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Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Legislative Update | March 6-10, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 10, 2023
On the morning of the house of origin cutoff, SB 5175 passed the Senate. Many thanks to all of you who engaged with your Senators...

Legislative Update | Feb 27 – March 3, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 3, 2023
We are halfway to the end of this year’s legislative session, and we are fast approaching the next legislative cutoff date when bills must pass...

Retirement & Health Benefits for March 3, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: March 3, 2023
Both houses were and remain in caucus or in debate on the floor, considering various bills on their respective calendars. Committee work will begin in...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 24, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 24, 2023
For an outsider looking in, it is extremely frustrating that much of the action that fine tunes/amends bills occur behind closed doors, out of sight...

Legislative Update | Feb 20 – Feb 24, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 24, 2023
As today comes to a close, so does another cutoff date. All bills with a price tag must be passed out of a fiscal committee...

SB 5085 and SB 5175. Why These Bills? Why Now?

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: February 23, 2023
For 51 years, AWSP has supported principals and assistant principals (the individuals) and the principalship (the profession) in the education of each and every student....

Legislative Update | Feb 13 – Feb 17, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 17, 2023
The first cutoff of this year’s legislative session is today, February 17, where policy bills must pass out of their committee of origin. The deadline...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 17, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 17, 2023
The focus is and will remain so for this week and next on moving bills through committee Executive Sessions to their respective Rules’ Committees. The...

Legislative Update | Feb 6 – Feb 10, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 10, 2023
This was essentially the last week that new policy bills were heard in committees as the cutoff for bills to pass out of committees of...

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