Washington State Faces $100,000-a-Day Fine Until Legislature Expands Funding for Schools

By Richard Winger On August 14, a unanimous decision of the Washington State Supreme Court fined the state $100,000 per day until the legislature expands state financing for public schools. Ever since 2012 the Court had been warning the executive and legislative branches that the State Constitution requires government to fund education. Because most education spending in Washington state is from local taxes and local government, not from the state, inevitably public schools in poor communities are underfunded compared to wealthy communities.
This New York Times story says the problem has been prolonged because the two houses of the legislature are controlled …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2015/08/15/washington-state-faces-100000-a-day-fine-until-legislature-expands-funding-for-schools/