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		<title>Week 1 of Session: Let&#8217;s Review</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2012/01/week-1-of-session-lets-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Salerno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Legislative session kicked off on Monday, and we covered lots of ground here on the blog and on Legislative Review, our 10-minute wrap-up of the day&#8217;s events that airs nightly at 6:30 p.m. on TVW. Here&#8217;s a quick look back at what happened this week. Monday: Opening ceremonies got underway with speeches from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed benefit plan would consolidate benefits for K-12 employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Salerno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning the Senate Health and Long-Term Care committee heard details about an overhaul of the healthcare benefit system for nearly 200,000 public school employees. The proposal would consolidate the healthcare plans of 295 school districts, and include medical, dental and vision. Life insurance and long-term disability would be left to the individual school districts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Chris Gregoire unveils her education reform proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire, unveiling her education reforms, said the current evaluation system for teachers and principals isn&#8217;t working. She&#8217;s proposing a new, four-tiered plan where low-performing teachers and principals can be fired if they don&#8217;t improve over a set period of time. She said as with any profession, sometimes teachers or principals &#8220;just aren&#8217;t cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capital budget testimony is on now</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/02/capital-budget-testimony-is-on-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[capital budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Capital Budget Committee is holding a public hearing on the 2011-2013 capital budget proposed by Gov. Chris Gregoire. So far, one school testified that they&#8217;re putting a 20-year bond on the ballot this month and they think they have a good chance of getting it through. Under their plan, the local voters would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gregoire signs the budget bill and more</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/05/gregoire-signs-the-budget-bill-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/05/gregoire-signs-the-budget-bill-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 19:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire is signing the budget and the &#8220;healthy schools&#8221; bill &#8212; to use money from new bonding to make schools more energy efficient. Watch live on TVW now. Voters must approve the bond before the bill goes into effect. The bottled water tax goes toward paying off the bond. Gregoire was joined by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dorn to Gregoire: Please veto section of budget</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/05/dorn-to-gregoire-please-veto-section-of-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[consolidation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[State schools superintendent Randy Dorn sent a letter to Gov. Chris Gregoire asking her to veto a section of the budget. Read the whole letter below. The segment he wants her to veto the section that would set aside $250,000 for a committee that would look at how to reorganize the state&#8217;s school districts. Dorn&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House debates jobs bill to weatherize schools funded by bond</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/03/house-debates-jobs-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/03/house-debates-jobs-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House just started debate on the bill to create jobs by making schools more energy efficient. The improvements would be paid for with bonds &#8212; and the bonds would be paid for by energy savings. The problem, as Republicans have said it: The bill would put Washington further into debt. &#8220;We cannot afford the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Up next on the House floor: Bonds for jobs to make schools more energy efficient</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/01/up-next-on-the-house-floor-bonds-for-jobs-to-make-schools-more-energy-efficient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/01/up-next-on-the-house-floor-bonds-for-jobs-to-make-schools-more-energy-efficient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bill that Rep. Hans Dunshee introduced last year that would issue $861 million in bonds, then use the money to make schools more energy efficient (and, in the process, create jobs around the state) is up for debate in the House this morning. Check back here for more on the debate &#8212; right now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randy Dorn to make a major policy speech on Thursday in Seattle</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/11/randy-dorn-to-make-a-major-policy-speech-on-thursday-in-seattle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/11/randy-dorn-to-make-a-major-policy-speech-on-thursday-in-seattle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[graduation requirement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy Dorn, state schools superintendent, will deliver a &#8220;major policy speech&#8221; about math and science requirements for high school graduation on Thursday at a gathering of school superintendents. The speech will be available at tvw.org on Friday afternoon, and will be played on Friday evening at 7 and 10 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Impact&#8217; tonight: education &amp; what&#8217;s in store when lawmakers return in January</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/09/the-impact-tonight-education-whats-in-store-when-lawmakers-return-in-january/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/09/the-impact-tonight-education-whats-in-store-when-lawmakers-return-in-january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Huntley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Quest for Quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re focusing on education in this week&#8217;s Impact show, when we&#8217;ll be recapping segments of our special report, The Quest for Quality: The Debate Over Education Reform &#38; Funding.  Joining us on-set: state Representative Kelli Linville, Chair of the House Budget committee and state Senator Curtis King, ranking minority member of the Senate&#8217;s Early Learning [...]]]></description>
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