/pJ5-zqAmUZU
Link to this episode
https://www.youtube.com/@stateofwaste1647/videos
Link to the channel
 

April 1, 2023 Update

Saturday Apr 01, 2023

Saturday Apr 01, 2023

Two bills fail to make it out of committee.  There was little support for them after public testimony but the Senate passed them anyway.  The House Education Committee actually listened to the public and they are "dead".

March 19, 2023 Update

Monday Mar 20, 2023

Monday Mar 20, 2023

A couple contentious public testimony sessions.  The push for inclusion of specific groups while excluding others continues.  Inclusion should mean all, but does not with some of these bills.

March 12, 2023 Update

Sunday Mar 12, 2023

Sunday Mar 12, 2023

See what bills made it through one of the chambers.  Some of these bills have already moved through committee.

Mar 5, 2023 Update

Sunday Mar 05, 2023

Sunday Mar 05, 2023

March 8th is the deadline to pass bills out of chamber.  Some bills are already speeding through the other chamber.  Ready to teach about Bone Marrow Donation?  Sounds like its coming.

February 26, 2023 Update

Sunday Feb 26, 2023

Sunday Feb 26, 2023

Fiscal policy cutoff has been reached.  Which bills will make it through the chamber of record and which will have to be reincarnated next year?

Feb 19, 2023 Update

Monday Feb 20, 2023

Monday Feb 20, 2023

Some bills are now "dead" and others were passed out of committee so they can continue to work on them.

February 12, 2023 Update

Sunday Feb 12, 2023

Sunday Feb 12, 2023

Last week for bills to pass out of the original chamber.  Executive session was pretty busy this week.  More to come this week.  Some of these bills are carving into the school day to make room for other activities.

February 5, 2023 Update

Sunday Feb 05, 2023

Sunday Feb 05, 2023

A lot of new bills introduced this week, some are on the fast track.  

Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.

Podcast Powered By Podbean

Version: 20240731