Budget Surplus has Education Interests Licking Their Lips

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SEATTLE -- Both legislators and lobbyists agree with Gov. Chris Gregoire: 2007 looks like the year of education spending. When the Legislature goes to work on Jan. 8, the big question will be how much of the state's expected $1.9 billion surplus will be spent in the classroom.

Setting the agenda will be Washington Learns, which in November issued 50 pages of suggestions about how to improve education in the state.

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Budget Surplus has Education Interests Licking Their Lips

The governor, who convened the education task force, is asking the Legislature to start putting some money behind those ideas. With the budget surplus and Democrats firmly in control of both the House and the Senate, such spending is c...

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