Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 20:14:10 GMT -6
School districts plan for cuts due to Legislature’s inaction on ‘levy cliff’
School district officials aren’t in any mood to trust the Legislature right now.
Yet they’re being asked to do so again this year, after lawmakers failed to extend a deadline that threatens about $500 million per year in funding for the state’s 295 school districts.
On Jan. 1, 2018, a temporary increase in the levy lid for local school districts will expire, reducing the amount of money Washington school districts can collect from local property taxes — and potentially taking away a significant chunk of their budgets.
Earlier this year, school districts asked the Legislature to delay the loss in levy capacity until at least 2019, after the Legislature is supposed to fix the unconstitutional way the state pays for public education.
Read more: www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article70975762.html
School district officials aren’t in any mood to trust the Legislature right now.
Yet they’re being asked to do so again this year, after lawmakers failed to extend a deadline that threatens about $500 million per year in funding for the state’s 295 school districts.
On Jan. 1, 2018, a temporary increase in the levy lid for local school districts will expire, reducing the amount of money Washington school districts can collect from local property taxes — and potentially taking away a significant chunk of their budgets.
Earlier this year, school districts asked the Legislature to delay the loss in levy capacity until at least 2019, after the Legislature is supposed to fix the unconstitutional way the state pays for public education.
Read more: www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article70975762.html