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Special Education and 504 Tips & Resources | April 23 Edition
Weekly special education and Section 504 resources from Abby Bowers, Capital Region ESD 113's Director of Special Programs.
Learn MoreLegislative Update for April 23, 2021
The final week of this year’s legislative session is about to come to a close. The last day is Sunday, April 25 and we are all anxiously awaiting final budget details. Earlier this week, there was a “handshake deal” between the House and the Senate on the operating budget. The staff has been working for…
Learn MoreRetirement & Health Benefits for April 23, 2021
The biennial budget, worked out in secrecy, will supposedly be released after this report is due. Dollars drive or kill policies, so there may be some surprises in the agreed-upon document. Meanwhile, here is a brief report on bills that are still in play and/or that have changed status since previous reports.
Learn MoreLegislative Update for April 16, 2021
The focus was on floor action this week as legislators either agreed with changes made to bills in the opposite house (concurrence) or worked to resolve their differences. Several bills are still waiting on the final agreement and, of course, final behind-the-scenes budget negotiations are ongoing. Legislators are tackling a lot of big issues this…
Learn MoreSpecial Education and 504 Tips & Resources | April 16 Edition
Weekly special education and Section 504 resources from Abby Bowers, Capital Region ESD 113's Director of Special Programs.
Learn MoreRetirement & Health Benefits for April 16, 2021
Both houses are engaged in moving bills back and forth in order to get agreement from both bodies on a specific piece of legislation. A few policy bills are being heard until the end when policy bills that are NTIB will be heard and acted upon. Below is a report on the status of various…
Learn MoreLegislative Update for April 9, 2021
It was a busy week of floor action in both the House and the Senate. There were several late-night sessions and the Legislature will be busy all weekend as lawmakers and staff work to pass any remaining bills out of the opposite house before cutoff on Sunday, April 11, at 5 pm. Any remaining bills or…
Learn MoreRetirement & Health Benefits for April 9, 2021
Policy bills are being heard in their opposite houses and budget negotiations are going on behind closed doors. Bills that have been modified by the opposite house are sent back for action/reaction from the house of origin. After 5 PM on Sunday, the discussion is limited to specific topics: budget and revenue-related matters, matters of…
Learn MoreHappy National Assistant Principals Week
It’s a great time to honor the enormous contributions assistant principals make to student success. This year, our celebration takes on even greater significance as we recognize all that assistant principals have conquered amid the pandemic and consider what their ever-expanding and evolving role might look like moving forward. Through it all, our assistant principals…
Learn MoreLegislative Update for April 2, 2021
This week marked a significant shift to budget discussions. Both houses released and started amending their supplemental budgets for 2021, operating budgets for 2021-23, capital budgets, and transportation budgets. Today is the deadline for fiscal committees to pass bills and read them into the record on the floor from both House and Senate fiscal committees.…
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