OLYMPIA – State Sen. Lisa Wellman, D-Mercer Island, was sworn into office to represent the 41st Legislative District today.<\/p>\n
Wellman is serving her first term in the Legislature and is one of six new Democratic members to join the Senate in 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to join the Senate during a time with great challenges and even greater opportunity,\u201d Wellman said. \u201cI\u2019m passionate about making a difference in people\u2019s lives and eager to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wellman has already introduced Senate Bill 5023, which would delay the reduction in local levy authority that threatens to cut millions from school district budgets across the state in the 2017-18 school year.<\/p>\n
Often called the \u201clevy cliff,\u201d the planned reductions would take money from school districts already struggling to meet the needs of students as the Legislature continues to debate a plan to boost funding and ensure a world-class education for all students across the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur first priority should be giving these schools the certainty they need to prepare for the 2017-18 school year,\u201d Wellman said. \u201cWe certainly shouldn\u2019t be pulling the rug out from under them as we try to find a long-term solution here in Olympia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wellman will serve on the Senate Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development Committee and the Senate Energy, Environment & Telecommunications Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OLYMPIA – State Sen. Lisa Wellman, D-Mercer Island, was sworn into office to represent the 41st Legislative District today. Wellman is serving her first term in the Legislature and is one of six new Democratic members to join the Senate in 2017. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to join the Senate during a time with great challenges and even greater opportunity,\u201d Wellman said. \u201cI\u2019m passionate about making a difference in people\u2019s lives and eager to get to work.\u201d Wellman has already introduced Senate Bill 5023, which would delay the reduction in local levy authority that threatens to cut millions from school district budgets…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"\n