Advance Equity for Washington Students in this Historic Legislative Session

The historic 2021 virtual legislative session is underway, and League of Education Voters is working in Olympia on our top priorities for students. Read our detailed 2021 Legislative Priorities.

You can also follow the bills we are watching in our Bill Tracker, and you can learn about the 2021 legislative landscape by watching the recording of our Lunchtime LEVinar we presented earlier this month. If you have questions about the state legislative process, visit our Washington Legislature 101 FAQ.

We hope you can join us for the Investing in Student Potential coalition’s Virtual Advocacy Week beginning next Tuesday, February 2nd. Meet with legislators, learn how to 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.

Read more about our work below.

Preschool students at South Shore PreK-8

Action Alert: Support Investments in Early Learning

Tell our legislators to support quality, culturally and linguistically relevant early learning to protect communities and dismantle barriers to opportunity. The Fair Start for Kids Act takes strong steps to address affordability, access, and the economic crisis.

 

New Podcast: Washington Game Changers

Washington Game Changers with League of Education Voters CEO Lauri Hennessey features leaders who give back to our community, drive innovative solutions, and inspire others in making our state more equitable and just. This podcast is a one-on-one conversation with these powerful leaders in a time when we need to hear about more good in the world. In this episode, Dr. Ben Danielson, formerly the Director of the Odessa Brown Clinic at Seattle Children’s and now with UW Medicine, talks about his personal and career journey, and his work to advance racial equity.

 

LEVinar: A Listening Session with Voices from the Latino Community, Part 2

On Thursday, February 4 at 12:30 pm, we have assembled another statewide panel of Latino thought leaders, community leaders, and educators to share their perspectives on what is working, and not working, in their communities and what state legislators can do to better support Latino students. This webinar will be presented in Spanish with English interpretation available.

 

Podcast: 2020 Washington state Classified School Employees of the Year

Tune in to this month’s podcast to hear 2020 Washington state Classified School Employees of the Year discuss their role in the education system, what advice they would give a new classified employee, what motivation they still carry with them from their first day on the job, how the COVID pandemic has impacted their work, and what school districts can do to better support employees in their role.

 

Arik Korman
Communications Director, League of Education Voters

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