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Bill Summary
This bill is another in a long line of proposed legislation attempting to make permanent either Daylight Saving Time (DST) or Pacific Standard Time (PST). A similar bill this past Session was not passed. It is encouraging to note this new bill has bipartisan support with Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview and Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond working together to implement permanent Pacific Standard Time.
Approval from the U.S. Congress is required if a state wants to make DST permanent; however, changing to permanent standard time does not require federal approval. Legislators will still be required to work in cooperation with neighboring states to keep the region on the same time schedule.
It appears there are some strong arguments for keeping Washingtonians on permanent Pacific Standard Time from a health and sleep perspective; and yet, experts enamored with DST make a case for their preference based upon safety, more sunlight into the evenings, and energy considerations.
The greatest consensus is that switching our time schedule twice each year is not popular, and this bill would bring an end to this on-going Spring-Fall debacle.
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Education
Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons.
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Education
Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school.
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Education
Supporting the use of assessment, diagnostic and learning tools in public schools.
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(Note: A summary of this bill is pending.)