Giving Compass' Take:

· After years of back and forth, the Washington State Supreme Court finally brought the McCleary case to an end. In an interview with Governing Magazine, Stephanie McCleary, one of the plaintiffs, discusses the state's underfunding of K-12 schools and the resolution of a new school funding plan. 

· Although the case was settled and a new school funding plan has been implemented, is it enough? Is this resolution ample funding for all the programs k-12 schools need?

· Read more about education reform and challenges in school funding.

In a short, unanimous ruling, the Washington Supreme Court brought an end to the yearslong school-funding saga known as the McCleary decision.

The justices declared the state had fully implemented its new school funding plan, lifted the contempt order and the $100,000-per-day sanctions, and ended their oversight of the case.

The court's 2012 ruling found the state had violated its constitution by underfunding K-12 schools and kicked off years of fierce debate in Olympia over school funding and policies.

It forced lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee to pour billions of dollars into the K-12 school system over the years and even sparked the court's first contempt order against the state in Washington's history.

In an interview, Stephanie McCleary, one of the plaintiffs whose family is the namesake of the lawsuit, said she was happy to see a resolution to a case that began back in 2007.

Read the full article about school funding in Washington by Joseph O'Sullivan at Governing Magazine.