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Kim Doughty, principal at Peter G. Schmidt Elementary School in the Tumwater School District, has been named the 2026 Washington State Elementary Principal of the...

Last week, I had the honor of representing our state and AWSP members at the NAESP National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C. While there, I...

Yesterday, the Legislature adjourned “Sine Die”. Over the past few days, decisions were solidified about final supplemental budgets and final bill language. Here is my...

Today, March 1, is the last day to consider (or pass) opposite house bills (except initiatives and alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to...

A collective “ugh” was felt by the education community this week at the Capitol as the House and Senate released their supplemental budgets. Education advocates...

Legislators grinded through some long hours to meet their deadline of February 13 when bills had to pass off the floor of the House or...

The Legislature continues its forward progress as they passed the halfway point of this year’s legislative session this week. A second cut-off date was reached...

We cleared the first big hurdle of this year’s legislative session this week when bills had to pass out of their policy committees. Bills with...

This week, we reached the peak of new policy bills being heard in committees. The first significant cut-off of this year’s legislative session is next...