WFIS has been directly
responsible for:
- Appointment of Administrator of Private
Education in OSPI (1974)
- Right of Private School Students to Ride
Public School Buses on "Space Available" Basis
- License Tax Exemption for Vehicles
Operated by Private Schools
- Private School Approval Process Simplified
- Appointment of State Board of Education
Representative for Private Schools (1980)
- "180 days or Equivalent" Wording for
Private Schools’ Calendar year (1985)
- Joint Purchasing Amendments (1985)
- Private School Representative to State
Board VOTE (1988)
- Maintaining High Profile of Private
Schools with OSPI, the State Legislature, and the Governor
- Exclusion of Private Schools from
Mandatory Education Reform While Allowing Voluntary Participation (1993)
- Appointment of Private School
Representative to Commission on Student Learning (1993)
- Legislation passed allowing private school
buses to be known as "school bus" and meet less costly national standards
(1995)
- Private schools added to communication
"loop" for sharing records of juvenile offenders (1995)
- Introducing "Learning Materials Support"
bill to reimburse private school parents (1995)
- Introducing "Educational Advancement
Grant" legislation to empower economically disadvantaged children in
choosing independent schools (1992-1995)