{"id":1122,"date":"2018-01-11T11:10:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T19:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/kuderer\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2020-09-15T22:46:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T22:46:22","slug":"kuderer-baumgartner-introduce-legislation-to-put-wiaa-under-state-oversight-expand-state-basketball-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/2018\/01\/11\/kuderer-baumgartner-introduce-legislation-to-put-wiaa-under-state-oversight-expand-state-basketball-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuderer, Baumgartner introduce legislation to put WIAA under state oversight, expand state basketball playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, and Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, introduced legislation to put the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association under state oversight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now there\u2019s no clear oversight for the WIAA,\u201d said Baumgartner, Republican leader of the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee. \u201cI\u2019ve heard from countless parents that there is no transparency in their decision-making process. This bill ensures that parents will have a voice when key WIAA decisions are made and that there is public accountability in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important for rules to be clear and consistently applied across all interscholastic programs,\u201d said Kuderer. \u201cMy hope is that this bill brings transparency and accountability to an institution that is publicly funded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=6336&amp;Year=2017\">Senate Bill 6336<\/a> would place the WIAA under the oversight of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and would restore a 16-team state tournament format for high school basketball that would be held over consecutive days and played in the same city or county.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing to the state basketball tournament is a special opportunity for students and communities. It\u2019s important that the field being able to participate be restored to an expanded 16 teams,\u201d said Baumgartner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, and Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, introduced legislation to put the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association under state oversight. \u201cRight now there\u2019s no clear oversight for the WIAA,\u201d said Baumgartner, Republican leader of the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee. \u201cI\u2019ve heard from countless parents that there is no transparency in their decision-making process. This bill ensures that parents will have a voice when key WIAA decisions are made and that there is public accountability in the process.\u201d \u201cIt is important for rules to be clear and consistently applied across all interscholastic programs,\u201d said Kuderer. \u201cMy hope is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kuderer, Baumgartner introduce legislation to put WIAA under state oversight, expand state basketball playoffs - Patty Kuderer Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/2018\/01\/11\/kuderer-baumgartner-introduce-legislation-to-put-wiaa-under-state-oversight-expand-state-basketball-playoffs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kuderer, Baumgartner introduce legislation to put WIAA under state oversight, expand state basketball playoffs - Patty Kuderer Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today, Sen. 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