State Rep. Kagi sees Senate budget cut money for early learning

By Evan Smith

A week ago, State Rep. Ruth Kagi praised fellow House members for including $227 million for early learning in their budget, but Monday she saw the Senate pass a budget with less than half the amount for early learning.

Leaders from the Democratic-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate will meet over the next few weeks to work toward a compromise state budget.

Kagi, chairwoman of the House committee on early learning and social services, and a member of the House Appropriations Committee, represents the 32nd Legislative District, including the City of Shoreline, part of northwest Seattle, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County, Lynnwood, and parts of Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace,.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.