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Fall 2008 This list is not exhaustive — please submit your links of interest to the webmaster — thank you!
Listing of advocacy organizations and resources follows the WA government list.
STATE OF WASHINGTON WA Governor's Office - www.governor.wa.gov/ Contact Governor - http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp WA Legislature - www.leg.wa.gov/legislature 2007 Citizen’s Guide to K-12 Finance - www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/Senate/SCS/WM/SwmWebsite/Publications/2007/K12Guide2007.pdf WA Basic Ed Finance Task Force - www.leg.wa.gov/Joint/Committees/BEF/ WA Learns Committee - www.washingtonlearns.wa.gov/ WA Secretary of State - http://www.secstate.wa.gov/ WA S.O.S. - Find Your Poll - http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/WEI/OSOS/VoterVault/ WA S.O.S. – Elections - www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/ WA S.O.S. - Elections - Terms & Salaries - www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/filing_for_elective_office.aspx#fees WA Office of Financial Management - http://www.ofm.wa.gov/default.asp WA Office of Financial Management - '08 Budget - www.ofm.wa.gov/budget08/ TVW - WA State Public Affairs Television Network - www.tvw.org/index.cfm?bhcp=1 OSPI - Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (WA Dept. of Education) OSPI – Homepage - www.k12.wa.us/ Sources for data specific to your school district / bldg.: WA OSPI - Search for Publications - http://www.k12.wa.us/Publications/Default.aspx WA OSPI: Data & Reports - www.k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/default.aspx WA OSPI: Data & Report Files 2002-07 - http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/DataDownload.aspx?schoolId=1&OrgTypeId=1&reportLevel=State&orgLinkId= WA OSPI: District Report Cards - http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?schoolId=1&reportLevel=State&orgLinkId=1&yrs= WA OSPI: Compare your District or School - http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/SideBySide.aspx?schoolId=116&OrgTypeId=3&reportLevel=District&orgLinkId=116 WA OSPI: Data & Report Files 2002-07 - http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/DataDownload.aspx?schoolId=1&OrgTypeId=1&reportLevel=State&orgLinkId= OSPI Educational Service Districts ESD 101 Eastern- www.esd101.net/esd101/site/default.asp ESD 105 South Central - www.esd105.wednet.edu/ ESD 112 - Southwest - www.esd112.org/ ESD 113 West Central - www.esd113.k12.wa.us/templates/Container.aspx?ID=1 ESD 114 Olympic - www.oesd.wednet.edu/oesd/site/default.asp ESD 121 Puget Sound - www.psesd.org/ ESD 123 South East - www.esd123.org/ ESD 171 North Central - www.ncesd.org/ncesd/site/default.asp ESD 189 Northwest - www.nwesd.org/nwesd/site/default.asp WA State Board of Education - www.sbe.wa.gov/ WA Dept. Of Revenue - WA DOR - Tax Statistics - http://dor.wa.gov/content/aboutus/statisticsandreports/ WA DOR - Tax Overview - http://dor.wa.gov/docs/reports/WA_Tax_System_11_17_2004.pdf WA DOR - School District Guidelines - http://dor.wa.gov/content/doingbusiness/businesstypes/industry/schooldistrict/default.aspx Tax Alternatives for WA State: A 2002 Report to the Legislature - http://dor.wa.gov/content/aboutus/statisticsandreports/wataxstudy/Final_Report.htm WA DOR - Comparative of State & Local Taxes 2005 - www.dor.wa.gov:80/Content/AboutUs/StatisticsAndReports/2005/Compare05/default.aspx
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT US Senate - http://www.senate.gov/ WA Senator Patty Murray - http://murray.senate.gov/ WA Senator Maria Cantwell - http://cantwell.senate.gov/ US Congress - http://www.house.gov/ Inslee, Jay, Washington, 1st - http://www.house.gov/inslee/ Larsen, Rick, Washington, 2nd - http://www.house.gov/larsen/ Baird, Brian, Washington, 3rd - http://www.house.gov/baird/ Hastings, Doc, Washington, 4th - http://www.house.gov/hastings/ McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Washington, 5th - http://www.house.gov/mcmorris/ Dicks, Norman D., Washington, 6th - http://www.house.gov/dicks/ McDermott, Jim, Washington, 7th - http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/ Reichert, David G., Washington, 8th - http://www.house.gov/reichert/ Smith, Adam, 9th - - http://www.house.gov/adamsmith/ US Federal Election Commission - http://www.fec.gov/ Campaign Finance and Reporting Data - www.fec.gov/disclosure.shtml
PTA — Parent and Teacher Associations Washington State PTA - www.wastatepta.org/ WSPTA - Legislation Issues & Actions - http://www.wastatepta.org/legislation.htm US National PTA - http://www.pta.org/ National PTA - Issues and Actions - http://www.pta.org/issues_and_action.html
EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS American Federation of Teachers (AFT) - http://www.aft.org/index.htm National Education Association - http://www.nea.org/index.html Higher Ed—United Faculty of Washington State - http://www.ufws.org/ PSE - Public school Employees - http://www.pseclassified.org/index.php WASA - Washington Association of School Administrators - www.wasa-oly.org/ WASSDA - WA State School Directors Association – http://wssda.org/wssda/WebForms/En-Us/Default.asp WEA - WA Education Association - www.washingtonea.org/index.php?jos_change_template=_index
PRESENTATIONS ON EDUCATION & FUNDING Funding Washington Schools — www.fundingwaschools.org Washington Association of School Administrators - www.wasa-oly.org/progress/index.htm WASDA - Generations of Progress Presentation Toolkit - http://www.wasa-oly.org/progress/materials.htm “Do You Know” series available on YouTube: Do You Know #1 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI Do You Know #2 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=65wE6yFYgP8&feature=related Do You Know #3 - www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=P7J_ereCiTo
CHILDREN & EDUCATION ADVOCACY / CIVIC ORG LINKS Funding Washington Schools — www.fundingwaschools.org Ed Funding Mobilization Group (EFMG) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/efmg/files/ League of Women Voters – WA - www.lwvwa.org/ League of Education Voters - www.educationvoters.org League of Education Voters “Did You Know” Campaign — www.didyouknowcampaign.com/ League of Education Voters “Did You Know” List of questions - http://didyouknowcampaign.com/dyk.php League of Education Voters “Did You Know” Blog http://blog.educationvoters.org/ Network for Excellence in Washington Schools (NEWS) - www.waschoolexcellence.org/ Partnership for 21st Century Skills - www.21stcenturyskills.org/ Public Agenda - www.publicagenda.org/educators The Children's Alliance - www.childrensalliance.org Stand For Children - www.stand.org
ADVOCACY ORGS / LINKS Public Agenda - www.publicagenda.org/educators Start a Petition - http://www.gopetition.com/
RESEARCH ORGS & GROUPS UW—Center on Reinventing Public Education — www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/print/csr_docs/home.htm
POLITICAL ORGS, GROUPS & CAUCUSES Washington State Democrats - www.wa-democrats.org/ Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus - senatedemocrats.wa.gov/ Washington State Republicans - www.wsrp.org/ Washington State Senate Republican Caucus - senaterepublicans.wa.gov/default.htm
OTHER LINKS BEF’s Legislator Proposal - www.whatittakesforkids.com/ UW Office of External Affairs—State Relations - www.washington.edu/about/staterel/ |
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