Session may be over, but the intrigue around education funding has picked up once again. The Washington Supreme Court has thrown down the gavel and issued sanctions in the McCleary case. The sanctions, which are $100,000 per day, go into effect immediately as the State has not prepared a plan for how it will meet its constitutional duty to fully fund education by 2018. Chief Justice Barbara Madsen said:
Now that 363 bills have been signed into law after the 176 days of the one regular and three special sessions, what lies ahead for 2016? At least five topics will be in a part of the 2016 legislative session.
Many policy bills that have been proposed earlier in the Session failed to advance by the numerous Sine Die鈥檚. Therefore, the legislative focus on these issues and resulting legislation has shifted and they appear to be 鈥渄ead鈥 or in a deep sleep until the start of the next shorter session in January 2016 where they may be revived and returned to their house of origin.
Session number one has ended, some would say, with a whimper. And now we must wait.
Like to Write?
We're always looking for guest contributions. If you have a passion to write and things to share, email David about a guest post or a role as a recurring guest blogger.
