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Committee counsel explains ‘basic education,’ McCleary and what state must provide
Summary
Counsel to the committee briefed members on the constitutional and statutory meaning of 'basic education,' the McCleary decision's framing and the legislature’s funding responsibilities and minimum program components.
Megan Worgachie, counsel to the House Education Committee, told members that Washington’s constitutional duty to provide an education is "a judicially enforceable mandatory duty" and explained how courts and statutes have defined the program commonly called "basic education."
Worgachie described the jurisprudence and statutes that operationalize the constitutional mandate in Article IX, noting the Seattle School District case (1978) and the state Supreme Court’s 2012 McCleary decision as key milestones. "The right…
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