Uosigitone STEM fa'ailoa fa'ai'uga faiga fa'avae taua
Uosigitone STEM fa'ailoa fa'ai'uga faiga fa'avae taua
Matou te galulue faʻatasi ma nuʻu i le setete atoa e atiaʻe a matou fuafuaga faʻavae a le setete ina ia mautinoa o tupe teufaafaigaluega ma faiga faʻavae a le setete e faʻauluina taunuuga sili mo tamaiti aoga ma le tamaoaiga o Washington.
Faatasi ai ma le lagolago a matou paaga faʻaitulagi, matou te faʻaaogaina se Auivi o Iloiloga ia atiae se lisi o faiga faavae e taulaʻi i le fatuina o avanoa mo tamaiti aoga lanu, tamaiti aʻoga mai tuaa maualalo tupe maua, tamaiti aʻoga o loʻo nonofo i nuʻu i tua, ma teine ma tamaitai talavou.
2024 Legislative Session Recap
- Session Highlights – PowerPoint ma Ata Vitio (March 22nd, 2024)
- Pili Tracker
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOMES:
Early Learning
Faamuamua: Fa'amalosia le fa'amaopoopoina o vāega fa'alāpotopotoga e fa'alautele avanoa, fa'aogaina, ma fa'aauauina fa'amaumauga o a'oa'oga amata.
Taunu'uga: Expanded eligibility for subsidized child care: investments in the true cost of quality care; support for the early learning workforce. Some notable legislation includes:
- Clarifying requirements for the Working Connections Child Care program (HB 2111).
- Supporting and expanding access to the Working Connections Child Care program (HB 2124).
- Investing in child care facility renovations (HB 2195).
- Funding education for infants and toddlers with disabilities program (HB 1916).
- Streamlining and enhancing program access for persons eligible for food assistance (HB 1945).
- Increasing the capacity to conduct timely fingerprint-based background checks for prospective childcare employees and other programs (SB-5774).
K-12 STEM
Faamuamua: Fa'aleleia galuega tetele ma fa'ateleina le avanoa i fa'amatalaga fa'atino i le setete atoa e lagolago ai itumalo a'oga, tamaiti a'oga, ma aiga i le suiga mai le K-12 i le tulaga maualuga.
Taunu'uga: Increased investments that support the system infrastructure in the transition from K-12 to postsecondary as well as support for culturally sustaining learning, particularly Native education. Some notable legislation includes:
- Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance (HB 1146).
- Reorganizing statutory requirements governing high school graduation to include more language around postsecondary readiness (HB 2110).
- Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education (HB 1228).
- Increasing prototypical school staffing to better meet student needs, including mental and behavioral health, English language learning, and special education (HB 5882).
- Expediting the licensure and employment of out-of-state teachers (SB-5180).
- Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs (HB 2236).
- Increasing data sharing between OSPI, WASAC, and institutions of higher education to improve equitable access to postsecondary education (SB-6053).
Ala o galuega
Faamuamua: Fa'ateleina le fa'atupega i a'oa'oga i le setete atoa ma feso'ota'iga a tagata faigaluega, Career Connect Washington, e fausia ma fa'atumauina le avanoa i Polokalama A'oa'oga Feso'ota'i Matafaigaluega, fa'ateleina le lesitalaina i tua ma fa'ateleina le mauaina o fa'amaoniga.
Taunu'uga: Increased access to financial aid and a $1 million investment in Career Connected Learning grant programs. Some notable legislation includes:
- Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs (SB-5904).
- Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant (HB 2214).
- Modifying placement and salary matching requirements for the state work-study program (HB 2025).
- Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program (HB 2019).
- Establishing a pilot program eliminating college in the high school fees for private not-for-profit four-year institutions (HB 2441).
- Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs (HB 2236).
- Increasing data sharing between OSPI, WASAC, and institutions of higher education to improve equitable access to postsecondary education (SB-6053).
2023 Faitulafono o le Tausaga
“O nei fai tulafono na fa'ailogaina i latou lava e ala i le ta'ita'iga lua ma le va'aiga mamao," o le tala lea a Washington STEM CEO, Lynne K. Varner. “O a latou galuega e matua fa’aleleia atili ai le laufanua mo le tausiga o tamaiti amata ma a’oa’oga, fa’apea fo’i ma le fa’ateleina o avanoa ma ala faigaluega o lo’o avanoa mo le au fa’au’u a’oga maualuga a Uosigitone.”
Rep. Chipalo Street (37th District) na lagolagoina se aiaiga fa'atupe mo le Matagaluega o Tamaiti, Tupulaga Talavou ma Aiga e lagolago ai le gaosiga o fa'amaumauga fou o fa'amaumauga o a'oa'oga amata.
Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber (7th District) na taʻitaʻia se taumafaiga bipartisan e pasia se pili mo polokalame aperenitisi pailate faʻaitulagi e lima (HB 1013) lea o le a atiaʻe faiga faʻapaʻaga i le va o aʻoga i le lotoifale, nuʻu poʻo kolisi faʻapitoa, iuni leipa, polokalame aperenitisi resitalaina ma vaega o alamanuia i le lotoifale. Vaai i lana tautalaga taliaina.
Sen. Lisa Wellman (41st District) tulafono lagolago e uiga i Aoga Maualuga ma Tua atu o Fuafuaga (SB 5243) e atiaʻe se faʻasalalauga i luga ole laiga ina ia maua e tamaiti aʻoga i le setete atoa le avanoa tutusa i punaoa fuafuaina pe a maeʻa aʻoga maualuga e tusa lava po o a latou code zip. Vaai i lana tautalaga taliaina.
Uosigitone STEM's Legislator of the Year Award e tuʻuina atu i tausaga taʻitasi i sui o le Fono Faitulafono a le Setete oe na faʻaalia le tulaga taʻitaʻi i le faʻalauteleina o tulafono ma faiga faʻavae e faʻaleleia ai le tulaga lelei, faʻafouina, ma le tutusa i le saienisi, tekinolosi, inisinia, ma le numera o aʻoaʻoga mo tamaiti aoga uma a Uosigitone, aemaise lava. i latou e mamao ese mai avanoa.
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