To: The Washington State House, The Washington State Senate, and Governor Jay Inslee
Fund Education Now
Do not cut education. Create a tax that provides stable, secure, and sustainable funding specifically for education.
Why is this important?
Washington State's proposed budget will slash 1.6 to 1.8 billion dollars from education. Schools will close, classes will get larger, programs will be cut, teachers will lose their jobs, recruiting high quality teachers will be even more difficult, and students will not receive the education they need to compete in today's market place. As schools and education deteriorates, our communities will as well. There are no plans to restore these cuts once they are in place. Washington students will suffer for years. We are denying our children their future, and our communities will suffer even more.