{"id":1445,"date":"2025-07-01T22:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:37:31","slug":"session-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/our-stories\/session-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"SESSION WRAP: Disappointments and Missed Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wa-families-deserved-better\">WA Families deserved better<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-row ultp-block-7e0e45\"><div class=\"ultp-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-row-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-column ultp-block-6d7111\"><div class=\"ultp-column-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/b43ace95-3eeb-4d83-9a0b-adefa541d543.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/b43ace95-3eeb-4d83-9a0b-adefa541d543.jpg 680w, https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/b43ace95-3eeb-4d83-9a0b-adefa541d543-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/b43ace95-3eeb-4d83-9a0b-adefa541d543-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-column ultp-block-f3a0fc\"><div class=\"ultp-column-wrapper\">\n<p>This legislative session was a tough one for Washington families. Despite unprecedented needs in both our public education and youth justice systems, lawmakers left Olympia without passing critical reforms, while making cuts that will impact students in K-12 and higher ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>Governor Bob Ferguson<\/strong>, it was a first session marked by steep learning curves. Amid a $16 billion budget deficit, his early resistance to progressive revenue proposals shaped much of the session\u2019s tone. While the final budget <em>did<\/em> include some new revenue streams, they came only after weeks of tension and delay\u2014and some, such as an ability to raise school levies, will actually increase inequities between school districts long term. Ultimately, lawmakers still made about $7 billion in cuts, including to student-facing programs and higher education, while adding new spending to fund previously agreed-upon collective bargaining agreements and modestly increasing funding for special education and school operating costs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the many challenges of this session, <strong>all three of Stand for Children\u2019s legislative priorities were passed<\/strong>\u2014an important bright spot for youth across Washington. Lawmakers secured $1.5 million to maintain the <strong>Ninth Grade Success Initiative<\/strong>, maintained an important pilot effort around<strong> CTE Dual Credit<\/strong>, and strengthened <strong>youth diversion<\/strong> programs, including better data collection and reporting. These investments move us closer to a system that supports students\u2019 success in school and life, especially those at greatest risk of being pushed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WA Families deserved better Despite the many challenges of this session, all three of Stand for Children\u2019s legislative priorities were passed\u2014an important bright spot for youth across Washington. Lawmakers secured $1.5 million to maintain the Ninth Grade Success Initiative, maintained an important pilot effort around CTE Dual Credit, and strengthened youth diversion programs, including better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":4577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","color_schema":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Families Affected by Legislative Session Cuts - Stand for Children Washington<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Washington families faced significant challenges this session with unmet needs in education and youth justice reforms.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/our-stories\/session-wrap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SESSION WRAP: Disappointments and Missed Opportunities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington families faced significant challenges this session with unmet needs in education and youth justice reforms.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/our-stories\/session-wrap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stand for Children Washington\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/standwashington\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-01T22:50:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-03T18:37:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Mask-group-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"475\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"475\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mknell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@WashingtonStand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@WashingtonStand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mknell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/our-stories\\\/session-wrap\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/our-stories\\\/session-wrap\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mknell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5385f229e8fd43b5d478301549e9744d\"},\"headline\":\"SESSION WRAP: Disappointments and Missed Opportunities\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-01T22:50:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-03T18:37:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/our-stories\\\/session-wrap\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/our-stories\\\/session-wrap\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Mask-group-1.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/our-stories\\\/session-wrap\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/our-stories\\\/session-wrap\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stand.org\\\/washington\\\/our-stories\\\/session-wrap\\\/\",\"name\":\"Families Affected by Legislative Session Cuts - 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