The state Supreme Court decision that Washington isn’t adequately supporting its public schools makes cutting the needed $1.5 billion difficult, say two 32nd District Democratic legislators.
State Rep. Ruth Kagi said Sunday that she and fellow members of the House Ways and Means Committee will spend the next four weeks trying to figure it out.
State Sen. Maralyn Chase said Thursday that cutting support for public schools won’t happen in the Legislature now that the court has ruled that the state has not met its obligations to support public education.
Chase said that the Legislature would have to make cuts other places, citing the Basic Health plan as an example.
She said that cuts to the Basic Health plan would be painful to many people.
The 32nd District now includes Woodway, south Edmonds, nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County plus the King County cities of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and Kenmore. For the coming election, it will continue to include Woodway, south Edmonds, nearby unincorporated areas and Shoreline but will add Lynnwood and part of northwest Seattle and will no longer include Lake Forest Park, Kenmore or the outskirts of Kirkland.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com
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