WASA Legislative Report with Dan Steele

The end of session is in sight, with news of a new revenue package and movement on other important bills.

The Policy Committee and Fiscal Committee cutoffs have now passed and legislators head back to Floor action. At the same time, negotiations on the three 2025-27 Budgets have begun. Legislators now rush to finish this session on-time, April 27.

Budgets are on the move. Operating negotiations have begun and Capital Budget proposals are moving this week.

"Budget Week" has arrived. Budget-writer in both house have released two-year Operating Budget proposals--and they're on the move. High level details are in this podcast with more derailed review in This Week in Olympia at: www.wasa-oly.org/TWIO

Our two remaining Big Three bills are set to be heard this, while we wait for budgets to be released, likely next week. Opportunities to engage continue!

House of Origin cutoff arrives tomorrow, with continued movement of the Big Three. Now, we're waiting for the Revenue Update, but Senate Republicans jumped out today with a budget plan to try and influence majority party plans coming soon.

Big Three on the move! Key cutoff days arrive and Big Three bills carry on. Next stop: House of Origin cutoff.

Legislative cutoff dates arrive, with hundreds of bill dying--but our Big Three bills continue to move!

Cutoff dates are arriving and the fast pace of movement is even more frenetic--if even possible. Big Three bills remain active and await further action. As we wait, levy lid and LEA discussion continue to heat up and Simple Majority for bonds has major movement!

Big Three bills continue to move, even as some are shifting their focus to levy lids and Local Effort Assistance

Big Three bills move out of Committee, while other Big Three bills get first hearings. Also, expected levy bills are on tap.

the rapid pace continues in Week 3. Bills addressing the Big Three--Special Ed, MSOC; Pupil Transportation-- are set for executive action. conversations about TTK and Levies are hot topics this week, too.

During the second week of this Session, four bills to advance the Big Three--Special Ed; MSOC; and Pupil Transportation--have their first action. We encourage you to jump in and support!

The 2025 Legislative Session is underway! Follow along--and engage in the process--as we advocate to secure needed basic education funding.

The final week of the 2024 Session has arrived. Final Budgets are ready to go and "trailer" bills are being adopted.

Budget are out and being adopted. As we pass the opposite house fiscal committee cutoff and approach the opposite house floor cutoff action continues to be fast and furious--with 9 days remaining.

The 2024 Session has hit the homestretch! Budgets have been released--which fail to adequately provide for K-12. We have 2 weeks to positively impact!

House of origin cutoff has arrived and action moves to the opposite house. Key K-12 bills are on the move and Budgets are next on the agenda!

Major cutoff dates have passed, with key K-12 priorities advancing. Next up: budgets!

Cutoff deadlines are arriving and key education bills are on the move, including bills to detract from troublesome proposed paraeducator compensation increases.

The 1st quarter of the 2024 Session is done and the pace continues fast. Priorities--and issues of concern--continue to move. Review the action and engage!

Week 1 in the 2024 Session was frenetic. Week 2 is looking to a more wild ride--and with only 51 days left, you better hang on tight! Many key issues are already being address; details inside....

The 2024 Legislative Session has convened. Check out our first 2024 podcast and get ready for a wild ride!

The final week of the 2023 session has arrived. Much work remains to be done, including final action on the 3 two-year budgets, special education, and pupil transportation.

The Legislature is moving to its final phase, with Sine Die less than two weeks away. Budget negotiations are ongoing and we see positive signals about K-12

All six legislative budget proposals have been introduced and are on the move. We are in the closing days of session but continue to provide advocacy messages for you to use.

All four Budgets are on the table as negotiations get set to begin. We've officially entered the homestretch!

Budget Week is here! The Revenue Forecast was updated today, and we have scheduled budget releases. Priority bills also continue to move.

Action resumes in committee, as K-12 priorities move. At the same time, we anxiously await budget releases coming next week.

House of origin cutoff arrives this week, with major movement on key K-12 priorities

The house of origin policy and fiscal committee cutoffs have passed and action moves to the Floor. In the last two weeks our major priorities have been drastically changed, but we also saw some good news, too.

The house of origin policy cutoff came last Friday, with the fiscal committee coming this Friday. There has been frenetic activity as legislators try to beat the clock. K-12 priority bills continue to move--with major adjustments.

As the Legislature's first deadline approaches, K-12 priorities continue to move. This podcast discusses movement of the Good...the Bad...and a bit of the Ugly.

The Legislature's first cutoff date approaches, further increasing the level of activity. Special Ed funding is the highlight this week.

The 2023 Session is 1/5 of the way to Sine Die on April 23. Priority K-12 legislation continues to move, while we continue to deal with some negative issues, too.

The 2023 Legislature is moving quickly. Education priority bills--and bills of concern--are already on the move.

Legislators are already moving quickly to hear and advance bills--including some key K-12 issues.

Jan. 9 is the first day of the 2023 Session. The engagement process for this session is reviewed.

The 2022 Legislature has adjourned. This podcast provides a brief review of the final budgets and some of the key bills.

The last week of session has arrived. We await final budget negotiations and continue to fight for bills remaining on the table

The Legislature has hit the homestretch as budgets move to negotiations and bills make a final run at passage.

Budget Week on Olympia. As the Legislature starts to wind down, budget introduction, debate and negotiations heat up. There's good news--and not so good news for K-12.

House of origin cut-off arrived this week--and K-12 priority bills continue to move. Revenue Forecast to be released this week, starting the Budget process.

The Legislature just moved past two major cut-off deadline. Hundreds of bills immediately died; however key K-12 issues continue to move. We need your help to keep them alive!

One-third of the Session is done. The first cut-off dates arrive this week, with key K-12 bills on the move. Budget discussions will begin soon; stay tuned!

Action continues in Week 3 with cut-off dates right around the corner. Major K-12 priorities are on the move--along with some concerning legislation. Listen in...then engage!

Major K-12 priorities are already on the move, but we have to keep the heat on.

Opening Day podcast with information on remote Legislature and key K-12 bills

The last week of the 2021 Session has arrived. All three biennial budget continue to be negotiated behind the scenes, with potential problems for the Capital and Transportation Budgets. Stabilization bills continue to move as well.

The last cut-off date has passed and the Legislature moves into its final phase. The focus is on resolving differences in bills between the houses--and finalizing budgets. Time is short, but your advocacy can still have an impact for K-12.

Budget negotiations have begun in earnest--and we need your engagement for a final push. Critical K-12 areas of the budget are unresolved and we need educators to speak up.