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OLYMPIA (AP) — The Senate has passed a measure delaying a deadline for a reduction in the amount of money school districts can collect through local property tax levies, something school superintendents have said they need as they ready their budgets...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee is calling on Republicans in the Senate to pass a measure delaying a deadline for a reduction in the amount of money school districts can collect through local property tax levies. Inslee talked with reporters Tuesday after a meeting with superintendents from four Washington school districts about impacts of the so-called "levy cliff...

OLYMPIA  (AP) — The Washington House has passed a bill that delays a deadline for a reduction in the amount of money school districts can collect through local property tax levies. The measure passed the Democratic House on a 62-35 vote Monday, including support from a dozen Republicans...

A new survey shows principals across the state are in "crisis mode" because of a shortage of substitute and full-time teachers. The Yakima Herald reports that the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction found that 58 percent of elementary school principals, 50 percent of middle school principals and 45 percent of high school principals say they're desperate to find substitutes