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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...

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...

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...

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...

Legislative Update | Jan 30 – Feb 3, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 5, 2023
As the calendar flipped to February this week and I realized it was the 25th day of this year’s legislative session, I felt a little...

Legislative Update | January 23-27, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 30, 2023
About 25 of our amazing principals and assistant principals will join us in Olympia on Monday, January 30, to meet with legislators at the Capitol...

Legislative Update | January 16 – 20, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 20, 2023
The second week of the session is coming to an end. Almost 1,000 bills have been introduced so far, with more on the way. The...

Legislative Update | January 9 – 14, 2023

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 13, 2023
This year’s legislative session kicked off on Monday, January 9th, and the Capitol was hopping! It was so great to see legislators, staffers, lobbyists, and...

Pine Tree Elementary Principal Dana Stiner is the 2023 Washington State Elementary Principal of the Year

Awards & Recognition

Author: David Morrill • Date: January 11, 2023
Dana Stiner, principal at Pine Tree Elementary School in the Kent School District, was named this year’s Washington State Elementary Principal of the Year. Stiner...