Thank you to all the delegates who represented local PTAs and LWPTSA Council at WSPTA’s 2022 Legislative Assembly on Oct. 15–16. Based on delegates’ votes, these five top-ranked issues will serve as WSPTA’s legislative platform for the next two years:
- Addressing the Student Mental Health Crisis
- Addressing Critical Gaps in Education Funding
- Preventing and Reducing Gun Violence and Suicide
- Addressing Funding, Inclusion and Supports in Special Education
- Building and Maintaining Safer School Facilities
The issues that did not make the top five form WSPTA’s “also supported” list:
- Creating a Diverse and Effective Educator Workforce
- Expanding School Construction Funding Options
- Harnessing the Benefits of Mastery-Based Learning
- Improving Equitable Identification and Access for Highly Capable Students
- Increasing Education Equity by Closing the Digital Divide
- Increasing Support for Equitable Family Engagement
- Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change
- Supporting a Meaningful High School Diploma
View the details of the legislative priorities on the WSPTA website.
New Resolutions Approved at Legislative Assembly:
- 4.16 Equitable and Impactful Family Engagement in Education
Amended Resolutions:
- 2.23 Gun Violence Prevention & Safety—Students and School Staff
- 18.36 Equitable Access to Highly Capable Services
- 18.40 Equitable Access and Improved Outcomes for Students With Disabilities
The Resolutions webpage has been updated. Look for full-text documents to be available soon for members, local PTAs and Councils to use in their advocacy efforts.