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SB 5263 - Special education funding
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📰 Articles
- 03/24/2025 Washington St Pta - Bring On the Budgets (and the Revenue Ideas!) - WSPTA
- 03/21/2025 Senate Democrats - Town halls tomorrow and an update - Sen. Deborah Krishnadasan
- 03/21/2025 Senate Democrats - Quick update on week 10! - Sen. Vandana Slatter
- 03/21/2025 Senate Democrats - Session update + townhalls tomorrow - Sen. Drew Hansen
- 03/20/2025 Senate Democrats - Mid-Session Update & Town Hall – Join Me This Saturday! - Sen. Bill Ramos
- 03/19/2025 Senate Democrats - Bills, budget and how we got here - Sen. Derek Stanford
- 03/17/2025 Washington St Pta - Week 10: Senate Advances Special Education Bill - WSPTA
- 03/14/2025 Senate Democrats - Town hall on March 17 - Sen. Emily Alvarado
- 03/14/2025 KIRO7 - School budgets under pressure amid federal funding concerns – KIRO 7 News Seattle
- 03/14/2025 Senate Democrats - 42nd LD Town Hall This Saturday, March 15! Plus, An Important Update on Education Funding. - Sen. Sharon Shewmake
- 03/13/2025 Washington State Standard - Major boost to special education funding gets Washington Senate approval • Washington State Standard
- 03/12/2025 Senate Democrats - Town Hall this Saturday - Sen. Jamie Pedersen
- 03/10/2025 Washington St Pta - Week 9: Spring ahead to the second half of the 2025 session - WSPTA
- 03/05/2025 Senate Democrats - I want to hear from you! See you Saturday, March 15th? - Sen. Vandana Slatter
- 03/03/2025 Washington St Pta - Week 8: Big 3 Reduced to Big 2 - Amounts Also Reduced - WSPTA
- 02/26/2025 FOX13 - What’s moving along, and what’s not, in the WA Legislature? | FOX 13 Seattle
- 02/22/2025 Senate Democrats - Supporting our public schools - Sen. Derek Stanford
- 02/17/2025 Washington St Pta - Week Six: Make way for Focus Day! - WSPTA
- 02/14/2025 Senate Democrats - 72 days to go - Sen. June Robinson
- 02/13/2025 Washington St Pta - WSPTA Testifies: Fully Fund Special Education and Student Transportation - WSPTA
- 02/11/2025 Senate Democrats - Progress and priorities this session - Sen. Deborah Krishnadasan
- 02/08/2025 Senate Democrats - Increasing special education funding - Sen. Marko Liias
- 02/07/2025 Senate Democrats - This Week In The Senate - Week 5: Reproductive freedom, gender-based violence prevention and a ban on tobacco products - Washington Senate Democrats
- 02/07/2025 Senate Republicans - NEWSFLASH: K-12 learning loss leaving our kids behind - Senate Republican Caucus
- 02/03/2025 Washington St Pta - Week Four: Big 3 Bills Continue to Advance - WSPTA
- 01/27/2025 Washington St Pta - Big 3 bills heard in Senate Ed, Special Education bills to be heard this week - WSPTA
- 01/26/2025 Cascadia Daily News - In tight budget year, pressure builds to boost WA school funding | Cascadia Daily News
- 01/25/2025 Senate Democrats - 2025 session is underway! - Sen. Manka Dhingra
- 01/24/2025 Washington State Standard - In tight budget year, pressure builds to boost WA school funding • Washington State Standard
- 01/19/2025 Senate Democrats - This Week In The Senate - Week 2: Rent stabilization, education funding and MLK Day 2025 - Washington Senate Democrats
Meetings
Wed 03/19 04:00 PM - Appropriations (APP): E2SSB 5263 Special education funding
2615 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Mary Templeton - School Alliance
- Dr. Brent Jones - Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools
- Dr. Ivan Duran - Superintendent, Highline Public Schools
- Dr. Kelly Aramaki - Superintendent, Bellevue School District
- Melissa Beard - Washington State School Directors' Association, Tumwater School District
- Nikki Otero Lockwood - Washington State School Directors' Association, Spokane Public Schools
- Sandy Hayes - Washington State School Directors' Association, Northshore School District
- Malorie Larson - Shoreline PTA Council
- Samantha Fogg - Seattle Council PTSA Co-President
- 💵Larry Delaney - Washington Education Association
- 💵Mitch Denning - Alliance of Educational Associations
- Angela Steck - President, Washington State PTA
- Shaun Carey - WA Association of School Admin President-Elect
- Paree Raval
- Martin Turney - Issaquah School District
