Education Funding Advocacy
As the state legislature begins to craft the budget for the 2025-27 biennium, we need parents and caregivers to demand they fully fund PreK-12 education. Otherwise we are looking at more painful budget cuts similar to what we experienced two years ago.
Please take 1-2 minutes to send this very easy email to your representatives.
Our PTA is working hard to get the word out about the potential for upcoming budget cuts and asking Happy Valley parents and supporters to take action now to prevent those cuts, by contacting their legislators and asking them to fully fund K-12 education.
Taking a few minutes to do this now can have a big impact, especially if we all do it! Ready to make a bigger impact? Share the email form with any friends and family in Washington and ask them to send it, too!
Fall 2024 Video from Dr. Baker (16 min): https://bellinghamps.wistia.com/medias/em0epxgt2x
Bellingham School Board letter to state legislators:
https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/bsdwa/Board.nsf/files/DBTMG55B0FD7/$file/Proposed%20Letter%20to%20Legislators.pdf
January 2025 Video from State Superintendent Chris Reykdal:
https://tvw.org/video/state-superintendent-chris-reykdal-press-conference-2025011128/?eventID=2025011128
2025 Legislative Priorities (the “Big 3”) with info specific to Bellingham School District:
https://bellinghamschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bellingham-Public-Schools-2025-Legislative-Priorities_Fall-2024.pdf