Gov. Christine Gregoire
Washington Gov. Christine says the Legislature has everything it needs to get the state ready to apply for a new federal education reform program.
She says the state must pass certain hurdles even to qualify for the competition for Race to the Top dollars, and those education reforms are all part of the bill making its way through the Legislature.
Some lawmakers have said the bill doesn’t go far enough. But Gregoire says that the proposal was the result of careful negotiations between the principals association, the state teacher’s union, the superintendent of public instruction and the governor. (AP)
