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National Disability Employment Awareness Month
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...
Summer Opportunities
Skills Center Information It's not too late to sign up for Seattle Public Schools Skills Center Summer courses. These are Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes and can count towards graduation credit. Summer Internship Opportunities This includes both, summer...
HB 1436 Urgent call to action!
You can take meaningful action in just 3 steps: Step 1. Message your Legislator Please send a comment to your legislator supporting HB 1436 and ask them to fully fund the education for all of Washington's students by clicking here, Step 2. Email Senate leaders: Senate...
CALL TO ACTION!!! SUPPORT HB 1436 AND SB 5311
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...
This Week: HB 1436 Making Moves to Fund Special Education
March 29, 2023, is the cut off date for bills to be voted out of committees. On Monday, March 27, 2023, Representative Gerry Pollet’s special education funding bill, HB 1436, is scheduled for executive session in the Senate. Link to TVW's Broadcast: Executive Session...
HB1479 CALL TO ACTION: Stop the School to Prison Pipeline
Dear, allies, neighbors, friends, and family, Your advocacy is needed now! Please email the WA Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee members and ask them to pass HB 1479 (Restraint & Isolation) out of the committee. It only takes a couple minutes to...
URGENT CALL TO ACTION HB 1479
Tell your legislators.... to vote YES on SHB 1479! 1. Comment on this Bill here 2. Sign Disability Rights Washington’s Letter to the House of Representatives We all benefit when strategies to address challenging behaviors in classrooms work. The use of isolation and...
Sensory Regulation and Mental Health
Presenters Olivia Waldock and Josie Jarvis offered practical tools to finding calm in the chaos in this Zoom presentation. A toolkit is available for download at https://ccml.io/sites/sensory-supports-for-family-wellbeing/
SSEPTSA Testifies in House Appropriations – REMOVE THE CAP!
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...
Open Letter: Disability left out of statement against hate and bias
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,...
