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Othello board highlights "Big 3" school funding priorities after legislative conference
Summary
Directors reported from a legislative conference that three statewide funding prioritiesa0— MSOC (materials, supplies and operating costs), special education multipliers and transportation fundinga0— are being advanced jointly by WASDA, WASA and WASBO to press lawmakers for more targeted state support.
Othello School District directors said the most urgent item they brought back from a statewide legislative conference is a coordinated push on three funding categories the associations are calling the "big 3": MSOC (materials, supplies and operating costs), special education funding and transportation.
Director Gerber, who attended the conference with Superintendent Pete Perez, said the three organizations are aligning requests so legislators receive a single, consistent message. "They said that a lot," Gerber said of the conference presenters, referring to emphasis on the three priorities.
MSOC, the board was told, includes insurance, utilities, technology, curriculum and textbooks, library materials, professional…
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