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Legislature seeks more time to deal with education budget

The Columbian
Published: April 27, 2015, 5:00pm

SEATTLE — The Legislature needs more time to figure out a state education budget before it can properly reply to a contempt order from the Washington Supreme Court, the state attorney general told the high court Monday.

The Legislature ended its regular session Friday and will reconvene Wednesday in a special session.

In his written report, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson asked the court to wait until the special session has ended to decide whether to issue sanctions.

“Until the Legislature has concluded its work for 2015 and the governor has acted on the budget and any other education-related legislation that has passed both houses, the state cannot represent to the court whether actions taken this session achieve compliance with the court’s orders,” Ferguson said in the 13-page report.

Tom Ahearne, an attorney representing the coalition of teachers, school districts, parents and community groups that sued the state over school funding, was not impressed with Ferguson’s report to the court. He said he had a sense of “deja vu.”

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