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Retirement & Health Benefits for February 14, 2020
The first deadlines have come and gone. Action now shifts to the floor of each chamber. A bill needs to be brought out of the Rules Committee, put on the floor calendar, and then brought before the body for debate and vote. This process has to have all bills out of their chambers by February…
Learn MoreTwo Washington Students Selected for United States Senate Youth Program
The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announces that high school students Ms. Dana S. Ahmed and Mr. Andre James Ramsey will join Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell in representing Washington in the nation’s capital during the 58th annual USSYP Washington Week, to be held March 7 — 14, 2020. Dana Ahmed of…
Learn MoreJanuary 2020 Leadership & Advocacy Meeting Summary
Our AWSP and Foundation Board met January 25–26, our Grade Level Leadership Committees met on the 26th and 27th, and on the 28th, members of each joined our Advocacy Advisory Council for our annual Day on the Hill. We want to thank all the principals and assistant principals, plus special guests, who sacrificed time away…
Learn MoreRetirement & Health Benefits for February 7, 2020
Legislative actions continue. As this is being written, the deadline for policy bills to leave committees has arrived. The next cut-off is February 11 for all bills that have a fiscal or monetary impact – either positive or negative. The Legislature’s fiscal committees, Senate Ways and Means and House Finance and Appropriations will be very…
Learn MoreAWSP News for February 9, 2020
In this episode of AWSP News, we discuss February as Future Educators Month, our “Give ‘Em Your Keys Campaign”, AWSP's third annual Future School Leaders Day, our Networked Community Improvement grant, Black History Month, our January Leadership and Advocacy weekend, the AWSP Day on the Hill, Senate Bill 6615, AWSL’s Middle-Level Regionals, Summer Conference and…
Learn MoreOSPI School Safety Tips for February
Groundhog Day. We look for a sign: winter coming to a close or continuing for 6 more weeks! Valentine’s Day. We share signs of love and appreciation. Presidents Day. We recognize our presidents, a sign of our democracy. And robins. Sure signs of spring. Let’s hope we see some soon!
Learn MoreRetirement & Health Benefits for January 31, 2020
The big push has begun as bills will be moving out of their house of origin in order to clear the policy and fiscal deadlines and move toward adoption by the chambers. Some bills have yet, if ever, to be scheduled, and are not reported here yet, they may not be dead. Remember that bills…
Learn MoreThinking About Retirement?
Since covering pension/retirement/health insurance issues on behalf of WASA and AWSP, there are a few important points we have learned. This is just a brief summary of selected retirement related topics. However, the importance of advance planning cannot be overstated. These are not issues to put off until the last month of either one’s impending…
Learn MoreAWSP News for January 26, 2020
In this episode of AWSP News, we discuss our January Advocacy Weekend, our annual Day on the Hill, the changes to our governance structure, AWSP's third annual Future School Leaders Day, a Networked Community Improvement grant, MTSS Fest, our “A Matter of Principals” podcast, our survey about the pay gap and your workload, a Seattle…
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