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Legislative Bills 2011

I will be tracking bills in the legislature that have an effect on the education of our students and the teaching profession in general. Here is a link for you to let your legislative rep or senator know how you feel about a particular bill. OUR VOICE

Operating Budget HB 1087
HB 1600 Elementary math endorsement

HB 1412 End of couse exam

SB 5399 school employee workforce reductions and assignments

HB 1086 Supplemental Budget

SB 5475 Education Funding

HB 1443 Education Reforms

SB5226 Delay high stakes testing for graduation requirements

HB1463 Delinking state assessments for graduation purposes

SB5434 Equal Bargaining Rights Bill for community and technical colleges

SB5507 Increments Bill for community and technical colleges

HB 1607 Shortening the school year by three days.

Welcome to Facebook, Blogs, and webpages.

I hope you find this session to be helpful in your quest to become more familiar with the power of the internet. Today we are briefly looking at social networking, blogs, and webpage design. Relax and imagine you are on a beach Enjoy.

Back to school

It is that time of year where teaches are back in the trenches at school. They hope that this next legislative year will be better than the last. It is imperative for teachers across washington state to voice concerns that education funding should be the paramount duty of the sate. With decreased funding and more mandates given to teachers it amazes me that more teachers don't leave the profession and look for greener pastures. The reason why teachers teach in the first place is because they cherish the students they work with. I just hope that Olympia will realize this and strengthen the teaching profession with dedicated funding.

Washington DC

Wow my trip to Washington DC was amazing. Seeing memorials such as the Lincoln and Jefferson made me think of what a great country we live in. I think all Americans should go to Washington DC and tour all the sites and sounds. The weather was in the mid 80's which was very comfortable for early July and the food was amazing. The Arlington National Cemetary was very moving especially watching the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. Lobbying on Capitol Hill was a great experience and meeting with staff to discuss issues was very rewarding. I will be putting up more pictures from my trip shortly until then here is my webpage that contains them http://kelleyvacation2009.shutterfly.com/.