Senate budget cuts money for early learning

Published 10:31 am Thursday, April 9, 2015

Last week, State Rep. Ruth Kagi praised fellow House members for including $227 million for early learning in their budget, but Monday she saw the Senate pass a budget with less than half the amount for early learning.

Leaders from the Democratic-controled House and the Republican-controled Senate will meet over the next few weeks to work toward a compromise state budget.

Kagi, chairwoman of the House committee on early learning and social services, and a member of the House Appropriations Committee, represents the 32nd Legislative District, including Lynnwood, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County, parts of Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace, the City of Shoreline and a small part of northwest Seattle.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.