Your Top Education Budget Priorities: E-Survey Results
Thank you for the tremendous response on our Feb. 29, 2008 E-Survey. Here are the top five education budget priorities based on your responses:
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Restore Unfunded COLA for Educators: $35.6 million for an additional 1% increase to makeup for lost pay when the COLA was not funded in the 2003-05 budget.
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All-Day Kindergarten: Maintain existing funding to expand all-day kindergarten to the poorest 20% of public schools next school year.
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Classified Staff Ratio Enhancement: $12.5 million to lower the classified staff ratio from 1 per 59 to 1 per 58 students. Classified staff include paraeducators, campus security, bus drivers, secretaries and custodians.
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Non-Employee Related Costs Enhancement (NERC): $13.1 million to provide for items such as books, supplies, computers, utilities, and other school district costs not related to employee compensation.
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Washington Head Start Program: $250,000 to establish the Washington Head Start Program. The program would integrate our state’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) with the federal Head Start program.
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Your Top Priorities
Thank you for the tremendous response on our Feb. 29, 2008 E-Survey. Here’s what you told us were your top education budget priorities this session.