Policy Today: Update on McCleary, K-12 education funding

Washington Research Council

Today we're catching up on the McCleary court case and state efforts to fully fund public schools. We give an update on the latest filings with the state Supreme Court, as well as the actions of the Legislature's Education Funding Task Force. Here's a link to our blog post on the Attorney General's response to the Supreme Court: http://researchcouncil.org/2016/08/23/new-in-the-mccleary-case-the-ag-answers-the-supreme-courts-questions Here's a presentation by the superintendent of the Davenport School District on the funding challenges faced by small and rural school districts: https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=TFOVeYn4lWw&att=false Here are links to videos of past Education Funding Task Force meetings (the next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 6): April: http://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2016041037 May: http://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2016051027 June: http://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2016061106 July: http://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2016071015