Email 13: Newsletter from HiCap Seattle - Support Needed for Senate Bill 5354-2019

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Seattle Public Schools Highly Capable Services Advisory Committee

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Feb 5, 2019, 6:32:22 PM2/5/19
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Important communication from HiCap Seattle.

-Robert Njegovan


HiCap Seattle Newsletter

Building community, advocating equity, and supporting HiCap/2e kids
2019-02-05
E-mail needed to support Senate Bill 5354-2019

Senate Bill 5453-2019, a multi-issue hicap education bill, needs your help to advance. Please forward this message to friends and family in other Washington districts.

Among other things, SB 5453 requires ALL counselors and principals to get at least 2 hours of in-service professional development and student teachers to get pre-service training. The bill is getting a hearing tomorrow (Wednesday, February 6), but the Senate Education Committee needs to get a LOT more e-mail asking them "to bring the bill to executive session and to vote a Do Pass recommendation."Please contact them today. Committee e-mails are below—click on a link for a predrafted message:

SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5354&Initiative=false&Year=2019

★ Lisa Wellman, Chair, District 41 (Mercer Island/Bellevue/Issaquah) lisa.W...@leg.wa.gov
Claire Wilson, Vice Chair 30 (Federal Way) claire...@leg.wa.gov
Brad Hawkins, Ranking Member 12 (Chelan) brad.H...@leg.wa.gov
Jeff Holy 6 (Spokane) Jeff...@leg.wa.gov
Sam Hunt 22 (Olympia) Sam....@leg.wa.gov
John McCoy 38 (EverettJohn....@leg.wa.gov
Mark Mullet 5 (Renton) mark....@leg.wa.gov
Mike Padden 4 (Spokane) Mike....@leg.wa.gov
★ Jamie Pedersen 43 (Seattle) jamie.P...@leg.wa.gov
Jesse Salomon 32 (Shoreline/Lynnwood) jesse....@leg.wa.gov
Keith Wagoner 39 (Monroe) keith....@leg.wa.gov

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