by WFIS | Apr 24, 2023 | Agencies and Committees, PSAC, WFIS News
EANS I The last day for spending EANS I is Sept 30, 2023. 64% of the funding has been spent as of March 31. Contact EANS@K12.wa.us to make any changes to your budget. The three vendors for EANS I are Catapult, FACTS, and All Belong. EANS II The last day for...
by WFIS | Apr 17, 2023 | Early Learning, Legislation and Policy, WFIS News
Transitional Kindergarten is controversial in Washington State to anyone providing early education. It is completely supported by the Governor and many public school districts despite the evidence in California that TK programs are directly responsible for closing...
by WFIS | Apr 10, 2023 | Legislation and Policy, School Choice, WFIS News
The TK bill changed to Transition to K and will likely pass off the Senate Floor. The bill in the House looks very different, and a committee will meet to confer and rectify the differences. Some of the concerns about this bill include the following: It leaves OSPI in...
by WFIS | Mar 27, 2023 | Agencies and Committees, Education News, WFIS News
On Thursday, the Senate Education Committee heard testimony on whether to support a new Transition to Kindergarten bill that would allow unlimited expansion of TK programs in the public school system. Districts weighed in with the positive outcomes of the programs for...
by WFIS | Mar 20, 2023 | Early Learning, Education News, WFIS News
Transitional Kindergarten (TK) – Kindergarten for those not yet five years old by August 31st of that year. Children are enrolled as kindergartners and provided with kindergarten instruction. Transition to Kindergarten (TTK) – Proposed (HB 1550) free state-funded...
