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Despite record funding, student outcomes are collapsing: only 50% meet English standards and 39% meet math standards. Chronic absenteeism exceeds 25%, and districts cut teachers while adding administrators.
K-12 education is the paramount duty of state government and should receive 50% of the state budget. Republicans will reverse Democrat-led K-12 budget cuts that have gutted classrooms and shortchanged students. In 2026, Governor Ferguson and Democratic legislators cut another $200 million from K-12 funding — bringing the two-year total cut to $900 million. Every incumbent Democrat voted the party line to pass that budget.
• Academic Decline: At over $20,000 per student (11th highest in the nation), scores have dropped to 26th for overall outcomes. Taxpayers deserve better results. Refocus curriculum on reading, writing, math, civics, and early literacy.
• “Washington Thriving” implementation accelerates Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) mandates and universal screening. Let’s help kids who need it without turning schools into mental-health facilities.
• Parental Exclusion: Current law allows districts to socially or medically transition children in secret. Support the Strengthen Communication Between Parents and Schools initiative.
• Remind voters that all Democrat legislators voted to abolish the Parents Bill of Rights in 2025.
• Fairness in Sports: Pass the Protecting Fairness in Girls’ Sports initiative to preserve opportunity and safety for female athletes.
• Higher-Ed Costs: Restore the Washington College Grant to private and vocational schools so students can afford career paths.
• Trump-era reforms let states take charge without new mandates. By aligning with them, Olympia can cut red tape and return control to parents and local boards.
• Federal guidance defines “sex” under Title IX as biological and immutable, challenging Washington’s current policies on locker rooms, sports, and parental notification.
• Washington receives over $1 billion in federal K-12 funding; defiance risks classrooms and teachers that our families depend on.
• Support HB 2444 to require the Governor to opt in to the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit ($1,700 per student) — privately donated funds that add choice without cutting funding for public schools.
• Washington laws such as SB 5462, HB 1296, and OSPI gender-inclusive policies defy federal guidance and threaten funding.
“Raise test scores. Protect fairness. End secrecy.
Invest in learning — not ideology.”