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Washington public education, today is the first day of the rest
of your life.
Maybe a little dramatic? Or maybe not.
Literally, as I type this, the members of the new state
Quality Education Council are probably standing in line at the
espresso stand, gathering their papers, maybe even driving into
Olympia toward the Senate Cherberg Building to meet for the first
time.
Thirteen
people, including four senators, four state representatives, a
couple Gregoire appointees and Bremerton’s own Bette Hyde, will
meet from 9 am to 4 pm today to begin the work of sorting out how
to fund the state’s new definition of basic education, as approved
last legislative session in House Bill 2261.
The council will look at financing, as well as other issues,
including an early learning program for at-risk children, a new
funding formula for school transportation to begin in
2013, a schedule for changes to the basic education program and the
funding to support the changes and a teacher mentoring program. The
council will also set goals and priorities for the next 10 years,
including ways to eliminate the achievement gap and reduce dropout
rates.
If you have a couple extra hours today, tune into TVW, Washington’s
statewide public affairs television station, to watch the meeting
live. Visit www.tvw.org for local channel listings.
OSPI also put out this press release on the meeting.
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
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