- Misha Cherniske - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
- Renee Schulz
- Christian Rider
- Ryan Arnold - East Valley School District
- Rob Bryant - CFO - Federal Way Public Schools
- Colleen Fuchs - Early Childhood Development Association of WA
- Patrick Murphy - Olympia School District
- Julie Shin - Boyer Children's Clinic
- Brooke Wickham
- Preston Dwoskin
- Gregory Smith
- Collete Paulson - Parent
- 💵Ramona Hattendorf - The Arc of King County
8 👎 - Con
Testifying:
9 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
Tue 02/11 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SSB 5263 Special education funding
3091 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- 💵Melissa Gombosky - Spokane, Richland, Evergreen and Vancouver Public Schools
- Tim Merlino - ESD 112, Superintendent
- 💵Ramona Hattendorf - The Arc of King County
- Brent Jones - Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools
- Dr. Brent Jones - Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools
- John Axtell
- Angela Steck - Washington State PTA
- Lindsey Yocum - Board Director, Lake Washington School District
- Mary Templeton - Lake Stevens School District
- Andi Tress - Everett Public Schools
- Misha Cherniske - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
- 💵Clifford Traisman - Highline and Northshore Public School Districts and Seattle and Bellevue Public Schools
- Dr. Kelly Aramaki - Superintendent, Bellevue School District
- Kelly Aramaki - Superintendent, Bellevue School District
- Samantha Fogg - Seattle Council PTSA Co-President
- Martha Patterson - Washington Education Association
- Roman Honeycutt
- Natalie Cui
- Jr, John Polm - Puyallup School District
- Krestin Bahr - Peninsula School District
- Emma Robinson - Parent
- Charlie Brown - Federal Way Public Schools
- Meghan Jernigan - Shoreline School Board
- Maisie Antoniello
- Dominick Ventresco - Pullman School District 267
- Sonja Mitchell
- Kristina Mendieta - Kindering
- Missy Bontrager
- Mustapha Kebbeh - Kindering
- Elizabeth Sadak - Home
- Catherine Young - Tacoma special education Pta
- Sadaf Bhutta
- John Milici
21 👎 - Con
Testifying:
2 ❓ - Other
Wed 01/22 01:30 PM - Early Learning & K-12 Education (EDU): SB 5263 Special education funding
2704 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Dr. Concie Pedroza - Superintendent, Tukwila School District
- Dr. Dani Pfeiffer - Superintendent, Federal Way School District
- Dr. Ivan Duran - Superintendent, Highline School District
- Dr. Kelly Aramaki - Superintendent, Bellevue Public Schools
- Dr. Brent Jones - Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools
- 💵Clifford Traisman - Northshore School District (and Seattle, Highline, Bellevue Public Schools)
- Dr. Shelley Redinger - Richland School District
- Michelle Whitney - Pasco School District
- Traci Pierce - Kennewick School District
- Angela Steck - President, Washington State PTA
- 💵Joel Aune - Executive Director, Washington Association of School Administrators
- Melissa Stone - Secretary, Washington State PTA
- Tricia Lubach - Executive Director, Washington State School Directors' Association
- Samantha Fogg - SCPTSA, Co-President
- Lindsey Yocum - Lake Washington School District
- Shane Backlund - ESD 105 Schools Coalition
- Preston Dwoskin
- 💵Larry Delaney - Washington Education Association
- Jeff Chamberlin - Superintendent, University Place School District
- Krestin Bahr - Superintendent, Peninsula School District
- Lance Goodpaster - Superintendent, Franklin Pierce School District
- Sarah Milici - Parent advocate
- Mary Templeton - Lake Stevens School District
- Heather Tow-Yick - Issaquah School District
- Ed.S., NCSP, Kathryn Salveson - WSASP
- Lori Helmy Helmy - Volenteer advocate
- B Trosper
- Ben Ferney - Cheney Public Schools
- Holly Wehner
- Brianna Rose - Parent of a SpEd student
- Patrick Murphy - Olympia School District
- Ryan Arnold
- Rob Bryant - Federal Way Public Schools
- Emily Carmichael
- Rivkah Thomson
- Kayla Lindley
262 👎 - Con
12 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- Mylea Holloway - 1725 Diamond Loop SE
- Mike Stewart - Boyer Children’s Clinic
- Sunny Luke - Client parent
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