About Us

Led by organizations like the Washington State PTA, the League of Women Voters, the Seattle Urban League, large and small school districts across our state and a broad base of other civic and education organizations, NEWS was formed when it became clear that action was needed to force the state to make good on its promise to each and every child in Washington.

Plagued with a long-outdated state funding system that fails to fully fund even the basic elements of a high quality 21^st century education, NEWS was forced to file a lawsuit asking the courts to order the State of Washington to live up to its paramount constitutional duty to make ample provision for the education of all Washington children.

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