Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

We know, we know…hundreds of you just completed a survey this winter for us about your job satisfaction and working conditions. Why are we back...

Session has concluded, and the Governor has acted. Below is a brief summary of pension, health care, and other benefit legislation that will impact school...

ESB 5175 passed this last legislative session, allowing a district to offer a principal a contract of up to three years if certain conditions are...

OSPI, the State Board of Education, and the Washington Student Achievement Council held a webinar this week where they shared updates on new legislation related...

As a 2022 interim project, Senator Lisa Wellman (D-Mercer Island), Chair of the Senate Committee on Early Learning and K-12 Education, asked committee staff to...

The House and Senate pounded their gavels one last time on Sunday, April 23, as they declared “Sine Die” for the 2023 Legislative session. This...

Sine Die approaches and a sense of glee and panic pervades the air as multiple bills either pass or fail to advance. Concurrence, recession, and...

As Sine Die approaches, the legislature will go ‘dark’. Negotiations between both chambers, caucus members, the Governor’s office, and legislature leadership will be taking place...

Just ten more days of this year’s legislative session remain. All policy bills had to pass off the floor of the opposite house by April...