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Session Roundup
THE ROUNDUP The Governor has signed the 3rd supplemental budget for this biennium and HCP funding to the districts is maintained. In the initial budget for this biennium, funding for the arts program at Centrum was cut and funding for Destination ImagiNation and...
Post Regular Session Update
THE BUDGET The legislature is going into special session beginning Monday since they have been unable to agree on a second supplemental budget during the regular session. While we all hope they will limit themselves to the budget, any bills may be considered so who...
Robinson Center for Young Scholars Spring Program
The Robinson Center will be offering both mathematics and writing courses for young students in grades K-11 this Spring. These classes are intended to provide intellectually ambitious students with challenge, inspiration, and fun, in a collaborative, supportive...
What McCleary vs. State could mean for Highly Capable
If you have been reading the newspapers the last few days, you know that there was a suit (McCleary v. State) about adequacy of state basic education funding before the state supreme court. That decision was handed down Thursday and was a major victory for the...
Gifted Education Day Update
The Legislature opens the short session on January 9th. Ahead of them lies the difficult task of filling the budget "hole". Just to make it clear, the 2011-2013 budget enacted last session actually appropriated more money (up 4.8%) than the previous budget....
Gifted Education Day 2012 and More
GIFTED EDUCATION DAY IN WASHINGTON MONDAY JANUARY 23, 2012 The special session is working on a supplemental budget. In her proposal, the Governor maintained HCP funding at the level in the biennial budget while the House and Senate proposals contain small (technical)...