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In WA state, it was just naked theft.

For the last two years, the union took the state to court, and the McCleary decision passed. It said that the state failed in its primary constitutional duty to fully fund education.

Long story short, and after a number of ridiculous contempt rulings later, the legislature found a way to do it (big tax hikes - huge).

Five minutes later, nearly every district in the state went on strike. The raises - in the 20% range and higher in some districts. Unsustainable raises.

It was just in your face. It’s a one party state, so there you go. I’d say WA is the most blue in the country. It is so far down the socialist path that I don’t see sanity returning as long as Amazon and the other idiot tech companies are willing to stay here.

In Washington state, the property taxes my wife and I pay on our house have doubled in the last four years. Over 50% of that money goes to schools. In inflation adjusted dollars schools collect nearly three times per student what they did when my wife and I were kids. Yet our State Supreme Court, a far left political body ruled that the schools still were not getting enough.

My wife's family on her mother's side were almost all teachers. Her grandfather was actually the Superintendent for Tacoma Public Schools. At that time somehow the kids were far better educated for a fraction of the cost. Things have gotten completely out of hand. The only solution that I can see is transitioning to a situation where all schools in the state are private and they are compensated by the state. Private schools are far more efficient and they educate children much better. The government is at a point where it ruins everything that it touches.