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One Hurdle Cleared. Now on to the Next.
Thank you for your advocacy. We expect SB 5922 to receive a hearing on Wednesday or Thursday and we'll be there with some key speakers to provide testimony to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee. Our work, and your work, is not over yet. The next...
Keep Calling, Keep Writing, Keep Advocating
The first schedule of the Senate Early Learning K-12 Education Committee for next week has been released and SB 5922 is not yet on it. We need to keep calling, keep writing, and keep advocating for highly capable education in Washington State. We have made gains. Sen....
Statement in support of a hearing on SB 5922
This morning the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education, the Washington Association of Educators of the Talented and Gifted, and the Northwest Gifted Child Association sent a joint statement to the Chairman of the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee,...
Action Needed to Support SB 5922
Advocates for highly capable learners, we need your help right now. Highly capable services in Washington State are underfunded using an outdated formula. SB 5922 has been introduced in the Washington State Senate to amend the basic education act to provide for a new...
We need your support!
Your Coalition leadership has been setting the stage for the next legislative session by meeting with key legislators and organizing their support of gifted education. We realize that we must make a bigger impact than our largely volunteer organization has done in the...
Financial Update
FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE COALITION The major expense of the Coalition is the monthly retainer we pay our lobbyist. We'd like to pay her more but our yearly income won't stretch that far. Three questions you may ask: (1) Why does the Coalition need a lobbyist? Our...