The Network for Excellence in Washington Schools (NEWS)

NEWS is a coalition of more than 70 community organizations, school districts and education associations representing thousands of voters, parents, teachers and other concerned citizens who believe the kids of our state deserve a first class K-12 education. Plagued with a long-outdated state funding system that fails to fully fund even the basic elements of a high quality 21st century education, NEWS has been forced to file a lawsuit asking the courts to order the State of Washington to live up to its paramount constitutional duty to make ample provision for the education of all Washington children.

For decades, legislators and governors have danced around this issue instead of solving it. They have formed countless task forces, attempted piecemeal projects and made band-aid patches. The time has come for real change that ensures a stable and dependable state funding system for Washington public schools.

While legal action is always a last resort, history unfortunately has proven that lawsuits are one of the few effective ways to move the state to make constitutionally required improvements in our education system. The NEWS lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial on August 31, 2009.

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