Claim OwnershipTWIO (This Week in Olympia) Your Friday Podcast with Marissa Rathbone
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The Washington Association of School Administrators will be posting a short podcast from Marissa Rathbone on a regular basis throughout the 2026 Legislative Session. This podcast will focus on key legislative issues in the state of Washington to keep WASA members informed of hot topics and emerging conversations in Olympia. More info can be found on our website at https://wasa-oly.org.
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The last week of the 2021 Session has arrived. All three biennial budgets continue to be negotiated behind the scenes, with potential problems for the Capital and Transportation Budgets. Stabilization bills continue to move as well.
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.
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