Inslee proposes billions in new taxes to pay teachers
TACOMA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping plan to pay for K-12 teachers and other school workers, funded by more than $4 billion in proposed new taxes in the upcoming two-year budget.
By tackling teacher salaries, the governor’s plan addresses the last big piece of the state Supreme Court’s 2012 education-funding order known as the McCleary decision.
Inslee’s proposal goes further than that — it adds money intended to better recruit and retain teachers, and also funds, among other things, more positions for school nurses and counselors.
To pay for it, Inslee is proposing new taxes on capital gains and carbon emissions, as well as increasing part of the state business-and-occupation tax. The governor also called for rolling back some tax exemptions.
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