The legislature appropriated just over $7.2 million for all classified salary and benefits. VAESP’s members represent approximately 37 percent of the district’s classified workforce. VAESP’s proportionate share of the new state revenue is just [...]
VAESP’s proportionate share of the new state revenue is just over $2.7 million. However, this amount is offset by the district's loss of local levy and levy equalization funds. VAESP's proportionate share of the [...]
No. A bond measure approved by voters in Feb. 2017 is paying for the school construction projects and sports field installations underway in VPS. Bond funds cannot be used for teacher salaries or any other [...]
No. The Legislature still isn’t meeting the Supreme Court’s McCleary mandate to provide full funding for K-12 schools. A local levy for educational maintenance and operations remains necessary to make up the gap in funding [...]
This year, Washington state legislators developed a budget to meet the requirements of the Supreme Court (McCleary v. State) decision. As a result, the state increased its schools levy rate and will redistribute the money [...]
Many districts will lose under the new funding model if they: Employ more experienced, longer-serving teachers who make more money than the average allocation from the state; Lose Local Effort Assistance, or levy equalization, which [...]