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Around WA

• Learning Nisqually history starts with building a sense of place (The Seattle Times)
• Stand-out Grad: Kelso graduate to take robotics club skills to college (The Daily News)

Partner Highlights

• Basics about State Learning Standards and Assessments (Ready WA)
• Webinar: Solving Stranded Credits and Institutional Debt (WSAC)
• CTE Scholarship (WA Opportunity Scholarship)
• A Listening Session with Voices from the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community (LEV)

Broad View

• To Counter Racist Violence, Teach Honest History (Learning for Justice)
• 4 high school students talk mental health and how the pandemic changed them (NPR)

May Meeting Recap

SBE held its first hybrid Board meeting in two years on May 11-12 in Chelan, and discussed student voting authority on the Board, institutional education, interim planning, private school approvals, graduation pathways research, and more. The Board celebrated the work of student member, McKenna Roberts (graduating senior at Okanogan High School in Okanogan). McKenna plans to attend Barnard College in New York City this fall. Board chair, Bill Kallappa presented McKenna with a traditional blanket ceremony as an honored send-off. 

Read the full meeting recap to get a high-level view of what happened.

Find documents from the meeting and links to TVW’s live stream on SBE’s meetings page.

Basic Education Compliance

In our state, the State Board of Education is responsible for certifying that school districts are in compliance with the program requirements of Basic Education (WAC 180-16-195, WAC 180-16-200, and RCW 28A.150.220(7)) each year. If you are a superintendent, the deadline to submit your compliance is August 18. Read more on SBE's latest blog post.

Access to Youth Substance Use Services

Reimagining Access to Substance Use Services with and for Youth and Young Adults

HCA and DBHR announced a partnership with Do Big Good, a human-centered design consulting firm to work with young people, reimaging access and treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) services. They will facilitate co-design sessions with youth and young adults (YYA) and produce a report with recommendations from young people that will be incorporated into the behavioral health strategic plan.

They are recruiting youth, young adults (13-24). Compensation will be offered for the session.If you know of anyone interested or have any questions, contact Amanda Lewis (she/her) at amanda.lewis@hca.wa.gov or 360-628-1730.