Race to the Top Legislation Headed to the Senate Floor

Comprehensive legislation to enact reforms in K-12 legislation has been approved by the Government Operations, Education and Finance Committees in the Senate and is moving to the Senate floor for a vote tomorrow (Friday) morning. As of the time of this post, the House Education Committee was still considering the legislation. Also pending in this special session is legislation that would enact higher education reforms. The K-12 legislation has an important deadline of January 19, the date the state's Race to the Top application is due in Washington. Reforms must be enacted by that date in order to be legitimately included in the application. Other special session issues do not have a deadline. If no significant movement occurs on those bills, the legislature may decide to wrap up the special session next week and roll that legislation into the regular session.