Washington's Supreme Court said last week it'll wait until the end of next year's legislative session before deciding to amp up its punishment for not properly addressing disparities in its funding formula.
The state since last year has been fined $100,000 a day for every day they're in session and can't come up with a new school funding formula.
It's the result of the 2012 McCleary v. State ruling in which the state supreme court ruled that Washington's funding formula didn't meet its constitutional obligations.
Over the years, the court has prodded the legislature to more quickly overhaul its funding formula but the legislature has taken a piecemeal approach to the mandate...
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