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Superintendent Reykdal: K-12 faces levy-equalization and TK cuts as funding-equity work begins
Summary
Superintendent Chris Reykdal told the State Board April 15 that the recent state budget reduced levy equalization by roughly $25 million and cut transitional kindergarten funding by about 25% (around 2,000 slots), and said OSPI will use the funding-equity work group to shape the next biennial budget request.
Superintendent Chris Reykdal told the State Board of Education on April 15 that K-12 faces notable reductions in the current budget and that OSPI intends to use the newly reconvened funding-equity work group to drive the agency's next budget request.
Reykdal said the legislature trimmed about $25 million from levy equalization and reduced transitional kindergarten (TK) funding by roughly 25 percent, which equates to about 2,000 slots from a base of a little over 7,000. "About 25,000,000 or so cut out of levy equalization," he said, adding that the TK reduction "was really tough." He also summarized the net fiscal picture for K-12: "the state budget did grow by $2,000,000,000 year over year, but K-12 took an $80,000,000 cut on an annual…
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