Last fall, Seattle voters approved the Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy. Yesterday the City Council gave its near-final approval to the paperwork required to implement it.
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Things you should be reading
Seattle politics is pretty toxic at the moment; it seems everyone is angry about something, especially when it comes to the homelessness crisis and bike lanes. That said, there are some important conversations happening right now that we all need to be well-informed to participate in. Here are some things you should be reading.
Continue readingCouncil passes Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy
This afternoon the City Council approved the Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy, sending it to the Mayor for her signature and ultimately to the November ballot.
Continue readingFamilies, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy passes out of committee
This morning, before the Council announced that it was repealing the head tax and all hell broke loose, it quietly finished up committee work on the Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy, sending it on its way to the full Council for final approval next Monday and then on to the November ballot for voter approval.
Continue readingCouncil starts to get clarity on Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy
This morning, the Council started to focus in on the adjustments it proposes to make to Mayor Durkan’s proposed Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy. But it wasn’t easy, and they’re far from done.
Continue readingMayor Durkan unveils proposal for unified education levy
This morning, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced her proposal for a single property tax levy to replace two that expire at the end of this year: the Families and Education Levy and the Seattle Preschool Levy. It would also fund her Seattle Promise college tuition program.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Here’s what went down today.
Continue readingHow is the Seattle Preschool Program doing?
This year two major education-related levies expire and will likely be put up for renewal: the Families and Education Levy, and the Seattle Preschool Levy. The preschool levy was passed in 2014 to fund a four-year “demonstration program” to offer preschool to 3 and 4 year old children in Seattle, hopefully proving its viability and discovering what it would take to scale it up. This morning, the City Council started its process of looking at the two levies in anticipation of crafting renewals for the fall ballots. It may choose to combine them into a single levy, or opt to …
Continue readingCouncil votes to pay for switch to 2-tier school schedule
This afternoon the City Council approved an ordinance that directs $2.3 million from the city operating budget toward covering the costs of switching Seattle’s public school system to a 2-tier schedule.
Continue readingCouncil has a new plan for funding switch to 2-tier school schedule
This afternoon the Council avoided a showdown on a controversial proposal to use Families and Education Levy surplus funds to pay for the Seattle Public Schools’ switch to a two-tier schedule.
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