The Washington Association of School Administrators will be posting a short podcast from Dan Steele on a regular basis throughout the 2025 Legislative Session. This podcast will focus on key legislative issues in the state of Washington to keep WASA members informed of hot topics and emerging conversations in Olympia. More info can be found on our website at https://wasa-oly.org.
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The 2025 Legislative Session is underway! Follow along--and engage in the process--as we advocate to secure needed basic education funding.
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The final week of the 2024 Session has arrived. Final Budgets are ready to go and "trailer" bills are being adopted.
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Budget are out and being adopted. As we pass the opposite house fiscal committee cutoff and approach the opposite house floor cutoff action continues to be fast and furious--with 9 days remaining.
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The 2024 Session has hit the homestretch! Budgets have been released--which fail to adequately provide for K-12. We have 2 weeks to positively impact!
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Week 6 Update--2/13/24
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House of origin cutoff has arrived and action moves to the opposite house. Key K-12 bills are on the move and Budgets are next on the agenda!
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Major cutoff dates have passed, with key K-12 priorities advancing. Next up: budgets!
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Cutoff deadlines are arriving and key education bills are on the move, including bills to detract from troublesome proposed paraeducator compensation increases.
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The 1st quarter of the 2024 Session is done and the pace continues fast. Priorities--and issues of concern--continue to move. Review the action and engage!
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Week 1 in the 2024 Session was frenetic. Week 2 is looking to a more wild ride--and with only 51 days left, you better hang on tight! Many key issues are already being address; details inside....
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The 2024 Legislative Session has convened. Check out our first 2024 podcast and get ready for a wild ride!
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The final week of the 2023 session has arrived. Much work remains to be done, including final action on the 3 two-year budgets, special education, and pupil transportation.
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The Legislature is moving to its final phase, with Sine Die less than two weeks away. Budget negotiations are ongoing and we see positive signals about K-12
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All six legislative budget proposals have been introduced and are on the move. We are in the closing days of session but continue to provide advocacy messages for you to use.
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All four Budgets are on the table as negotiations get set to begin. We've officially entered the homestretch!
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Budget Week is here! The Revenue Forecast was updated today, and we have scheduled budget releases. Priority bills also continue to move.
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Action resumes in committee, as K-12 priorities move. At the same time, we anxiously await budget releases coming next week.
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Week 9 Update--3/6/23
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House of origin cutoff arrives this week, with major movement on key K-12 priorities
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The house of origin policy and fiscal committee cutoffs have passed and action moves to the Floor. In the last two weeks our major priorities have been drastically changed, but we also saw some good news, too.
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Week 7 Update -- 2/20/23
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The house of origin policy cutoff came last Friday, with the fiscal committee coming this Friday. There has been frenetic activity as legislators try to beat the clock. K-12 priority bills continue to move--with major adjustments.
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Week 6 Update -- 2/13/23
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As the Legislature's first deadline approaches, K-12 priorities continue to move. This podcast discusses movement of the Good...the Bad...and a bit of the Ugly.
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The Legislature's first cutoff date approaches, further increasing the level of activity. Special Ed funding is the highlight this week.
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The 2023 Session is 1/5 of the way to Sine Die on April 23. Priority K-12 legislation continues to move, while we continue to deal with some negative issues, too.
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The 2023 Legislature is moving quickly. Education priority bills--and bills of concern--are already on the move.
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Legislators are already moving quickly to hear and advance bills--including some key K-12 issues.
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Jan. 9 is the first day of the 2023 Session. The engagement process for this session is reviewed.
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Sine Die Update--3/14/22
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The 2022 Legislature has adjourned. This podcast provides a brief review of the final budgets and some of the key bills.
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The last week of session has arrived. We await final budget negotiations and continue to fight for bills remaining on the table
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The Legislature has hit the homestretch as budgets move to negotiations and bills make a final run at passage.
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Budget Week on Olympia. As the Legislature starts to wind down, budget introduction, debate and negotiations heat up. There's good news--and not so good news for K-12.
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House of origin cut-off arrived this week--and K-12 priority bills continue to move. Revenue Forecast to be released this week, starting the Budget process.
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The Legislature just moved past two major cut-off deadline. Hundreds of bills immediately died; however key K-12 issues continue to move. We need your help to keep them alive!
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One-third of the Session is done. The first cut-off dates arrive this week, with key K-12 bills on the move. Budget discussions will begin soon; stay tuned!
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Action continues in Week 3 with cut-off dates right around the corner. Major K-12 priorities are on the move--along with some concerning legislation. Listen in...then engage!
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Major K-12 priorities are already on the move, but we have to keep the heat on.
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Opening Day podcast with information on remote Legislature and key K-12 bills
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The last week of the 2021 Session has arrived. All three biennial budgets continue to be negotiated behind the scenes, with potential problems for the Capital and Transportation Budgets. Stabilization bills continue to move as well.
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The last cut-off date has passed and the Legislature moves into its final phase. The focus is on resolving differences in bills between the houses--and finalizing budgets. Time is short, but your advocacy can still have an impact for K-12.
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Budget negotiations have begun in earnest--and we need your engagement for a final push. Critical K-12 areas of the budget are unresolved and we need educators to speak up.
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Final legislative deadlines are approaching as the end of session is in sight. Budget-writers have released six budgets--and they are all on the move!
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Following last week's revenue update, it's "Budget Week" in the Legislature. All six legislative budgets are set to be released this week--setting the stage for final showdowns and the closure of this session.
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The cherry blossoms are starting to pop on the Capitol Campus--must be budget time! The Revenue Forecast will be released Wednesday and a Senate budget shouldn't be far behind.
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Week 9 Update--3/8/21
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Major priorities adopted before cut-off! Work resumes with members in the opposite house; we encourage you to join us.
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It's half-time in Olympia. That means more deadlines, with "budget season" just around the corner.
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Fiscal Committee cut-off arrives, with key K-12 issues alive and moving--including pupil transportation funding and enrollment stabilization.
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The pandemic relief package is moving onto the governor's desk--as we shift to focus on K-12 budget preservation. The situation appears positive, but we cannot become complacent. There's a long road to go!
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Pandemic Relief Package on the move. There is also some action on major priorities: Pupil Transportation and Enrollment Stabilization
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"Early action" pandemic relief package on the move--while educators continue to push for financial stability
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During the third week of this session, things are heating up with action on multiple priority bills--and the release of $2.1 billion "early action" COVID relief package.
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Updated information about pupil transportation funding and enrollment stabilization. There's a plan afoot to address the issues.
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January 11 is the first day of the 2021 Session. Due to the pandemic the session will be mostly "virtual"--we'll need strong engagement by school administrators to be successful.
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