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Hundreds of educators, parents and students urge lawmakers to restore K‑12 funding and protect transition‑to‑kindergarten
Summary
K‑12 superintendents, the Washington Education Association, OSPI and student speakers told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that proposed cuts — notably a $59M reduction to local effort assistance and a roughly $39M cut to Transition to Kindergarten — would disproportionately harm rural and property‑poor districts and reduce early learning access.
Dozens of district leaders, union officials and students addressed the Senate Ways and Means Committee during the K‑12 portion of the public hearing to oppose reductions that they say would shrink services and widen inequities.
Marissa Rathbone, testifying on behalf of school leaders (SEG 006), said the proposal’s ‘‘$59,000,000 reduction to local effort assistance disproportionately harms rural and property poor districts’’ and warned the change would weaken a central equity tool in the state funding model. The Washington…
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