By Jacob Vela
Chief Policy Officer
A top priority for many legislators entering the 2025 Washington state legislative session is to take steps to address the education funding challenges many districts are experiencing across Washington. Changes to almost every major aspect of how we provide funding to K-12 schools have been proposed as a means of addressing the K-12 funding challenges.
Given Washington’s complex funding system, it can be challenging to understand how each proposal may impact districts differently. To help identify how key structures of our funding system work and to build understanding of how student needs impact state K-12 funding, League of Education Voters has created some materials to answer common questions and break down Washington’s complex K-12 funding structures.
- How We Fund K-12 Schools in Washington
- An overview of the main funding formula for K-12 education, the Prototypical School Funding Model
- Regionalization Factor FAQ
- A deeper look into a factor that impacts almost every part of our state approach to K-12 funding
- Local Levy FAQ
- How enrichment levies and local effort assistance (LEA) impact K-12 funding
- Education Funding Cheat Sheet
- Learn how district property wealth and student demographics impact different parts of Washington’s K-12 funding formulas
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