Notes from the Supreme Court order in the McCleary case, and its budget implications
The state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Legislature is still out of compliance with its Jan. 9, 2014 order in the McCleary case on school funding, because the salary component of EHB 2242 (the education funding bill enacted this year) will not be fully implemented until the 2019–20 school year—after the Sept. 1, 2018 […]
24th of October 2017
Background reading on McCleary, in preparation for today’s Court arguments
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments in the McCleary school funding case today at 10. I thought I’d pull some of our writing on McCleary into one post, for those wanting some background reading. In 2016 we wrote a report on the case, the history of school funding in Washington, and the legislative response to […]
28th of August 2017
Policy Today podcast: McCleary Part 2 – Tax Revenues
Today’s episode covers the new tax revenues in the recently passed K-12 basic education funding law, which the State of Washington hopes will fulfill its obligations in the Supreme Court’s McCleary ruling. Click here to read our Special Report on the new K-12 basic education law.
21st of August 2017
Policy Today podcast: McCleary Part 1 – Policy and Funding
Today we’re discussing the K-12 education funding bill passed by the state Legislature, in response to the state Supreme Court’s McCleary ruling on basic education. In this episode we cover funding and policy changes; in the next episode we’ll cover tax revenues. To read our Special Report on the McCleary bill, click here.
17th of August 2017
New special report: Has the State Finally Closed the Book on McCleary?
In a new special report, we dig in to EHB 2242, the education funding bill passed by the Legislature this session. Briefly: The Legislature has enacted EHB 2242 to continue its response to the McCleary decision. From 2011–13 to 2017–19, state funding for public schools has increased by $8.419 billion (62.1 percent). In 2019–21, the […]
13th of March 2017
State school funding system ruled unconstitutional…in Kansas
Washington isn’t the only state grappling with K-12 education funding issues. On March 2, the Kansas state Supreme Court ruled that the State of Kansas was violating the state constitution by not adequately funding public schools. Sound familiar? The Kansas City Star reports: The court determined that the state is failing to provide roughly one-fourth of its […]
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27th of January 2017
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 […]