The striking amendment was just posted to the web site .... Here is the difference with the Senate Democrats' budget proposal - at least $26 million in cuts to K-12, including:
- $19 million from National Board bonuses ... Rolls the original bonus back from $5,090 to $2,500 but retains the challenging schools bonus;
- cuts the second year of most non-basic education programs, similar to the House Republican budget proposal;
- includes $5.7 million for the teacher/principal evaluation system;
- appears to have similar language to the Senate D budget proposal regarding the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program;
- Makes a similar add of the ALE students in small schools counts and the study on the transportation formula;
- does not appear to include the blue ribbon commission on education as proposed by the Senate Democrats and House budget
That's a quick review of differences ... More as I get some time to review the budget proposal.
Updates on the Legislature and state government from the Washington State School Directors' Association.
