<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Report of Meeting with Jessica Vavrus</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I met with Jessica and the bulk of our conversation centered on the passage of ESSHB2337—more commonly known as the Open Source Educational Resource Bill.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This bill which was introduced by Representative Carlyle passed both the house and senate and the bill was signed into law by the Governor. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the time I spoke with Jessica, it was still unfunded as the final budget had not been created and passed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Jessica expected it to be funded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Now that the budget has been passed, and since the Governor was making line item vetoes, I’ll check with Jessica next week to see if the bill actually became funded.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to the information recorded by Office of Financial Management (OFM) the bill was to be funded at200K for 2012-2013 and more than that for 2013 and 2015. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to the bill, OSPI is instructed to create a library of open resource materials that are aligned with CCs and include input from teachers and librarians in the process of its formation. As well as collaborate with other states to process and vet materials for use by schools.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">They must find private organizations (like the Gates Foundation) to help fund forming and sustaining the library.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Provide professional development programs for districts around what is Open Educational Resource Material (OER), and how to use it, how to create OERs, and improvement of courseware. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, OSPI is instructed to advertise to districts that OER is available and emphasize that it is available at no cost to districts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Districts are not mandated to use the OER, but have it available to them if they are interested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>OSPI is mandated to report to the legislature and the Governor beginning December 1, 2013 regarding the identification and development of a library.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">A part of the process is for OSPI to hire a person to be responsible for figuring out how to proceed and what the fund raising looks like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Most of the available funding will go to this end; however there is also to be an advisory group consisting of Legislator, perhaps Cable Green, the person pushing this agenda, Conn McQuinn, and hopefully NWERA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Both Jessica and a lobbyist for the Association of American Publishers ( AAP) have asked for this.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I need to say here that neither Jessica nor Karl Nelson is excited at all at the results of this bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Both feel like the requirements will be a drain on already limited resources and that the legislature, namely Rep Carlyle and Hunter are expecting more than is possible for delivery.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">If the bill is funded, the first steps will be to educate the field as to what constitutes OER and what is on line materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>They will build off the work of other organizations such as Achieve, Council of Chief State School Officers, (CCSSO) to develop a rubric to evaluate all materials for alignment with CCS.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The framework of the rubric will come from recommendations that came out of the Bias and Sensitivity Report which states in order for all students to have access to quality education, materials must provide rigor and content, and teachers are able to give entry to all students.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/pubdocs/ImplementationRecommendationReport.pdf"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; color: #800080;">http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/pubdocs/ImplementationRecommendationReport.pdf</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt;"></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Professional Development standards will include work done by the National Staff Developments Council rubric, and learning Forward Standards.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">All of this work will be in conjunction with implementation of CCS, NGSS and OER’s.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jessica Vavrus and Alan Burke will be joining us at the annual meeting June 15, so please bring your questions to have them addressed at the meeting.</span></span></p>
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