Welcome to Washington’s Paramount Duty – a growing network of parents, students, teachers and community leaders united around one goal: compelling Washington State to close the gap and fully fund basic education now.
We can no longer afford to passively wait for lawmakers to do the right thing. We need to organize and speak with one voice. We need you.
For 40 years public school funding has been undermined by state government cutbacks, band-aid solutions and budget tricks. Four years after our State Supreme Court ruled unanimously that our state government has failed to meet its paramount constitutional duty to fully fund basic education, state leaders STILL have not funded their paramount duty.
Our agenda is the well-being and education of the 1.1 million children in our public schools. We believe every Washington child has a right to receive a fully funded basic education. Founded and led by parents, we represent an untapped resource with great potential and a unique credibility: all parents are touched every day by all the consequences of the K-12 education funding gap.
Finally fully funding basic education in Washington State is not just a good idea. It’s a right all children in Washington are guaranteed and the state has left unmet for decades. No parents should accept anything less for their child. No local community should accept anything less for their school district – and, as a state, we cannot accept anything less for the 1.1 million kids enrolled in our public schools. Their futures are in our hands.
If you are a parent, student, teacher — or a willing advocate for our public schools and the 1.1 million children in them – we need your voice to close the gap and fully fund basic education in Washington State.
Together, we can fight for passage of a meaningful and fair funding solution for our public schools — and when we win, together, we will celebrate a life-changing victory for every child enrolled in them.
Please — stand with us. Join Washington’s Paramount Duty today.