SEATTLE — Gov. Jay Inslee plans to sign two education bills in Seattle on Wednesday.
He is scheduled to sign a measure that will help improve education for foster youth just after noon at a luncheon at the Seattle Sheraton. Then he will be visiting a Seattle middle school to sign a bill aimed at closing the educational opportunity gap.
House Bill 1999 tells education and child welfare agencies to work together to help foster kids get a better education. It moves administration of education programs to help foster kids work toward college into the education department.
House Bill 1451 is aimed at closing the achievement gap between students of different ethnic groups.
The measure calls for an end to long-term and open-ended suspensions and expulsions. It also improves bilingual instruction and asks for more cultural competency training for educators.
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