Academic Booster Club is offering 10 partial scholarships of $50 to parents who register to attend the WAETAG (Washington Association of Educators of Talented and Gifted) conference in Wenatchee on Saturday, October 29th. See the WAETAG website for registration information. This will be an incredible opportunity to meet with other parents and advocates for Highly Capable Education [...]
As of September 1st, 2011 Highly Capable Education is legally mandated as a part of basic education in the state of Washington. The Washington State Constitution holds that funding basic education is the paramount duty of the state. As part of basic education, funding should now be protected and stable, and not subject to elimination [...]
Received from the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education: The Legislative session has finally come to an end. In virtually last minute votes, the Legislature approved a budget (E2SHB 1087) which is “kind” to gifted programs; enacted the new “minimum instructional program of basic education” and the HCP funding formula in ESSB 5919, effective September 2011; [...]
There was good news and excellent news for Highly Capable Programming in the initial House Democratic Budget proposal released on 4/4. The 2011 - 2013 budget proposes just over $18 million in funding for highly capable programming over the next two years. That is very comparable to the amounts funded from 2009 – 2011. [...]
The relative calm in our advocacy efforts is about to come to an end. Thursday will bring a new state financial forecast, and we expect to see the first budget proposal from the Senate Democrats shortly thereafter. You may recall that the Governor proposed eliminating all state funding for highly capable programming in her 2011 – [...]
Received today from the Washington Coaltion for Gifted Education. Follow the latest from the Coalition on their website at http://wcge.wordpress.com or by becoming a fan on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/wagifted. OUR FOCUS FOR GIFTED EDUCATION DAY AND BEYOND The Supplemental Budget has passed both the Senate and the House but in different versions which will need to [...]
