WAHKIAKUM SCHOOL DIST. NO. 200 v. STATE

No. 101052-4.

534 P.3d 808 (2023)

WAHKIAKUM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 200, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed September 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne , Bianca G. Chamusco , Christopher Glenn Emch , Adrian Urquhart Winder , Devra Rebecca Cohen , Foster Garvey PC, 1111 3rd Ave. Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3296, for Appellant.

Lauryn Kay Fraas , Cristina Marie Hwang Sepe , Wash. Attorney General's Office, 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, William McGinty , Wash. Attorney General's Office, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw., P. O. Box 40124, Olympia, WA, 98504-0124, Emma Sarah Grunberg , Wash. Attorney General's Office, P. O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Respondent.

Lester Porter Jr. , Francis Chase Bonwell , Porter Foster Rorick LLP, 601 Union St. Ste. 800, Seattle, WA, 98101-4027, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Wa State School Directors' Assoc.

Katherine George , Johnston George LLP, 2800 1st Avenue, Suite 226 Seattle, WA, 98121, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Attorneys for Education Rights.


¶1 "It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, without distinction or preference on account of race, color, caste, or sex." WASH. CONST. art. IX, § 1. And our court has clearly held that article IX, section 1 places an affirmative duty...

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