School local effort assist.

AN ACT Relating to local effort assistance for public schools; 1
amending RCW 28A.500.015; and creating a new section.2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.500.015 and 2022 c 108 s 4 are each amended to 4
read as follows: 5
(1) Beginning in calendar year 2020 and each calendar year 6
thereafter, the state must provide state local effort assistance 7
funding to supplement school district enrichment levies as provided 8
in this section. 9
(2)(a) For an eligible school district with an actual enrichment 10
levy rate that is less than ((one dollar and fifty cents )) $1.50 per 11
((thousand dollars)) $1,000 of assessed value in the school district, 12
the annual local effort assistance funding is equal to the school 13
district's maximum local effort assistance multiplied by a fraction 14
equal to the school district's actual enrichment levy rate divided by 15
((one dollar and fifty cents )) $1.50 per ((thousand dollars)) $1,000 16
of assessed value in the school district. 17
(b) For an eligible school district with an actual enrichment 18
levy rate that is equal to or greater than ((one dollar and fifty 19
cents)) $1.50 per ((thousand dollars )) $1,000 of assessed value in 20
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HOUSE BILL 1746
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Springer, Rude, Simmons, Waters, Doglio, Rule,
Nance, Scott, and Eslick
Read first time 01/30/25. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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the school district, the annual local effort assistance funding is 1
equal to the school district's maximum local effort assistance.2
(c) Beginning in calendar year 2022, for state-tribal education 3
compact schools established under chapter 28A.715 RCW, the annual 4
local effort assistance funding is equal to the actual enrichment 5
levy per student as calculated by the superintendent of public 6
instruction for the previous year for the school district in which 7
the state-tribal education compact school is located, up to a maximum 8
per student amount of ((one thousand five hundred fifty dollars )) 9
$2,000 as increased by inflation from the 2019 calendar year, 10
multiplied by the student enrollment of the state-tribal education 11
compact school in the prior school year. 12
(d) Beginning in calendar year 2025, for charter schools 13
established under chapter 28A.710 RCW, the annual local effort 14
assistance funding is equal to the actual enrichment levy per student 15
as calculated by the superintendent of public instruction for the 16
previous year for the school district in which the charter school is 17
located, up to a maximum per student amount of $2,000 as increased by 18
inflation from the 2019 calendar year, multiplied by the student 19
enrollment of the charter school in the prior school year.20
(3) The state local effort assistance funding provided under this 21
section is not part of the state's program of basic education deemed 22
by the legislature to comply with the requirements of Article IX, 23
section 1 of the state Constitution. 24
(4) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this 25
section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.26
(a) "Eligible school district" means a school district where the 27
amount generated by a levy of ((one dollar and fifty cents )) $1.50 28
per ((thousand dollars )) $1,000 of assessed value in the school 29
district, divided by the school district's total student enrollment 30
in the prior school year, is less than the state local effort 31
assistance threshold. 32
(b) For the purpose of this section, "inflation" means, for any 33
school year, the rate of the yearly increase of the previous calendar 34
year's annual average consumer price index for all urban consumers, 35
Seattle area, using the official current base compiled by the bureau 36
of labor statistics, United States department of labor.37
(c) "Maximum local effort assistance" means the difference 38
between the following: 39
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(i) The school district's actual prior school year enrollment 1
multiplied by the state local effort assistance threshold; and2
(ii) The amount generated by a levy of ((one dollar and fifty 3
cents)) $1.50 per ((thousand dollars )) $1,000 of assessed value in 4
the school district. 5
(d) "Prior school year" means the most recent school year 6
completed prior to the year in which the state local effort 7
assistance funding is to be distributed((, except as follows:8
(i) In the 2022 calendar year, if 2019-20 school year average 9
annual full-time equivalent enrollment is greater than the school 10
district's 2020-21 school year average annual full-time equivalent 11
enrollment, "prior school year" means the 2019-20 school year.12
(ii) In the 2023 calendar year, if 2019-20 school year average 13
annual full-time equivalent enrollment is greater than the school 14
district's 2021-22 school year average annual full-time equivalent 15
enrollment, "prior school year" means the 2019-20 school year)).16
(e) "State local effort assistance threshold" means ((one 17
thousand five hundred fifty dollars )) $2,000 per student, increased 18
for inflation beginning in calendar year 2020. 19
(f) "Student enrollment" means the average annual full-time 20
equivalent student enrollment. 21
(5) For districts in a high/nonhigh relationship, the enrollments 22
of the nonhigh students attending the high school shall only be 23
counted by the nonhigh school districts for purposes of funding under 24
this section. 25
(6) For school districts participating in an innovation academy 26
cooperative established under RCW 28A.340.080, enrollments of 27
students attending the academy shall be adjusted so that each 28
participant district receives its proportional share of student 29
enrollments for purposes of funding under this section.30
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. Section 1, chapter . . ., Laws of 2025 31
(section 1 of this act) applies to local effort assistance payments 32
in calendar year 2025 and thereafter. The state must provide full 33
2025 calendar year local effort assistance funding to eligible school 34
districts, tribal, and charter schools based on the formulas provided 35
in section 1, chapter . . ., Laws of 2025 (section 1 of this act). If 36
local effort assistance distributions for the 2025 calendar year 37
under RCW 28A.500.040 begin prior to the effective date of this 38
section, then the first month following the effective date of this 39
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section must include any additional amounts provided under section 1, 1
chapter . . ., Laws of 2025 (section 1 of this act) through that 2
month based on the schedule prescribed in RCW 28A.500.040.3
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