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Barely a week since Seattle Public Schools educators ended their week-long strike, it appears there is no money in the current budget to cover the new agreement.

The new three-year contract will tack an additional $228 million to the school district鈥檚 current $1.14 billion operating budget 鈥� without any certain way to cover these costs, Washington Policy Center鈥檚 education director Liv Finne told The Dori Monson Show on Friday.

鈥淭his is money they do not have,鈥� Finne said. She detailed her findings in a published this week at .

Seattle school leaders are 鈥淣o longer stewarding and protecting the public鈥檚 purse,鈥� Finne told Dori鈥檚 listeners. 鈥淲e pay these administrators … to live within their means, but they have given up on that.”

鈥淭hey know that in four months, there will be a new session of the state Legislature and they鈥檒l run down to Olympia and claim they don鈥檛 have enough money even though they have had a huge increase in funding,鈥� Finne continued.

鈥淭hey have done this in the past successfully,鈥� Finne said.

Figures show Seattle was spending about $14,000 per student in 2016. Now, with the new contract, Finne said, that is up to $22,000 per student in six years.

And yet, she added, only 47% of the nearly 7,000 employees on SPS’ payroll are classroom teachers. That, Finne believes, is evidence that 鈥淪eattle Public Schools’ administration is bloated and top-heavy.鈥�

Even worse, she adds, is that it comes at a time when 鈥渟tate test scores are plummeting.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 corrupt. They鈥檙e going after the taxpayer while the taxpayer gets left holding the bag.鈥�

Listen to Dori鈥檚 entire interview with Washington Policy Center鈥檚 Liv Finne about Seattle Schools鈥� inability to cover costs of new teachers鈥� contract

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