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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The children of seasonal farmworkers often pull extra shifts outside of school. They work on farms with their parents, babysit, cook, clean and more to help their families. If their parents are migrant seasonal workers, they could frequently move between schools. Yet Washington doesn’t have many resources targeted at this demographic, despite having the second-largest number of these students in the U.S. Students, parents and educators might find federal and state programs unclear on what extra resources children of seasonal farmworkers qualify for. And Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self…

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