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 |