Education News Updates
Legislature: The Washington Senate voted unanimously for a bill t o make it easier for minors to seal their records (for minor crimes). I'll have to read the bill but I doubt it will protect your child if the incident happened at school and it is now part of a school record. The FERPA changes would allow that kind of data to go out to vendors of all kinds (and even our friends at the Seattle Times). Still no word on the tying of test scores to teacher evaluation bill. This is the last day for the Legislature to vote on non-budget bills. The Kansas Supreme Court says public school funding cuts in their budgets hurt poorer districts and they have ruled it unconstitutional. From CBS News: The Supreme Court sent the case back to district court for more review to "promptly" determine what the adequate amount of funding should be, but didn't set a deadline for a hearing. It did, however, set a July 1 deadline for legislators to restore money for two funds a...