As your PTSA legislative chair, my goal is to help JSIS parents stay abreast of Seattle Public School policy and State legislative issues related to education, and to ensure that parents know about opportunities to make their voice heard to the school board and their legislators.  To that end, this section of the website will be updated regularly with information about issues of concern to the JSIS community.

Jane Cover (janec@u.washington.edu) - JSIS PTSA Legislative Chair 
Sherry Carr (sherry.carr@seattleschools.org), Biography - Seattle School Board, District II

House and Senate Budget Proposals Cut K-12 Funding

The House and Senate have released budget proposals that include cuts to the K-12 budget for the next fiscal year—$112 million in the House and $214 million in the Senate.  These cuts come on top of the $1 billion that was cut from K-12 education in the two-year biennial budget adopted last spring.  If adopted, the Senate proposal may ultimately result in higher reductions to the K-12 budget because it ties levy equalization and funding for all day kindergarten to an increase in the general sales tax.  If the sales tax increase were to be defeated via an initiative later this fall—which many expect would be the case—the funding for those areas would be lost in addition.  While the House proposal seems more favorable to K-12, the House has yet to identify how it would raise sufficient revenue to pay for its proposal. 

To read the House budget proposal, CLICK HERE.

To read the Senate budget proposal, CLICK HERE.

King County Judge Deems State Education Funding Insufficient

To read the Seattle Times article about this decision, CLICK HERE.

King County Judge Rejects Seattle Public School Math Curriculum

To read the Seattle Times article about this decision, CLICK HERE.

What's in the New Student Assignment Plan?

To learn about the Student Assignment Plan, CLICK HERE.

New to JSIS? Join a school tour, March 3rd, 10th, 17th or 24th (9:30am)

Reassigned to McDonald Elementary? To learn more about McDonald, CLICK HERE.

To join the McDonald Elementary School Yahoo Group, CLICK HERE.

McDonald Open House (at Lincoln), March 6th (10:00am)