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2025 Session passes half-way point
Although we are now well past the halfway mark of the session we have yet to see a draft budget from the majority party. Instead of a serious budget, Democrats have tried to act as though our only choice is between a budget with drastic cuts to services or a budget that is built on...
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McCune: Unconstitutional measure would punish schools for failing to enact ideological agenda
Click to watch Sen. McCune’s comments during the Senate debate on SB 5179. Today Senate Democrats approved a bill that opponents argue would empower the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to investigate, harass and penalize schools or school officials deemed to be non-compliant with its “woke ideological agenda.” Republican Sen. Jim McCune...
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McCune fights to preserve Parents’ Bill of Rights
Today Senate Democrats approved a bill aimed at gutting the Parents’ Bill of Rights – a people’s initiative to the Legislature adopted last year, which is meant to prevent the state from interfering with the relationship between parents and their children. Sen. Jim McCune called the bill an attack on the rights of parents and...
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McCune’s Chinese American history bill to receive hearing in education committee
Today the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee announced it will hold a hearing Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 8 a.m. on a bill from Sen. Jim McCune that would require public schools to commemorate the contributions of Chinese Americans and Americans of Chinese descent. McCune responded by thanking the committee in advance for its...
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In the News: 3 break-ins in 3 days: Cannabis shop owners, lawmakers frustrated by lack of legislation
Three pot shops were broken into three days in a row this week across Seattle. The repeated crime highlights efforts to address the issue which failed to result in any legislation this past session. Early Tuesday morning, a car smashed into the front of Cannazone in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood, where the owner said five suspects stole upwards...
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Washington State Legislature Takes Aim at Local School Control
By Eileen Griffin, contributing editor at Heartland Daily News |Education Reform New | Feb. 22, 2024 The Washington State Legislature is advancing two bills that would impose curricula mandates on public schools. The legislation would allow the state Superintendent of Public Instruction to mandate what materials schools are allowed to use, regardless of local decisions, The...
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Controversial curriculum choices bill moves forward in WA Senate
By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square | Feb. 22, 2024 (The Center Square) – A bill in Olympia is moving ahead that would give the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction ultimate decision-making authority when it comes to controversial teachings on race, gender and sex education. On Feb. 10, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2331 was passed by the...
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[un]Divided with Brandi Kruse: Dems block amendment to keep sexually explicit content out of schools
Democrats in Washington state just blocked an amendment that would have made sure pornographic material is not included as part of a proposed state law mandating “inclusive” learning in public schools.
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E-News: Victory! Property tax hike dead for 2024
Week 5 of the 2024 session was spent on the Senate floor voting on bills previously approved by their assigned committees, in anticipation of this week’s deadline for us to consider “House of origin” bills; in other words, Tuesday was the cut-off deadline for the Senate to vote on Senate bills and for the House...
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