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The Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO) Council is charged by RCW 28A.630.123 to advise the Governor, the Legislature, and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding a comprehensive expanded learning opportunities system.
The Expanded Learning Opportunities Council has concluded. Please email OSPI Title 2 for copies of meeting minutes, agendas, and materials.
Authorizing Legislation
Second Substitute Senate Bill 6163
Effective June 12, 2014
As authorized in Section 3, Part 2, the council shall provide:
- Vision, guidance, assistance, and advice related to potential improvement and expansion of summer learning opportunities
- School year calendar modifications that will help reduce summer learning loss
- Increasing partnerships between schools and community-based organizations to deliver expanded learning opportunities
- Other current or proposed programs and initiatives across the spectrum of early elementary through secondary education that could contribute to a statewide system of expanded learning opportunities
As authorized in Section 3, Part 3, the council shall:
- Identify fiscal, resource, and partnership opportunities
- Coordinate policy development
- Set quality standards; promote evidence-based strategies
- Develop a comprehensive action plan designed to implement expanded learning opportunities
- Address summer learning loss
- Provide academic supports
- Build strong partnerships between schools and community-based organizations
- Track performance of expanded learning opportunities in closing the opportunity gap
When making recommendations regarding evidence-based strategies, the council shall consider the best practices on the state menus developed in accordance with RCW 28A.165.035 and RCW 28A.655.235.
The council shall provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature by December 1, 2014, and each December thereafter until December 2018. The report will: summarize accomplishments; measure progress; contain recommendations regarding continued development of an expanded learning opportunities system; and contain recommendations to reduce summer learning loss.
Members
| Name | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
|
Adrian Almanza |
Northwest Community Action Center |
Safe Haven Site Coordinator |
|
Bill Hanawalt |
Degrees of Change |
Development Director |
|
Dr. James Smith |
Commission on African American Affairs / Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee |
Commissioner |
|
Jackie Jainga-Hyllseth |
School's Out Washington |
Chief Program Quality Officer |
|
Jacob Clark Blickenstaff |
Washington STEM |
Senior Program Officer |
|
Jason Rothkowitz |
Washington State Parent Teacher Association |
State Legislative Committee Member |
|
Jonathan Madamba |
Cultural Community-Based Organization, Asian Pacific Americans |
Founder and Advisor, STEM Paths Innovation Network |
|
Leslie Herrenkohl |
University of Washington |
Professor, Learning Sciences and Human Development |
|
Lisa White |
Spokane School District |
Director of Afterschool Programs |
|
Mark Bergeson |
Washington Student Achievement Council |
Associate Director of Academic Affairs and Policy |
|
Mary Fertakis |
Washington State School Directors Association |
School Board Director, Tukwila School District |
|
MJ Bolt |
State Board of Education |
Board Member |
|
Mona Johnson |
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Assistant Superintendent Early Learning Director, Student Support |
|
Pat Erwin |
Association of Washington School Principals |
Principal, Lincoln High School, Tacoma School District |
|
Patrice Page |
Washington Association of School Administrators |
Retired Superintendent, North Kitsap School District |
|
Sarah Oliver |
Olympic Workforce Development Council |
Program Supervisor |
|
Shannon Ergun |
Washington Education Association |
ESL Teacher, Tacoma School District |
|
Sheri Miller |
Washington Library Association |
Youth Services Manager, Whitman County Library |