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Education

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Education

Latest reporting from the Education desk.

SPS schools may lease surplus land for affordable housing under 2020 state law

A 2020 Washington state law already authorizes school districts to lease surplus property for affordable housing without a recapture clause, and the Edmonds School District broke ground last fall on 52 units for homeless families. Seattle Public Schools, with 2,300 homeless students and 121 owned sites, has not publicly discussed using the same tool.

· 3 min read

SPS schools may lease surplus land for affordable housing under 2020 state law

A 2020 Washington state law already authorizes school districts to lease surplus property for affordable housing without a recapture clause, and the Edmonds School District broke ground last fall on 52 units for homeless families. Seattle Public Schools, with 2,300 homeless students and 121 owned sites, has not publicly discussed using the same tool.

· 3 min read

SPS schools may lease surplus land for affordable housing under 2020 state law

A 2020 Washington state law already authorizes school districts to lease surplus property for affordable housing without a recapture clause, and the Edmonds School District broke ground last fall on 52 units for homeless families. Seattle Public Schools, with 2,300 homeless students and 121 owned sites, has not publicly discussed using the same tool.

· 3 min read

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