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…
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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…
46th District Legislators Telephone Town Hall March 24, 2015
46th District Legislators Telephone Town Hall March 24, 2015 An opportunity for residents of NE and N Seattle, Kenmore and Lake Forest Park to ask their legislators questions and give…
First bill in nation to address youth access to e-cigarettes and protect public health gets hearing
Nation’s First Comprehensive Youth Prevention and Public Health Regulation of E-Cigarettes to Have Initial Hearing (HB 1645) The nation’s first bill proposing a comprehensive youth prevention and public health protection…
Protecting all students from restraint and isolation
OLYMPIA – The House of Representatives passed House Bill 1240 today to ensure that no child be regularly restrained or forcibly put into isolation at school as a matter of…
Rep. Gerry Pollet’s statement on the Senate Republican’s Higher Education proposal
“Washington families deserve a higher education system that provides each and every student the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential without breaking the bank to do so. That is why…
Seattle Legislator proposes to open meetings of Seattle Zoo Board and similar public private entities
When the Seattle Zoo’s board met to decide the fate of its elephants, it refused to let news reporters and the public observe its discussion and vote. Rep. Gerry Pollet…
Coalition of groups, Rep. Gerry Pollet praise WWU president’s call for increasing diversity at public higher education institutions
A coalition of multicultural-awareness groups and state Rep. Gerry Pollet, vice-chair of the House Higher Education Committee, today offered praise for Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard’s recent call to…
House measure to address lower class sizes will alleviate severe overcrowding
Bipartisan school-construction legislation introduced in the state House of Representatives today will go a long way toward relieving severe overcrowding in Seattle schools, and meet our obligations to provide lower…
Seattle schools: Bipartisan House design to address lower class sizes will alleviate severe Seattle-schools overcrowding
Bipartisan school-construction legislation introduced in the state House of Representatives today will go a long way toward relieving severe overcrowding in Seattle schools, and meet our obligations to provide lower…