Court Rules Legislature Provides Enough Funding for Special Education

School District Alliance Challenges Constitutionality of Special Education Funding System

The School District Alliance for Adequate Funding of Special Education claimed that Washington’s special education funding system was unconstitutional and inadequate to fund the needs of special education students.

The court found the Alliance’s accounting faulty, and ruled their arguments “do not establish beyond a reasonable doubt” that special education is underfunded. Both the Thurston County Superior Court and the Court of Appeals found the funding statute to be constitutional.  Justice Susan Owens agreed with the lower courts.







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