{"id":45983,"date":"2024-04-08T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rentonnews.us\/news\/legislation-ensures-services-for-young-children-with-disabilities\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T10:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:47:00","slug":"legislation-ensures-services-for-young-children-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/news\/legislation-ensures-services-for-young-children-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislation ensures services for young children with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
Advocates and providers gathered in Olympia on March 26 as Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1916, a bill primarily sponsored by Rep. Tana Senn (D) from the 41st Legislative District, comprising Mercer Island and portions of Bellevue, Issaquah, Sammamish and Renton. <\/p>\n
The bill’s enactment will change current state law to recover funding for the Washington Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) program, which helps children ages 3 and under with disabilities receive special education services through local providers. <\/p>\n
In 2021, the Department of Children, Youth and Families — which oversees and manages grant funding to ESIT providers — made a technical billing change to align with the law. The change caused providers such as Kindering, the largest ESIT provider in the state, to lose significant funding. <\/p>\n