Levy reform has been a topic of discussion at every legislative session since the 2012 Supreme Court decision in the McCleary case, but Gov. Jay Inslee sidestepped the issue when he announced his education budget plans last week. The governor said he chose not to tackle levy equalization this year because he felt his proposals would help equally both big and small school districts and offer some extra money for struggling districts in low income areas. [...] because state dollars have not covered all the basic needs of school districts — the impetus for the McCleary school funding lawsuit — districts have been using levy dollars to pay for some salaries, student transportation and other costs of basic education. If the state needs to pay the entire cost of every teacher and required staff member, plus give raises to everyone, as the governor has recommended, that will add hundreds of millions of dollars to the state budget. Dorn's own estimate for the full-cost of the McCleary decision — including both the most commonly mentioned items of all-day kindergarten, smaller classes in the early grades, and transportation and supply costs, plus a new salary and levy system — is $7.2 billion over the next four years.
Inslee Criticized For Ignoring School Levy Equity
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: World
Sun, 12/21/2014 - 9:27am
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