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WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT RULES STATE MUST FULLY FUND EDUCATION BY 2018
January 5th, 2012 was an historic day for Washington’s children. In an unanimous ruling, the Washington Supreme Court upheld a trial court ruling that the Washington Constitution requires the legislature to provide amble funding for the education of all children and that the state has failed to fulfill that duty.
In its sweeping opinion, the Court agreed that the promise of House Bill 2261 (2009) and HB 2776 (2010), if funded, would satisfy the state’s obligation. These two pieces of legislation—which Washington State PTA supported very strongly—establish a framework and timeline for substantially increasing funding for our state’s public schools to be fully implemented no later than 2018.
In an unusual move, the Supreme Court retained jurisdiction over the case to enable it to make sure the Legislature does what it said it would do when enacting HB 2261.
“This is a clear win, and starting today we have a new conversation,” says Novella Fraser, Washington State PTA President. “We’re not going to talk about more cuts to school kids. We’re going to figure out how to pay for an instructional program that prepares all of our children for college and career.”
More information about what this decision means to Washington State PTA’s advocacy efforts is available on WSPTA’s Grassroots Connection webpage at this link:
http://www.wastatepta.org/advocacy/session_2011/Grassroots/grassroots_1_5_12.pdf.
The lawsuit was brought by the Network for Excellence in Washington Schools (NEWS). Washington State PTA was one of the founding members of NEWS and has been represented on its executive committee since the beginning.
More information about NEWS is availableon its website,
http://www.waschoolexcellence.org/.
CES-PTA
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