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Opinion: Proposed bill would cut funding to schools that do not adopt controversial state-imposed curriculum
…e main reasons polls show a loss of faith in so many of our public institutions is the decline in the quality of public education and the trend of parents pulling their children out of the system.
Bill tying school funding to curriculum materials moves forward in Olympia
…gislation that would allow the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction to cut state funding for certain school districts is moving ahead in the form of House Bill 2331.
Opinion: HB 2494, to add more funding to amply funded public schools, will not help students
…iv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes that what public education needs is not more money, but more common sense reforms.
Opinion: State’s income tax windfall isn’t needed – public schools have plenty of money
Liv Finne states that in Washington, ‘fully funding the schools’ means funding the interests of powerful unions, bureaucracies, and feeding ever-growing amounts of tax money into an in…
Vancouver Public Schools receives grant from the Department of Education to support student mental health
Vancouver Public Schools is one of several hundred schools in the country to receive funding from a school-based mental health services grant program…
Letter: ‘If we do vote for the schools to have more funding, we can help students get a better education’
…resident Ellee Nichols offers her support for the Vancouver Public Schools levy on the Feb. 14 special election ballot.
Opinion: Systemic discrimination in the public schools; legislature cuts funding for public charter schools’
…ts on the decision of majority lawmakers to cut the charter school make-up funding in the final state budget.
WATCH: Clark County TODAY LIVE • Thursday, August 27, 2020
…enty-four new COVID-19 cases, one death on Wednesday ; More funding could be coming for local governments dealing with COVID-19 ; Battle Ground Public Schools facing budget uncertainty ahead of the ne…
Letter: ‘Local funding is essential because the state only pays for 87.5 percent of the total education cost of Woodland Public Schools’
…urges voters to approve a new operations levy for Woodland Public Schools.
Supplemental levy for Vancouver Public Schools heads to February ballot
Vancouver School District is asking voters to approve a supplemental local funding levy in February.
Vancouver Public Schools approves budget, issues warning for next year
One-time funding helped Vancouver Public Schools avoid major cuts to teachers or programs this coming school year, but officials warn that may not be…
Vancouver Public Schools officials mull supplemental local funding levy
The Vancouver School Board took a look this week at a possible supplemental local funding levy, now that the state lifted the local levy lid to $2.50 per…