What an amazing show of advocacy this week as 40 principals from across our state met with their legislators on Monday, January 28 for our annual 鈥淒ay on the Hill鈥. We wore brightly colored plaid scarves in our 51福利社 colors which were noticed by many (that鈥檚 a good thing!) Rep. Mike Chapman from the 24th district even requested one for his scarf collection!
The legislative river is running as close to 1,500 bills have been introduced since December鈥檚 prefiling. Included among those are a number of bills affecting pensions, health, and job benefits. Hearings and any resulting action moving bills out of committees have begun as both houses move toward the first cut-off date. This is a brief summary of bills of interest: Retirement Related Proposals
The School Employees鈥 Benefit Board met for an all-day meeting and covered, as usual a wide range of topics. (Read the full post for the whole summary)
I鈥檓 in trouble...I鈥檓 not in trouble...am I in trouble? Confused? After two years of writing and revising, OSPI finally adopted new state rules (WACs) for student discipline. The rules describe how school administrators discipline students, communicate with parents, and provide guidance and due process expectations for suspended or expelled students.
For the third year in a row, TVW's Inside Olympia interviewed Washington's Teacher of the Year and one of our Principals of the Year. This year, the teacher also happened to be the National Teacher of the Year, Mandy Manning. Our Middle Level Principal of the Year, Marc Gallaway, represented principals.
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