Just before Thanksgiving, Governor Gregoire made a proposal to the legislature that would eliminate all State highly capable funding for fiscal year 2011, effective retroactively to September 1, 2010. A full listing of her proposed cuts can be read on the website of the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education. In order to make that change, [...]
On Tuesday, November 16th, Gayle Pauley from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction delivered the recommendations of the State’s Highly Capable Program Technical Working Group to the Quality Education Council. The Washington Coalition for Gifted Education, the political advocacy arm of the Washington gifted community, has links to the text of the proposal [...]
Received from the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education: Highly Capable Program funding is in jeopardy. Highly Capable is a categorical program, and is not a part of basic education so is not protected from budget cuts. We survived the proposed cut in the First Supplemental Budget for 2009-2010. However, we don’t know what will be [...]
ABC has worked with the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education on Gifted Education Day and in their efforts to help reform gifted education in Washington State. A number of students, parents, and grandparents from the Puyallup School District are either currently active, or have worked with the WCGE in the past in their efforts to [...]
The Washington Coalition for Gifted Education sent along an excellent wrap up of the most recent legislative session: Gifted Education Day 2011 We are scheduling GEDay 2011 for Friday, February 11, 2011. The 2011 Legislative session will be a long session budget year and the formulas for school funding will have changed. We have no idea of [...]
This message is courtesy The Washington Coalition For Gifted Education. Comments or questions can be sent to wagifted@earthlink.net or barbaragmaurer@yahoo.com. If you wish to have your name added to their mailing list, send a notice to wagifted@earthlink.net. We hope you will join other advocates in Olympia on February 5 for Gifted Education Day in Washington. [...]
