THE WEEKLY
Weekly news and more from the Washington State Board of Education
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September 6 | Issue 4
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Student Leaders Seek Stories: Mental Health Initiatives
The Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL) Student Voice and Advocacy Board is working alongside SBE on a statewide mental health campaign that includes a database of student-led mental health initiatives so that all schools can access mental health resources.

The goal of the Mental Health Initiative is to support student leaders in their efforts to help de-stigmatize mental health in schools. Your response will be used to develop this database: Mental Health Input .
Webinar: Graduation Requirements
The State Board recently hosted a webinar about legislation enacted in recent years that requires amendments to existing rules on high school graduation requirements, as well as the creation of new rules. 

Close to 200 people from districts all over the state registered for the webinar and posed questions and comments to SBE staff for about 90 minutes.

We are updating FAQs with all questions posed during the session, and will publish to our website. In the meantime, find the recording here: August 27 Graduation Laws Webinar .

Would you like to give feedback? Email alissa.muller@k12.wa.us .
September Board Meeting
The next SBE Board meeting will be in Yakima, Washington September 10-12. At the meeting, we'll cover:
  • Graduation pathways rules
  • School recognition
  • Waiver rules, and more!

You can access materials for the meeting on our Meetings page . We will also broadcast the meeting via Periscope . Follow us on Twitter to get that feed.
Have an idea to include in the Weekly? Send your ideas or comments to sbe@k12.wa.us .
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