February 16 , 2017 - Emily Makings
New Brief: Education Funding Plans: The Governor and House Want Significant New Spending
In a new policy brief we discuss Gov. Inslee's plan to comply with the McCleary decision on school funding as well as HB 1843, which was passed by the House Appropriations Committee earlier this month. Briefly: The Legislature must fully comply with the McCleary decision on school funding by September 2018. Both Gov. Inslee’s education […]
February 15 , 2017 - Mary Strow
February 07 , 2017 - Mary Strow
February 07 , 2017 - Mary Strow
February 07 , 2017 - Mary Strow
January 30 , 2017 - Emily Makings
More details from the Senate Majority’s education funding bill
The language behind the Senate Majority Coalition’s education funding plan has been released as SB 5607. On Saturday I wrote about the general aspects of the plan, based on the summaries provided by the Coalition. I read through the bill itself today and found more items of interest, plus some clarifications. The new funding structure. […]
January 28 , 2017 - Emily Makings
Highlights from the new education funding proposal
[Update 3:49pm — Legislative language has now been released — see here.] As Mary noted yesterday, the Senate Majority Coalition has released its education funding plan. This comes after the Republicans on the Education Funding Task Force offered only “guiding principles,” and the EFTF could not agree on recommendations to the Legislature. (For background on all of […]
January 27 , 2017 - Mary Strow
Senate Republicans' K-12 education funding plan is here
This morning, state Senate Republicans (aka the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus) released their plan for fully funding K-12 education and complying with the state Supreme Court McCleary ruling. They are calling it the "Education Equality Act." You can read the overview and a more detailed list of components below. No legislation is posted yet. We'll provide you […]
January 24 , 2017 - Emily Makings
The return of I-1351
As I wrote earlier, I-1351 is scheduled to become effective in 2019–21—within the four-year budget window. Plus, Gov. Inslee has proposed beginning to implement the initiative early, in 2017–19. Over the weekend, The News Tribune ran a good story about the costly initiative’s prospects this session. Like the governor, some legislators want to implement I-1351; […]