Cheney school board adopts legislative priorities list

The Cheney School District board of directors approved a resolution adopting the board’s priorities it looks to promote to the state Legislature during its current biennial budgeting session. Superintendent Rob Roettger told the board the four areas align with similar priorities advanced by the region’s Education Support District 101.

At the top of the list was the need for “ample and dependable funding” to meet the requirement’s of the state Supreme Court’s ruling in the McCleary case in 2012. Roettger said this priority breaks down into four categories: transportation, materials and operatin...