New Washington state budget would provide $7.3B more to public schools over four years
OLYMPIA — A state budget agreement would boost public-school spending by $7.3 billion over the next four years, funded in part by a hike in the statewide property tax that goes to education.
Details of the plan remained sketchy Thursday, but the proposal is expected to increase property taxes in schools districts like Seattle, Bellevue and Lake Washington, Democratic lawmakers said.
“There are some winners and some losers with the property-tax proposal that’s in this budget,” said Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, one of the budget negotiators.
Ranker said that rough numbers show the average Seattle household could pay more than $400 in additional property taxes each year.
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