State of WaStE

Update Jan 29,2023

Should be some exciting public testimony this week.  Lot of testimony against bills that the committees passed anyway.  Will they do it again?  Highly likely.

January 22, 2023 Update

Bills moving out of committee.  May have some floor votes soon.

January 15, 2023 Update

Lots of stuff happening last week and even more coming.  Two pages of Education bills.

2023 Legislative Begins

The 2023 legislation starts tomorrow and some interesting bills have been pre-filed.  Here is a quick look at the pre-filed bills that pertain to education.  

Spin on a report from OSPI

I found this really funny how the state tries to spin things instead of being transparent.  
◈https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAOSPI/bulletins/32c1dfc
◈https://crosscut.com/news/2022/02/how-many-students-did-wa-public-schools-lose-during-pandemic
 

Mar 13, 2022 Update

This is the end of the 2022 Legislative session.  Nothing exciting for education but a couple of surprises for bills that did not pass.

March 6, 2022 Update

Four more days in the legislative session.  A couple bills stalled.

February 28 Update

Very few bills moving through, but interesting debate.

February 20, 2022 Update

The deadline to pass one chamber has gone by  HB 1162 made the cut this week.  Now a lot of bills are in executive session this week.  

Feb 13, 2022 Update

Approaching the Feb 15th deadline for passing a bill out of chamber.