August 19, 2010
HB 3093 - 2009-10
Regarding parental involvement in the development of educational programs for children with disabilities.
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History of Bill as of Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:51 PM
Sponsors: Representatives Williams, Sullivan, Simpson, Santos, Ormsby 2010 REGULAR SESSION Jan 25 First reading, referred to Education. (View Original Bill) 2010 1ST SPECIAL SESSION Mar 15 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
January 26, 2010
Representative Williams is the prime sponsor for HB 3093 and it now has four co-signers, Representatives Sullivan, Ormsby, Santos, Simpson and has been referred to the House Education committee.
Please read below and see how you can help. Let your voice be heard.
January 24, 2010
Hooray! The Parent Access Bill now has a number! Read on..updated by my partner..
House Bill 3093 needs your support for parents and their consultants or evaluators to be able to observe current special ed placements and proposed special ed placements in order to effectively advocate for students receiving special education services, so they benefit from their education.
Use this link to find your legislators and their contact information:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx
This is a 'House' bill and so you would contact your 'representatives' in the house. However, you may also want to educate and inform your senator about this issue. We currently do not have a senate bill but will appreciate any contact with senators that may cause them to initiate a bill in the senate.
Following is a link to (click on 'original bill') where you can read the text of the bill. After this link you will find a one pager as suggested talking points when speaking with your legislators. An email doesn't always work as well as a phone call but you can also leave a message for your legislators (2 representatives and 1 senator & the governor) using the legislative hotline 1-800-562-6000:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=3093&year=2010
You are urged to make comments about this proposed bill in our guest book . If you have questions or would like to post a subject on this, please feel free to post in our forum page.
We urge you to write letters of support for this bill and email them to Donna Obermeyer or Sarah McQuilkin. Please feel free to check back with us for updates and the progress of this bill.December 30, 2009
Dec. 30, 2009 Today I rec. an email from Representative Haigh. She will not be able to see the bill through this session since it is so short and she is working on budget. I wrote her back saying I will keep this bill alive and perhaps someone will sponsor it, if not this session , but the next.
Please still keep your comments coming about this bill and state why you support it. It would be good to state whether you have had problems or not.