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Legislative Update | January 15-19, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 19, 2024
It was another busy week in the Legislature as the House and Senate Education Committees continued hearing a plethora of bills related to special education...

Legislative Update | January 8-12, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 12, 2024
The 2024 Legislative Session kicked off this week, and it will be a 60-day sprint to the finish. Hundreds of new bills were pre-filed, hundreds...

Legislative Update | 2023 Sine Die Edition

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: April 26, 2023
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...

Legislative Update | April 10-14, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: April 14, 2023
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...

Legislative Update | April 3-7, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: April 7, 2023
We are in the final few weeks of this year’s legislative session, which should end on time on April 23. This week the April 4...

Legislative Update | March 27-31, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 31, 2023
What an amazing week of advocacy here in our Washington and in the “other” Washington, our nation’s capital. Our 12 principals arrived just in time...

Legislative Update | March 20-24, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 24, 2023
This was another full week in the Legislature with jam-packed agendas in committee hearings, a bit of floor action sprinkled here and there, and plenty...

Legislative Update | March 13-17, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 17, 2023
March can feel like a long and busy month in schools, and it is the same in the Legislature. This week, there were lots of...

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...

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