Advocacy Email - April 13, 2007To: Advocacy Email List of the Washington State Coalition for International Education IMPORTANT NEWS... * Senate Bill 5481 Enhancing student learning opportunities and
achievement. This bill implements many of the recommendations from Washington Learns (including new learning opportunities, full-day kindergarten, career paths, etc.). The bill originated in the Senate, but when it passed over to the House of Representatives, Rep. Shay Schual-Berke successfully amended it to include a new section (Section 7) establishing the position of World Languages Supervisor at OSPI. (Rep. Schual-Berke did this because that language got lost in her original bill HB1517, when that bill went to the Senate.) Current status: Because the House amended the bill, the Senate must vote on concurrence with the changes. That is supposed to happen on Saturday, April 14. Action Needed Now (as of 4/13/2007)
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What to say: Sample message; tailor it to your own needs, Be sure to reference the World Languages Amendment to SB5481:
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