MEDIA ADVISORY Who: Representative Gerry Pollet (D-Seattle) What: The Washington Promise (a bill to provide tuition free community college) will receive a public hearing in the House Higher Education Committee….
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Pollet pushes bill to reign in for-profit college excesses
OLYMPIA – On the day after the Washington House of Representatives Higher Education Committee held a hearing on the legislation to protect students of for-profit colleges from deceptive claims and…
Excerpts from the FTC lawsuit against DeVry University
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. DEVRY EDUCATION GROUP INC., formerly known as DeVry Inc., a corporation; DEVRY UNIVERSITY, INC., a corporation; and…
Rep. Pollet to propose ending tax loopholes to fund basic education
Olympia –Rep. Gerry Pollet (D-Seattle) will propose recommendations to close over $170 million worth of tax loopholes in order to help meet our children’s constitutional rights to basic education on…
46th Legislative District Town Hall Meeting
Sen. David Frockt, Rep. Gerry Pollet and Rep. Jessyn Farrell will host two pre-session town hall meetings. The meetings will take place before the start of the 2016 Legislative Session,…
Group of House Democrats sends letter to Inslee supporting acceptance of refugees
OLYMPIA – Today a group of 18 House Democrats sent a letter to Governor Inslee commending his leadership in the potential resettlement of thousands of families and orphans from war-torn…
Why Running Start is not in jeopardy from Supreme Court’s charter school decision.
The Washington Supreme Court decision striking down the charter school initiative as unconstitutional because it sends public school funding directly to unaccountable private charter schools does not jeopardize our state’s…
Statement from Rep. Pollet on the Supreme Court ruling regarding charter schools
There is no escaping the reality that our state is failing to come close to fully funding public schools and providing each child in Washington with their constitutional rights to…
Will our children be better off from the 2015 Legislative Session?
Dear Friends and Neighbors, We just finished the longest legislative session in state history. Our schools will have significant new funding, teachers will get a small cost of living increase…
Washington Legislature Passes Bill Ending Use of Isolation and Restraint of Special Education Students
Washington Legislature Passes Bill Ending Use of Isolation and Restraint of Special Education Students 150 deaths nationwide per year from use of restraints on students OLYMPIA – The support of…