State Budget News:

(Archived News)
updated 5/11/10

In the Aberdeen Daily World:
  • Monte brings back all-day kindergarten, but parents must pay (3/23)
  • Nobody seems to like budget—even Gregoire  (12/10)

In the Arlington Times:

In the Bainbridge Review:
  • Bainbridge district to cut teachers (4/29)

In the Bellevue Reporter:

In the Bellingham Herald:
  • Bellingham cuts include less support, librarians at elementaries (4/25)
  • Bellingham teachers get heads up on possible layoffs, cuts (3/31)
  • Blog | Blaine budget outlook dismal, just like other districts (2/23)
  • Column | Funding education requires priority-setting in Olympia (11/28)
  • Proposed Lynden budget includes $1.1 million in cuts (8/10)
  • Blaine schools adopt budget (7/28)

In the Centralia Chronicle:

In the Chinook Observer:

In the Columbia Basin Herald:
In the Columbia Basin Herald:
  • Budget cuts affect Quincy School District (7/28)

In the Ellensburg Daily Record:
  • Kittitas County's schools face more cuts (4/23)

In the Enumclaw Courier-Herald:
  • Enumclaw increases athletic fees at middle schools (7/27)

In the Everett Herald:
  • Everett School District cuts $3.8 million from budget (4/28)
  • Everett School District has no plans to sell land (4/22)
  • School districts seek additional levy funds from voters (4/24)
  • Edmonds seeks public's help in making school budget cuts (4/6)
  • Gregoire threatens broad cuts if Legislature can't agree (3/25)
  • Senate moves to increase sales tax to erase budget gap (2/24)
  • Snohomish County schools face a scary 2010

In the Grand Coulee Star:

In the Islands Sounder:

In the Issaquah Reporter:
  • Governor's budget cuts $5 million from Issaquah S.D. (12/10)

In the Kent Reporter:
  • Kent district could see layoffs next year (4/24)
  • Kent schools bracing for multimillion-dollar funding gap (4/1)
  •Budget talks heat up between Kent district, teachers union (7/27)

In the Kirkland Reporter:

In the Kitsap Sun:
  • Central Kitsap to give layoff notices to 17 employees (4/29)
  • Legislator, CK superintendent paint dark budget picture (12/1)
  • North Kitsap board talks over budget cuts (7/24)

In the Longview Daily News:
  • Longview board will hear opinions Tuesday on proposed cuts (4/19)
  • More tough budget decisions for local school districts (4/8)
  •Editorial | Wa. schools have a steep hill to climb for federal dollars (4/4)
  • Budget challenge lies ahead for Legislature (2/19)
  • Editorial | Clock is ticking on critical budget fixes (2/19)
  • Editorial | Levy equalization a bad place to look for budget cuts (2/12)

In the Marysville Globe:

In the Mercer Island Reporter:
  • Local legislators express cautious hope for school funding fix (12/21)

In the Olympian:
  • House and Senate Democrats roll out rival budget plans (2/24)
  • Gregoire laments state budget (12/10

In the Othello Outlook:
  • Othello School District readies for budget cuts (12/23)

In the Peninsula Gateway:
  • Peninsula district could face $2.3 million in cuts (3/30)
  • Peninsula district faces budget cliffs (7/29)

In the Peninsula Daily News:
  • Port Angeles district mulls what to cut (3/31)
  • Port Angeles school panel sifts through ideas for budget cuts (3/18)
  • Peninsula school officials react to cuts (12/10)

In the Puyallup Herald:
  • Puyallup proposing $8.5 million in cuts over the next two years (3/24)

In the Sammamish Report:

In the Seattle Times:
  • Schools group urges changes in contract for Seattle teachers (4/6)
  • Gregoire to sign K-12 reform bills into law (3/29)
  • Bellevue School District grapples with budget crisis (3/25)
  • $500M in tax breaks targeted to help close budget gap (2/24)
  • House lets schools raise more through levies (2/13)
  • Editorial | Court prompts an overdue look at education funding (2/13)
  • Column | State should not appeal Erlick ruling (2/12)
  • Study: Schools to suffer when stimulus ends (12/22)
  • State budget gap estimate grows by $96 million (2/10)
  • Gregoire disowns budget plan; favors raising taxes (12/10)
  • Editorial | Gov. Gregoire's state budget has merit (12/9)
  • Column | Legislature should meet soon to deal with state budget (10/28)
  • Schools, students feel cash crunch (9/21)
  • Wash. expected to lose about $238M in tax revenue (9/17)
  • Nationwide, school budgets dip and class sizes grow (7/26)

On Seattle PI.com:
  • Seattle schools need to cut $6 million from budget (4/20>
  • Wash. leaders split on sales tax hike for budget (2/24)
  • Schools face big budget holes as stimulus runs out (2/14)
  • Tax break court case ups state deficit to $2.8B (2/12)

In the Skagit Valley Herald:
  • Legislature works on school levy lid changes (2/23)
  • Anacortes district anticipates more state funding cuts (12/9)

In the Snoqualmie Valley Record:

In the Snoqualmie Valley Star:

In the South Whidbey Record:
  • Estimate on new budget hole for SW schools: $1.6 million (4/16)
  • Budget woes may force teacher layoffs this spring (3/26)

In the Spokane Spokesman-Review:
 • WV board talks budget cuts in special session (4/24)
  • Central Valley budget surveys discussed (4/17)
  • Legislature begins reconciling budgets (2/24)
  • Levy would finance battle against high-school dropout rate (2/21)
  • Closer look: Taxes for schools prove popular (2/14)
  • Central Valley prepares for more cuts (11/28)

In the Tacoma News Tribune:
  • Gregoire asks school districts to buy in to reform (4/8)
  • Budget spurs Sumner district to adjust its staffing (2/22)
  • Editorial | Lawmakers sit out Race to the Top (2/14)
  • Column | Schools need adequate state funding (2/11)
  • Budget cuts worry Pierce County schools (12/23)
  • Column | Program-slashing budget, prelude to tax-raising reality (12/10)
  • Editorial | Gregoire’s budget: Poor, 0; state payroll, 10 (12/10)
  • Local schools to share state funds (7/27)

In the Tri-City Herald:
  • Legislators unveil plans to balance deficit (2/24)
  • Editorial | King County judge raises education funding stakes (2/17)

In the Vancouver Columbian:
  • Evergreen floats cuts to budget (5/4)
  • Camas weighs kindergarten change (4/25)
  • Levy lid/levy equalization bills moving through the Legislature (2/22)
  • Gregoire's budget offers no easy way out of deficit (12/10)

In the Vashon Beachcomber:

In the Walla Walla Union Bulletin:
  • Editorial | Legislature shirks duty to fund education (3/18)

In the Wenatchee World:
  • Cashmere outlines plans for 5 percent cut (5/6)
  • Wenatchee schools plan cuts $1.1 million (4/28)
  • Eastmont prepares for the worst (2/23)
  • School officials brace for worst (12/9)

In the Whidbey News-Times:
  •Coupeville schools cut to balance budget (7/25)

In the Woodinville Weekly:

In the Yakima Herald-Republic:
  • Sunnyside expects cutbacks to include 18 jobs (5/4)
  • Local education budget cuts -- 'It's grim' (4/22)
  • Editorial | State must find ways to adequately fund education (3/31)
  • Selah schools seeks input on possible budget cuts (2/17)
  • School officials worry over levy equalization funding (1/6)
  • Valley schools face possible loss of state equalization funding (12/10)