Washington State Board of Education

Washington State Board of Education · September 10, 2026

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Chair (identified in the transcript as Mary Firtakis) called the meeting to order, performed roll call and confirmed a quorum. The chair reviewed the day's agenda (public comment, consent agenda, committee updates, superintendent update, executive director report, Future Ready discussion, legislative platform, and two business votes).

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State Board of Education meeting (online) where public commenters urged keeping world languages as a graduation requirement, the board discussed the Future Ready draft legislation and proposed rules, Superintendent Chris Reykdal reviewed assessment trends and a large basic-education budget request, staff presented a $1M/year mastery-based learning budget request (approved), and the board voted to submit Future Ready agency-request legislation.

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