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School funding gets an F; judge calls for action
Seattle Times
As King County Superior Court Judge John Erlick finished reading his school-funding decision Thursday, big smiles broke out on the faces of the winners — the parents, teachers, superintendents and community leaders who'd argued that the state isn't adequately funding its public schools.
Erlick strongly agreed with the plaintiffs' contention that the state has long been failing its duty under the state constitution to provide for the "ample" education of its 1 million school children...