A new decade, a new opportunity to build a brighter future for every Washington student

The 2020 legislative session officially begins next Monday, and League of Education Voters will be working in Olympia on our five top priorities for students:

  • Sufficient and effective resources for every student receiving special education services by lifting the 13.5% cap on funded special education enrollment.
  • Supportive and safe learning environments for every student in K-12 schools by providing access to mental health services in every school building, as well as a system of specific, targeted supports to identify and meet student needs.
  • Quality early childhood education for every early learner by increasing access and affordability, and supporting a well-compensated, highly-trained workforce.
  • Investing in closing opportunity and access gaps by restoring access to K-3 class size reduction funds that districts lost because they weren’t able to reduce K-3 class size to state requirements. Districts could access this funding if it is directed toward improving academic programs and supports for systemically marginalized students in grades K-3.
  • Equitable levy and local effort assistance investments targeted to meet student needs by allocating state education funding based on the needs of students instead of property values.

Read our detailed 2020 Legislative Priorities. You can also follow the bills we are watching in our Bill Tracker, and you can learn about the 2020 legislative landscape in our Lunchtime LEVinar on January 14th. See info below, as you read more about our work.

Finally, we hope you can join us for the Investing in Student Potential coalition’s Advocacy Day January 28th at the State Capitol in Olympia. Meet with legislators, tell your story, get involved in the legislative process, and more! You can sign up at the Investing in Student Potential website. League of Education Voters is a convening partner of the Investing in Student Potential coalition, which advocates for the 170,000 students who need special education services. Together, we will support a better future for students in Washington state.

Students from Summit Atlas Public School

Lunchtime LEVinar: What to Expect in the 2020 Legislative Session

In our free webinar Tuesday, January 14th at 12:30 pm, the League of Education Voters Team will give an overview of the 2020 landscape; outline the possibilities in 2020 around sufficient and effective resources for every student receiving special education services, supportive and safe learning environments for every student in k-12 schools, equitable levy and local effort assistance structures targeted to student needs, and high-quality early childhood education for every early learner; and answer your questions.

Podcast: The 2020 Washington state Teachers of the Year

Tune in to this month’s podcast to hear the 2020 Washington state Teachers of the Year share their teaching philosophies, their greatest accomplishments in the classroom, how they would make teaching better in Washington state, what advice they would give a new teacher, and what motivation they still carry with them from their first day in the classroom.

Read our 2020 Legislative Priorities 

In the 2020 legislative session, League of Education Voters will prioritize policies to help lay the foundation of an equitable educational system that provides what students need, when and where they need it. Our 2020 legislative priorities will help move us towards a more equitable and just education system.

Arik Korman
Communications Director, League of Education Voters

League of Education Voters
2734 Westlake Ave N
Seattle, Washington 98109
(206) 728-6448
info@educationvoters.org

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