by admin | Jan 4, 2024 | advocacy, news
The 2024 Legislative Session opens on January 8, 2024, There will be opportunity to testify for the Education Committee at 8AM on Thursday, January 11, 2024. Click to send written testimony to committee members in support of ending restraint and isolation in...
by admin | Oct 16, 2023 | news, resource
In commemoration of the achievements of people with disabilities, October is a month-long observance to honor the history of the disability rights movement. In 2008, Washington legislatures codified Title 28A of the Revised Code of Washington to designate October a...
by admin | Oct 2, 2023 | news, resource
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) encourages businesses, organizations and advocates across the country to participate. Recognizing the importance of...
by admin | Apr 17, 2023 | advocacy, news
CALL TO ACTION ALERT! Send your support of House Bill 1436 and Senate Bill 5311 directly to your legislators by submitting your comment! April 14, 2023, letter to Washington state legislators: Re: Funding education for students with disabilities is a matter of civil...
by admin | Feb 13, 2023 | advocacy, news
Seattle Special Education PTSA stood in solidarity providing testimony for House Bill 1436 (Special Education Funding) alongside parents, educators, superintendents, school board representatives, community service providers and advocates to support fully funding basic...
by admin | Sep 5, 2022 | news
Dear School Board Directors, Superintendent Jones and Senior Staff, Yesterday’s School Beat includes an article, Addressing Instances of Hate and Bias. The first sentence affirms SPS’s belief in having safe school communities regardless of race, religion, gender,...
