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Lawmakers want to put expelled kids back in school

Melissa Santos — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:29:06 +0000

Several state lawmakers are trying to reduce dropout rates in Washington schools by changing the way students are punished for misbehavior.

Dozens of parents and students showed up in Olympia Monday to testify on proposed laws that aim to reduce the length of public school suspensions and expulsions, as well as create plans for expelled students to get back into school.

Right now, students fall behind on schoolwork when they are expelled or suspended, and may not be able to catch up, parents and teachers testified Monday before the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee.

Additionally, getting a student …

Majority Leader Lisa Brown says there will be no more “joint caucuses” in the Senate

Peter Callaghan — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:45:32 +0000

One day after a Senate committee went behind closed doors for what was dubbed a “joint caucus,” Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown said the practice would not reoccur.

The unusual caucus – really just a meeting of all committee members in private – was called by Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee Chairwoman Rosemary McAuliffe at the end of the regular meeting Thursday. McAuliffe said the topic would be bipartisanship and would happen each Thursday at the end of the regular meeting.

“We talked about it in leadership and in caucus and we agreed that although her intent was …