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Othello board hears state K‑12 funding figures, cuts and federal probe into OSPI
Summary
Director Gerber summarized the state budget impacts for K‑12, noting increases and cuts, and flagged a joint U.S. Department of Education and Justice investigation into complaints against the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
Director Gerber told the Othello School District Board that statewide K‑12 funding rose but much of the increase is maintenance-level and some targeted grants were cut.
“the funding for k 12 increase came to k 12 in the amount of 2,460,000,000.00,” Gerber said, adding that roughly $2.09 billion of that was maintenance-level increases. Gerber recited allocations highlighted by the Washington Association of School Directors: $321 million for special education, $79 million for…
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