Defending Local Schools from State Takeover
A legislative attempt to divert $164,000 from Seattle schools to rural districts was defeated in the Senate.
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President J. B. MacDougall of the board of education received a telegram yesterday afternoon that the objectionable house bill No. 141, which proposed to take $164,000 from this city and give it to the country school districts, had been killed by the senate's agreeing to indefinitely postpone consideration of the bill by a vote of 20 to 12. Superintendent Barnard, Secretary Whitney and School Directors Spencer and Prosch have been working against the bill, and they were assisted by delegations from the Tacoma and Spokane boards of education. The largest share of credit, however, is due to Senator J. M. Frink, who, as chairman of the committee on schools, has done good work against the measure.
“The largest share of credit is due to Senator J. M. Frink, who, as chairman of the committee on schools, has done good work against the measure.”
Debates over equitable school funding and state-level control versus local autonomy remain as central to Washington politics today as they were in 1891.
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