by admin | Mar 1, 2025 | advocacy, news
Dear Superintendent Jones, We are deeply hurt by the district’s failure to prioritize the safety and well-being of disabled students. On Monday, February 10, 2025, a car with an unidentified shooter fired over 40 bullets at and into the building housing the...
by admin | Feb 16, 2025 | advocacy, news
Summary HB 1051 permits parents and guardians to record meetings related to their child’s individualized education program (IEP) team meetings. Our position: PRO Sponsors: Representatives Walsh, Penner, Jacobsen, Couture We need your advocacy for this bill. Keep...
by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | advocacy, featured, news
Did you know that millions of families across the US have the right to record their IEP meetings? Not so in Washington, where the all-party consent-to-record requirement has kept recording IEP (individualized education plan) meetings from becoming common practice....
by admin | Jan 15, 2025 | news
Dear Advocates, Please write your Representatives immediately to ask them to co-sponsor Rep Pollet and Rep Couture’s bill HB 1310 before 2PM TODAY. Those of you in the 46th LD, as Representative Pollet is one of your Representatives, instead of writing to ask...
by admin | Oct 22, 2024 | news
Hello, For the record, my name is Jana Parker. I am a parent of students with disabilities, an immigrant, a person with disabilities, and president of Seattle Special Education PTSA. I work directly with families as an advocate. I want to briefly express concern that...
by admin | Oct 13, 2024 | news
Dear Superintendent Jones and School Board, We have given the district ample time to develop and share strategies for resolving some of the nearly $100,000,000 budget gap. Even by the district’s estimates, school closures alone will not close the budget gap. So far,...