Schools/local effort assist.

AN ACT Relating to increasing local effort assistance; reenacting 1
and amending RCW 28A.500.015; and providing an effective date.2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.500.015 and 2025 c 405 s 1 and 2025 c 404 s 2 4
are each reenacted and amended to read as follows: 5
(1) Beginning in calendar year ((2020)) 2027 and each calendar 6
year 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 $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value in the 11
school district, the annual local effort assistance funding is equal 12
to the school district's maximum local effort assistance multiplied 13
by a fraction equal to the school district's actual enrichment levy 14
rate divided by $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value in the school 15
district. 16
(b) For an eligible school district with an actual enrichment 17
levy rate that is equal to or greater than $1.50 per $1,000 of 18
assessed value in the school district, the annual local effort 19
assistance funding is equal to the school district's maximum local 20
effort assistance. 21
H-2989.1
HOUSE BILL 2580
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Representatives Reeves and Pollet
Read first time 01/20/26. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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(c) Beginning in calendar year ((2022)) 2027, for state-tribal 1
education compact schools established under chapter 28A.715 RCW, the 2
annual local effort assistance funding is equal to the actual 3
enrichment levy per student as calculated by the superintendent of 4
public instruction for the previous year for the school district in 5
which the state-tribal education compact school is located, up to a 6
maximum per-student amount of (($1,550 as increased by inflation from 7
the 2019 calendar year )) $2,692.74, increased for inflation beginning 8
in calendar year 2028 , multiplied by the student enrollment of the 9
state-tribal education compact school in the prior school year.10
(3) The state local effort assistance funding provided under this 11
section is not part of the state's program of basic education deemed 12
by the legislature to comply with the requirements of Article IX, 13
section 1 of the state Constitution. 14
(4) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this 15
section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.16
(a) "Eligible school district" means a school district where the 17
amount generated by a levy of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value in 18
the school district, divided by the school district's total student 19
enrollment in the prior school year, is less than the state local 20
effort assistance threshold. 21
(b) "Inflation" means the ((implicit price deflator for the 22
previous calendar year using the official current base, compiled by 23
the bureau of economic analysis, United States department of 24
commerce)) percentage change in the seasonally adjusted consumer 25
price index for all urban consumers, Seattle area, for the most 26
recent 12-month period as of September 25th of the year before the 27
taxes are payable, using the official current base compiled by the 28
United States bureau of labor statistics. 29
(c) "Maximum local effort assistance" means the difference 30
between the following: 31
(i) The school district's actual prior school year enrollment 32
multiplied by the state local effort assistance threshold; and33
(ii) The amount generated by a levy of $1.50 per $1,000 of 34
assessed value in the school district. 35
(d) "Prior school year" means the most recent school year 36
completed prior to the year in which the state local effort 37
assistance funding is to be distributed. 38
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(e) "State local effort assistance threshold" means (($1,550)) 1
$2,692.74 per student, increased for inflation beginning in calendar 2
year ((2020)) 2028. 3
(f) "Student enrollment" means the average annual full-time 4
equivalent student enrollment, reduced by the alternative learning 5
experience adjustment. Alternative learning experience adjustment 6
equals (f)(i) of this subsection minus (f)(ii) of this subsection if 7
a school district's full-time equivalent student enrollment in 8
alternative learning experience courses exceeds 33 percent of average 9
annual full-time equivalent student enrollment. 10
(i) The full-time equivalent students enrolled in an alternative 11
learning experience course. 12
(ii) Average annual full-time equivalent student enrollment 13
multiplied by 33 percent. 14
(5) For districts in a high/nonhigh relationship, the enrollments 15
of the nonhigh students attending the high school shall only be 16
counted by the nonhigh school districts for purposes of funding under 17
this section. 18
(6) For school districts participating in an innovation academy 19
cooperative established under RCW 28A.340.080, enrollments of 20
students attending the academy shall be adjusted so that each 21
participant district receives its proportional share of student 22
enrollments for purposes of funding under this section.23
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2027.24
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