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The Washington State Board of Education (SBE) is a government body that oversees education in the U.S. state of Washington. It was established in 1877 by the Washington Territorial Legislature and primarily oversees K–12 education. [1] The board also authorizes charter schools, which were legalized in 2012, and private institutions. [2]
Like all members of executive branch, the Superintendent of Public Instruction was established as a partisan position by the Washington State Constitution in 1889. [1] However, an initiative to the people in 1938 made the position nonpartisan. Initiative 126 passed 293,202 to 153,142 and is codified as Chapter 1 Laws of 1939.
This week, a civil rights complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a teenage girl in Washington state who was allegedly punished for refusing ...
This is a complete list of school districts of in the state of Washington. School districts are classified as whether they operate high school or not. Additionally the state classifies them on they have at least 2,000 students, with the former being first class districts and the latter being second class districts. Joint school districts have territory in at least two counties. All school ...
“Our public schools are paid for by anybody and everybody, including those with no religion.” Eastern WA school board considers starting meetings with prayer. Students pushed back
(The Center Square) – More than 2,600 people signed on to support a school choice bill that received a public hearing Thursday in Olympia. House Bill 1140, sponsored by Rep. Travis Couture, R ...
A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educational matters to schools and residents.
The Kennewick School Board — which oversees the instruction of 20,000 K-12 students — appears to be the largest in Washington to come out in opposition to the two bills.