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  • Debate brings agreement on school funding

    Carleen Johnson|Oct 9, 2024

    The Center Square — Incumbent Chris Reykdal and Peninsula School Board member David Olson found some common ground during Saturday’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction debate at the Bellevue Public Library. Both think the state’s funding model for public education is flawed. “Our state only spends about 3.1% of its GDP on education, and the national average is 3.6%,” said Reykdal, who is running for a third term. “Even with all the gains we made over the last seven or eight years, we still only barely got close to the national av...