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Article IX Summary

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The Article IX provision is unique to Washington State. Although other states have constitutional requirements related to education, no other state makes K-12 education the “paramount duty” of the state. In order to carry out its constitutional responsibility, the Legislature passed the Basic Education Act of 1977 (BEA), which defined a “basic education” by establishing a mix of course offerings for a school district to provide, minimum program hours, goals, and teacher contact hours.
Presently, at least some measure of the seven programs, Special Education program for students with disabilities; pupil transportation; Learning Assistance Program for remediation assistance; General Apportionment, Transitional Bilingual Education program; Highly

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