| TITLE |
AUTHOR |
DATE |
SUMMARY |
 Repealing I-728, Grading Teachers, and Other 2012 Education Reforms |
WRC
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4/26/2012
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A key education reform—repeal of Initiative 728—was passed as part of the final budget compromise, and other reforms, including strengthened evaluations for teachers and principals, were passed during the regular session.
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| Referendum 55: Charter Schools |
WRC
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10/1/2004
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After the legislature adopted charter school legislation, opponents gathered the signatures required to put the measure before the voters. Referendum 55, if ad...
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| Education Initiative 884: Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Gain? |
WRC
|
6/22/2004
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Public education inWashington would receive a cash infusion of more than one billion dollars annually if voters adopt Initiative 884. The initiative, promoted b...
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| Flexibility the Key to Rational Tuition Policy |
WRC
|
2/12/2001
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Gov. Locke proposes to let the states' colleges and universities determine the rates of tuition paid by their students. In 1997, the Research Council recommende...
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| More and Better Schools with Repeal of Prevailing Wage |
WRC
|
12/20/2000
|
Washington’s law requiring construction firms to pay their workers “prevailing” wages when working on public projects needlessly inflates the costs of tho...
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| Initiative 732: Expensive COLA |
WRC
|
9/27/2000
|
Initiative 732 mandates an annual cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for K-12 school employees and most employees of community and technical colleges. It signific...
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| Initiative 729: A Cautious First Step Toward Charter Schools |
WRC
|
9/27/2000
|
Initiative 729 asks voters to decide whether Washington shall allow for charter public schools. These schools give parents, teachers and administrators much for...
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| Initiative 728: More Money for Schools, Poor Fiscal Policy |
WRC
|
9/26/2000
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To increase public school spending, Initiative 728 would amend Initiative 601, earmark state property tax and lottery revenues, and create a new dedicated fund....
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| Class Size and Public School Spending |
WRC
|
2/29/2000
|
Per pupil spending in Washington is about average for the nation, but class sizes are among the largest. The discrepancy can be explained by looking at the sta...
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| House Action on Charter Schools Expected |
WRC
|
2/2/2000
|
Four times since 1994 legislation authorizing charter schools cleared the legislature’s House only to founder in the Senate Education Committee. This year, la...
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| Tacoma School District $450 Million Bond Issue |
WRC
|
1/24/2000
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February 6, 2001, voters in the Tacoma Public School (TPS) district will be asked to approve a $450 million construction and remodeling plan. The district inte...
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| Schools Would Benefit from Repeal of Prevailing Wage |
WRC
|
12/20/1999
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Washington’s law requiring construction firms to pay their workers “prevailing” wages when working on public projects needlessly inflates the costs of tho...
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| The Economic Value of Higher Education |
WRC
|
6/22/1999
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Research shows that higher education can add significantly to the subsequent earnings of some students. Returns vary, however, with such factors as family backg...
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| Washington's Community and Technical Colleges |
WRC
|
6/11/1999
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Two-year colleges, an American invention, contribute greatly to the academic and occupational training needs of thousands of students in Washington. The first o...
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| Generous Pay Raises for Teachers |
WRC
|
4/9/1999
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The Legislature is poised to give large pay hikes to teachers. Claims that teachers have lost 15.5 percent to inflation since 1992 are not accurate.
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| Capacity Not Currently a Problem at Four-Year Schools |
WRC
|
3/17/1999
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The most recent Applications Match Study finds that nearly every qualified undergraduate applicant is able to gain admission to a public college, though perhaps...
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| Tuition: Will Students Take a Hike? |
WRC
|
2/23/1999
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Proposals to allow the state's public colleges and universities to set their own tuition rates are now before the legislature.
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| No Harm to Schools from Referendum 49 |
WRC
|
2/15/1999
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Backers of Referendum 49 repeatedly assured voters that passage of the measure would not jeopardize school funding. Opponents argued transferring some $450 mil...
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| 1999 - 2001 Higher Education Budget General Fund State Highlights |
WRC
|
2/12/1999
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Gov. Locke has proposed $2,506 million in General Fund-State (GFS) spending on higher education in the 1999-01 biennium, up $297.4 million from the $2,209 milli...
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| 1999-2001 K-12 Budget General Fund State Highlights |
WRC
|
2/5/1999
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The Washington Assessment of Student Learning tests administered last Spring revealed that many fourth and seventh graders failed to meet state standards for re...
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