Washington Supreme Court Orders State To Pay $100,000 A Day Over School Funding

[Purveyor]

Source: Auburn Reporter

By Dennis Box
Regional Editor, Covington Reporter/Enumclaw Courier-Herald

The state Supreme Court let the hammer fall today in the McCleary education case, ordering the state to pay $100,000 a day and calling for Gov. Jay Inslee to call the Legislature into special session to resolve the issue.

The order stated the "remedial penalty" of $100,000 per day, beginning today, until the Legislature "adopts a complete plan for complying with article IX, section 1 by the 2018 school year."

The Article IX preamble in the Washington Constitution states: "It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, without distinction or preference on account of race, color, caste, or sex."

The Court ruling stated the fine is to be placed into a "segregated account for the benefit of basic education."

Read more: http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/321820571.html

[Lefty Thinker]

1. The only thing I think would motivate them

...(the legislators) is if the Washington Supreme Court ruled that people currently in contempt of court are not eligible to run for public office in Washington State.

[murielm99]

2. I wish something like this could be done in Illinois.

Our new repubbie billionaire governor has closed down the government because he is not getting his way over things like screwing the unions. The weakest here are being hurt the most.