properly fund basic education

OLYMPIA (AP) — Just days before the start of the legislative session, Democrats and Republicans remain clearly divided over how to accomplish their main task this year: compliance with a court mandate for the state to fulfill its constitutional requirement to properly fund basic education...

OLYMPIA (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has ordered a court hearing for Sept. 7 in order to get an update on the state's progress toward fulfilling its constitutional requirement to properly fund basic education. In a four-page order issued Thursday, the court notes that the 2017 legislative session "presents the last opportunity for complying with the State's paramount duty...