{"id":199,"date":"2022-07-03T21:53:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T21:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:30:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:30:44","slug":"education-funding-101","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/education-funding-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Funding 101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-custom-transform wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-education-funding-101\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Education Funding 101<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Public schools in Washington are part of a complex and diverse system. Here&#8217;s a primer to get you started on understanding how it works and how we can&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/about\/what-we-do\/education-policy-advocacy\">ensure&nbsp;every student graduates from high school<\/a>&nbsp;prepared for career or college or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How are public schools funded in Washington?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OB8IdLEdJdE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Video Takeaways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WA has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/states-with-the-best-economies\/21697\/\">top economy<\/a>, middle of the road&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.governing.com\/gov-data\/education-data\/state-education-spending-per-pupil-data.html\">education spending<\/a>, and poor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/ccd\/tables\/ACGR_RE_and_characteristics_2015-16.asp\">graduation rates<\/a>.<\/li><li>Understanding how that money is spent is key.<\/li><li>There are four sources of funding for schools: state, local, and federal government, plus school fees.<\/li><li>State funding provides the majority (around 70%, depending on the district). It\u2019s divided into three pots (General Purpose, Special Purpose, Capital Grants)<\/li><li>An important point to note is that the majority of the money is \u2018general purpose\u2019 which means that state government allocates it with recommendations, but the local district decides how to spend it. \u2018Special purpose\u2019 funds are allocated with requirements on how it\u2019s spent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">News Coverage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stand.org\/%20https%3A\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/education\/how-we-got-here-key-events-of-mccleary-school-funding-decision\/\">How we got here: key events of McCleary school-funding decision<\/a>, The Seattle Times, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/education\/mccleary-101-the-ins-and-outs-of-washingtons-landmark-school-funding-case\/\">McCleary 101: The ins and outs of Washington\u2019s landmark school-funding case<\/a>, The Seattle Times, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">More on Washington Education Funding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leg.wa.gov\/Senate\/Committees\/WM\/Documents\/K-12%20Booklet_2015%202-10-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Citizen\u2019s Guide to Washington State K-12 Finance<\/a>, Senate Ways and Means Committee, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k12.wa.us\/LegisGov\/Session2015.aspx\">Washington State Education Funding 101<\/a>, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Examples from the Field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spokane Public Schools:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokaneschools.org\/Page\/29603\">Funding FAQ<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/swcontent.spokaneschools.org\/cms\/lib\/WA01000970\/Centricity\/Domain\/25\/Budget-at-a-Glance_2018-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2018-19 Budget<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seattle Public Schools:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschools.org\/cms\/One.aspx?portalId=627&amp;pageId=4236181\">Budget FAQ<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschools.org\/cms\/one.aspx?pageId=14984\">2018-19 Budget<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highline Public Schools:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.highlineschools.org\/departments\/business-finance\/current-year-budget\">McCleary FAQ<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.highlineschools.org\/departments\/business-finance\/school-funding\">2018-19 Budget<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Funding 101 Public schools in Washington are part of a complex and diverse system. Here&#8217;s a primer to get you started on understanding how it works and how we can&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;every student graduates from high school&nbsp;prepared for career or college or both. Video Takeaways: WA has a&nbsp;top economy, middle of the road&nbsp;education spending, and poor&nbsp;graduation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_hide_page_title":true,"color_schema":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Education Funding 101 - Stand for Children Washington<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/washington\/education-funding-101\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Education Funding 101\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Education Funding 101 Public schools in Washington are part of a complex and diverse system. 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