Thursday, February 17 marks the deadline for policy bills to be passed out of House committees; February 21 is the deadline for Senate policy bills.
Due to the compressed schedule in the House, the Education Committee will be hearing and acting on bills in only two committee meetings this week. The result will be that public testimony will be severely limited to 10-15 minutes per bill, in most cases, with those traveling the farthest from Olympia getting the first opportunity to speak.
The next set of deadlines is February 25 for bills with fiscal impact to move from budget committees, and March 7 to pass bills out of the chamber where they originated.
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Updates on the Legislature and state government from the Washington State School Directors' Association.
