Seattle Education:
Alice Walton is now the 2nd biggest donor to charter school initiative at $1.7M.

Yesterday, the Washington Secretary of State’s office
certified Initiative 1240 for the state’s November ballot. I-1240 would essentially permit charter schools in Washington, which currently doesn’t accommodate them. The signature filing deadline was July 6; five days later, Alice Walton—who lives in Texas, not the Pacific Northwest—gave
$600,000 to the pro-charter school committee.
If passed, newly created charter schools would be
exempt from some of the