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Final Report of the
Joint Task Force on
Basic Education Finance

January 14, 2009

Report to the
Washington State Legislature
As Directed by SB 5627, 2007 Legislature

Joint Task Force on Basic Education Finance
Members
Dan Grimm, Chair
Glenn Anderson
House of Representatives
Terry Bergeson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lisa Brown
Washington State Senate
Cheryl Chow
President, Seattle School Board

Laurie Dolan
Director, Governor\u2019s Executive
Policy Office

Mike Hewitt
Washington State Senate
Janea Holmquist
Washington State Senate
Ross Hunter
House of Representatives

Bette Hyde
Superintendent,
Bremerton School District

Jim Kowalkowski
Superintendent,
Davenport School District

Skip Priest
House of Representatives
Pat Sullivan
House of Representatives
Rodney Tom
Washington State Senate
Alternates
Kathy Haigh
House of Representatives
Fred Jarrett
House of Representatives
Staff to the Task Force

Roxanne Lieb, Director
Steve Aos, Associate Director
Annie Pennucci, Sr. Research Assoc.
Irene Ngugi, Research Associate

Washington State Institute
for Public Policy
110 Fifth Ave. SE
PO Box 40999

Olympia, WA 98504-0999
Phone: (360) 586-2677
Fax: (360) 586-2793
January 14, 2009

The Honorable Christine O. Gregoire
Governor of Washington
P.O. Box 40002

Olympia, WA 98504\u20100002

The Honorable Brad Owen
Lieutenant Governor of Washington
P.O. Box 40482

Olympia, WA 98504\u20100482

The Honorable Frank Chopp
Speaker of the House
P.O. Box 40600

Olympia, WA 98504\u20100600
Dear Governor Gregoire, Lieutenant Governor Owen, and Speaker Chopp:

As required by Senate Bill 5627, I am submitting the Final Report of the Joint Task Force
on Basic Education Finance. Attached to the Final Report are five minority reports
submitted by individual Task Force members.

Developing education finance and related policy recommendations has been every bit as
challenging as it is essential to the future of our state. Task Force members deserve to be
commended for their commitment, their insights, and their civility. I have been honored to
serve with them.

The Task Force report would not have been possible without the expertise and
dedication of Director Roxanne Lieb and the staff of the Washington State Institute for
Public Policy, Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer Priddy, Ben Rarick
and Barbara McLain of the House Office of Program Research, and Susan Mielke and
Bryon Moore of Senate Committee Services.

At the final meeting, Task Force members voted to include the attached statement to
this letter of transmittal.
Sincerely,
Dan Grimm
Chair
Joint Task Force on Basic Education Finance
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