Former Washington State Representative, Paul Graves, is a\ntrue hero for foster children within this state. Foster children are some of\nWashington\u2019s most vulnerable and on any assumed night there are roughly 10,000\nkids in foster care in Washington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Paul was in the legislature in the 2017-18 biennium, he\nworked on House\nbill 3010<\/a>, which would have created a\nfoster student scholarship program for children and youth in foster care, this\ngiving them the option to attend the public or private school of their\ncaregiver\u2019s choice. Unfortunately, the bill was introduced too late into\nsession and had not been able to make it out of committee. However, in this\nlegislative session, a new State Representative, Chris Corry (R-Yakima) has\nintroduced House\nbill 1969<\/a> which continues to carry on Paul\u2019s work with a few minor\nadditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Liv Finne, the Director for the Center for Education at the\nWashington Policy Center outlines<\/a>\nHB 1969 clearly and coherently. She states that \u201cHB 1969 would serve the public\ninterest by ensuring that all children have access to a supportive learning\nenvironment and to personalized care that meets their educational needs.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only does this bill provide more choice to foster\nparents and caregiver\u2019s, it enhances a student\u2019s chance at an improved\neducation, especially those who are most vulnerable and are in dire need of a\nbetter education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As Don Nielsen, a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute\nwrites \u201cIt is hard to defend the notion that parents should not have a say in\nwhere their child attends school. Virtually every other aspect of raising a\nchild is based upon the decision of the parent. What a child eats, where she\nlives, when she sleeps, who her doctor is, what books she reads, etc., are all\ndecisions made by parents. However, the formal education of the child, which is\nprobably the most important aspect of raising a child, is not currently a\nparental choice. We need to put the parents or guardians in charge of their\nchild\u2019s education.\u201d \n\nHB 1969 is a must for Washington State. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Washington State Representative, Paul Graves, is a true hero for foster children within this state. Foster children are some of Washington\u2019s most vulnerable and on any assumed night there are roughly 10,000 kids in foster care in Washington. When Paul was in the legislature in the 2017-18 biennium, he worked on House bill 3010, which would have created a foster student scholarship program for children and youth in foster care, this giving them the option to attend the public or private school of their caregiver\u2019s choice. Unfortunately, the bill was introduced too late into session and had not been able to make it out of committee. However, in this legislative session, a new State Representative, Chris Corry (R-Yakima) has Read More ›<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":2072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[48,47],"tags":[54],"coauthors":[1062],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-policy","category-school-choice","tag-legislative-memo"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Bailey Takacs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2071"}],"wp:action-assign-author":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}