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State Representative Julia Reed @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

That motion fails. We're voting now on final passage. 56-39 appears to be the vote. #waleg

Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The WA leg House is now debating the final passage of the so-called Parents' Rights Bill: ESSB 5181. @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social is live skeeting.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

SB 5167, Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations, is having a hearing in Senate Ways & Means now. This is the Senate Budget. First up is K-12 education commenters.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Great explainer on the WA budget!

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Education is our kids future. Education is our country’s future. Mr. President, we will see you in court. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 20/03/2025

But “we’re not in a constitutional crisis until he defies a Supreme Court order,” according to the Minority Leader in the Senate. ARTICLE I EXISTS, I keep screaming!

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 20/03/2025

He cannot do this by executive order. It is illegal.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

*His school district is likely to head into binding conditions.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

House Appropriations Committee is doing a hearing on the MSOC (materials, supplies, and operating costs) and Special Education bills any minute (OK, I'm guessing 15). #waleg

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

LEG UPDATE! The Special Ed bill passed the floor! Maybe @studyupwa.bsky.social can tell us more.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

SB 5412, Providing temporary interfund loans for school districts, is now up on the Washington State Senate floor. #waleg

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Now up for a vote in the Senate. SB 5009: An act relating to modifying the student transportation allocation to accommodate multiple vehicle types for transporting students.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

SB 5570 just passed with 35 yeas, 14 nays: Supporting public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

SB 5123, Expanding protections for certain students to promote inclusivity in public schools, is up for vote in the Senate right now. It seeks to expand nondiscrimination to include ethnicity, homelessness, immigration or citizenship status, and neurodivergence.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Great news! SB 5192, Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs (MSOC), just passed in the Washington State Senate. It increases MSOC to $1,656.50 per student, which is an additional $123.48 (about an 8% increase).

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The MSOC bill is now up for vote in the Washington State Sentate. #waleg

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State Representative Julia Reed @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What's happening now in #waleg? Today is the very last day of "fiscal cutoff" meaning bills not scheduled for executive session today in Appropriations or Ways and Means are dead for now -- but still alive for next year! Monday we start two weeks of full time voting on the House/Senate floor.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

HB 1338 (an MSOC bill) passed out of the Appropriations Committee with this amendment. The total general education MSOC per pupil is currently $1,533.02.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

House Appropriations Committee is meeting again and will be voting on HB 1338 - Concerning school operating costs (MSOC) and HB 1357 - Providing special education funding and support for inclusionary practices.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The Senate Ways & Means Committee meeting should be starting any minute. Two of the Big 3 will be voted out of exec session: SSB 5263 - Concerning special education funding and SB 5192 - Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

If you support both K-12 Education and progressive revenue, sing in Pro for HB 2019, Making the estate tax more progressive. This bill increases the rate of the estate tax (which would hit estates worth more than $3 million and funds go directly to Education Legacy Trust Account (ELTA). Sign in here

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Senate Ways & Means Committee meeting right now. They're talking about S 5186. Concerning local funding for school district facilities. This bill would lower the threshold for capital (construction) bonds to a simple majority (50%).

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee is meeting right now and talking about the isolation and restraint bill.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Seattle School Board meeting this evening. It's a packed agenda. Reading/Math progress monitoring, Dr. Jones' contract renewal, enrollment study ($ from #WALeg last year), and HCC update. Lots of HCC testimony on the list. See ya at 4:15-ish. www.seattleschools.org/board-meetin...

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February 12, 2025 – Regular Board Meeting – Seattle Public Schools

Agenda – Fourth Post 2/11/2025Regular Board MeetingWednesday, February 12, 2025, 4:15 p.m. Board of Directors2445 – 3rd Avenue SouthSeattle, Washington 98134206-252-0040Seattle Public Schools The meet...

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

WA Leg is scheduling all the education-related meetings concurrently. In 4 minutes, there's both the Senate Ways & Means Committee going over bills to fund the Big 3. Simultaneously, House Education will have a hearing for 5 bills, one of which involved structured literacy.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I meant "McCleary" (though it was very clear direction from the court).

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Just catching up now and watching this morning's 8 a.m. Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee meeting. Here are the bills that got a public hearing.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Both the House Finance and Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education committees are meeting this morning. The Finance committee will have a hearing for HB 1356, Concerning K-12 funding, which raises the enrichment levy lid and also increases LEA.

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Stephanie on Bluesky @exantestephanie.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Restraint and isolation day- big deal

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

House Education Committee meeting coming up in 2 minutes!

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Stephanie on Bluesky @exantestephanie.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

“I would urge you to completely reform school funding rather than help some public school kids now.” Ok. Where is that bill to reform the whole system?

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Sledding was fun and all, but now it's time to watch the hearing for SB 5593 - Adjusting enrichment levies and local effort assistance. The hearing was earlier today.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Our day job is keeping us busy but we have time to cover the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education that starts at 10:30 am this morning.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The House Education Committee meeting is starting in 5 minutes. It will be a hearing for two bills that are trying to make it easier for school districts to pass bonds.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education is in caucus now for executive session on the following bills: SB 5189 - Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm late to the House Appropriations Committee meeting. They're listening to testimony on HB 1338 - Concerning school operating costs.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Now that tariffs have quickly receded, Trump turns his attention to the Department of Education. Let's hope none of his plans come to fruition. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data

Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The House Education Committee meeting for Monday, Feb. 3 is just about to start. It will be a hearing for 5 bills.

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Washington's Paramount Duty @paramountduty.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen told the crowd that Senate Democrats voted to make more funding for K-12 public education their main priority this session. Which is good...though that's also what the state constitution tells them. He also called for progressive revenue.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The House Appropriations Committee is going to talk K-12 funding at 4 p.m. That's in 11 minutes.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Well, the Billion Dollar Bake Sale was a smashing success. Thank you to the 46th LD Representatives Pollet and Farivar for engaging with their 4th- and 5th-grade constituents.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Tomorrow (Thursday) is a big day for K-12 Education in the Washington State legislature tomorrow. Not only is it the Billion Dollar Bake Sale’s Advocacy day — when hundreds of parents and fifth graders will descend on Olympia — it’s also a Big Day for the Big 3.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

There are lots of reasons to question the BEX VI levy in Seattle. We hope you read this so you can decide for yourself.

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Jane Tunks Demel @janedemel.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'll there with 56 fourth- and fifth-graders from the 46th LD.

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We will covering today's 8 am Early Learning Committee later, as we have a 9-5 that's taking our attention this morning. :)

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 24/01/2025

🚨 Who’s ready?! 🚨 These fantastic pro-housing bills come before the Senate Housing Committee TODAY at 10:30am. Please sign in pro or come testify on #SB5148 and #SB5184 this morning! You can still do so here: app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate?s...

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Study Up Washington @studyupwa.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The hearing for SB 1296, all about protecting trans and gender-expansive youth, showed the many diverse views in Washington state. Is it a "sledgehammer to Democracy" or just good governance?

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