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Next week, Board members will come together for annual planning and a business meeting in Anacortes. The business/action-item portion of the meeting will be September 15 (watch live on TVW). Topics for discussion include the agency budget, basic education compliance, and legislative priorities for this coming session. Find the agenda and supporting materials on SBE's meetings site.
To be in compliance with the law, school districts must certify their basic education compliance (confirm that they are offering the required educational programming) by September 15 at the latest. Find a listing of districts and their statuses: basic education compliance.
Please contact Viktoria Bobyleva, Basic Education Manager for more information on certifying basic education compliance. Learn more about basic education here: sbe.wa.gov/basiced.
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Graduation requirements alignment: listening sessions
Learn about state graduation requirements, and give feedback on draft recommendations on how to better align these requirements to the Profile of a Graduate (skills students need to thrive in life after high school). Join us for listening sessions:
Learn more about the project: sbe.wa.gov/alignment.
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We will present your feedback to the Board. The sessions are recorded and available to the public. Learn more about the recommendations before the session: Video.
Can't make a session? Take the survey! Please reach out if other translation services are needed.
We want to visit classrooms, and buy you lunch!
But first, we need name suggestions from Washington students for our new Instagram seal. Students can submit their ideas, or educators can do this for them by emailing sbe@k12.wa.us. The student (or class) that wins the final name (state-wide vote, and SBE committee selection) gets:
- A pizza party for their class (courtesy of our Executive Director)
- A visit to a classroom of their choice from State Board delegates, and the seal of course (whenever timing is not disruptive)
- A feature of your classroom in the State Board's newsletter, and highlights across all official social media channels
- Bragging rights that you named the official SBE seal
On our visit, we'd love to learn more about what your students are experiencing at school. We can also share about our state's education system and how state policy works. The deadline for our seal's naming contest is September 30. Details can be found here: sbe.wa.gov/seal. Share our posts about this on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and/or LinkedIn.
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