School should be a place where kids and teens feel safe, where they can participate in activities they enjoy and build trusted relationships with peers and adults around them. Initiatives 001 and 638 do not advance this vision. (Image courtesy of the No Hate in WA State campaign)

Initiative 645, spearheaded by multi-millionaire Brian Heywood, aims to repeal the Millionaires Tax and consequently the investments in education that lawmakers planned for.

Initiative 645 would eliminate the Millionaires Tax, and consequently the funding intended to support the Working Families Tax Credit expansion. Although the initiative attempts to keep the expansion, without the revenue from the Millionaires Tax there will not be enough money in the state budget to fund it. 

The Millionaires Tax, which passed earlier this year, included sales tax cuts to essential household and personal hygiene items. But if Initiative 645 passes, it will repeal those tax reductions before they reach consumers.

Children’s Alliance joins the No on I-645 campaign to reject a repeal of the Millionaires Tax and ensure WA continues on a path toward a more equitable tax code.