tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post6533168266272745527..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: McCleary and Funding UpdatesMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-74755159178812071802020-01-25T20:36:15.154-08:002020-01-25T20:36:15.154-08:00A universal message I suppose, not giving up is th...A universal message I suppose, not giving up is the formula for success I think. 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The legislature was directed to meet its constitutional requirement to amply fund K-12 public education. There's a big difference between the two. The fact is that the Democrats caved. Also, see today's Westneat.<br /><br />http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/blue-state-seattle-gets-rolled-in-olympia-tax-deal/Kate (Belltown)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66384881134172643552017-07-05T03:59:28.626-07:002017-07-05T03:59:28.626-07:00Wow.. Thanks much for sharing.. My friend also rec...Wow.. Thanks much for sharing.. 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But there was this effort called McCleary to reduce or eliminate local budgetary control and put most or all funding decisions in Olympia.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-91412088753928138992017-07-04T16:49:27.762-07:002017-07-04T16:49:27.762-07:00What policies can a city pursue that lower cost of...What policies can a city pursue that lower cost of living? Do you just mean taxes? Or should the city be getting rid of zoning restrictions? Capping median salaries at high end employers? This is a very unusual point of view.<br /><br />-sleeperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83143194543480397712017-07-04T11:54:37.769-07:002017-07-04T11:54:37.769-07:00High cost of living increases the requirements for...High cost of living increases the requirements for teacher and administrator salaries that would attract and retain qualified staff. High cost of living also potentially increases homelessness and stress on families, reducing their ability to support their kids and transferring some of that role to the schools. I am amazed that you would say high cost of living does not affect school expenses. It seems huge.<br /><br />I was partly noting the irony in Kate's comment. It was considered such a great, progressive step to transfer budgetary control of education to the state, and now Seattle residents note with alarm that the state operates in the dark with no Seattle legislators present. Seattle sent control to Olympia, and is now shocked that it lost control. I guess I am twisted, but that strikes me as ironic.<br /><br />"The Court didn't say local money couldn't be used in education but that it was the job of the state to fund basic education." This I honestly don't understand. It seems that the big problem others have mentioned in Seattle (for example, the lost special ed funds formerly supplied by local levy) is that local money now can't be used in education.<br /><br />Of course, it makes more sense if you view McCleary as being fundamentally designed to force a state income tax, and any interim stages (with their associated inconveniences) are viewed as temporary periods of political struggle.<br /><br />A further irony I would note: the 4th of July was originally associated with independence, local control, and matching taxation with representation. Has it now been twisted into an event celebrating loyalty to distant capitals and the status quo?Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-3350021264602738452017-07-04T10:10:03.315-07:002017-07-04T10:10:03.315-07:00Outsider, that's quite the twisted version of ...Outsider, that's quite the twisted version of events but if that's how you see it, okay.<br /><br />However, the cost of living does not really increase the cost of public education. It influences who lives where and PTA funding (with concentrated wealth but how that increases the costs of education is unclear to me.<br /><br />The Court didn't say local money couldn't be used in education but that it was the job of the state to fund basic education. I'm not sure how that's unfair given that rural areas could not raise the money that Seattle can. (Although they also don't pass their levies at any amount but that may be another issues.)<br /><br /> What an interesting take on the 4th of July.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30421398066060679742017-07-04T10:00:16.908-07:002017-07-04T10:00:16.908-07:00Such a sticky situation. Let's see if I under...Such a sticky situation. Let's see if I understand:<br /><br />1) King County and certain cities therein have pursued policies that drove their cost of living to the moon, which had the effect of increasing the cost of public education in those places.<br /><br />2) Some very progressive Seattle people obtained a brilliant and very progressive Supreme Court decision that public education must be funded entirely at the state level. So Seattle can no longer tax itself to cover the education costs generated by its own growth policies.<br /><br />3) Oops. That sets up an eternal legislative battle regarding how much excess school funding places like Seattle will get from the state based on high cost of living, and whether state-collected taxes will on balance flow into our out of places like Seattle. A cynic might wonder whether in retrospect the McCleary decision was a giant mistake, and having a local component in education funding to reflect local policies and preferences was actually more sensible.<br /><br />4) Now the Supreme Court has to decide whether to double down on its approach of overriding democratic process, or recognize that maybe it's done enough damage already.<br /><br />Time for creative solutions. Perhaps King County could just secede and become the new state of Progressia, and be back in control of its own taxing and spending choices. Or perhaps the legislature could use property values as a proxy for cost of living as it affects education, and develop a formula which conveniently distributes all property taxes back to the source jurisdiction, which creates the appearance of schools being funded from the state level when it's effectively local. Or perhaps the Supreme Court could decide that the state constitution requires it to abolish the legislature and rule by decree. Just thinking outside the box.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66702598522007196132017-07-04T08:30:25.561-07:002017-07-04T08:30:25.561-07:00This was a really helpful discussion, and thanks t...This was a really helpful discussion, and thanks to Summer Stinson for clarifying the effects that this plan will really cause. It seems that this will put the district into even greater crisis. Less funding overall, all funds encumbered, and limits on levies. <br /><br />I am still stunned that all of this was negotiated in secret, and with not one single Seattle legislator involved. The Supreme Court simply cannot approve this plan. Kate (Belltown)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36825145356362761172017-07-03T23:09:38.378-07:002017-07-03T23:09:38.378-07:00If it doesn't fund special ed sufficiently and...If it doesn't fund special ed sufficiently and it forbids local levy funds from backfilling what the state doesn't provide in terms of special ed funding and special ed has to be funded based on federal law... what happens then?OV Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-10344795034046169112017-07-03T17:57:05.282-07:002017-07-03T17:57:05.282-07:00The legislature capped teacher salaries at $90K. W...The legislature capped teacher salaries at $90K. What happens to teachers that are making in excess of this amount? Legislation does not allow levy dollars to be used for teacher salaries.Wonderingnoreply@blogger.com