FINAL BILL REPORT

EHB 2040

C 225 L 20

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Concerning nonhigh school districts.

Sponsors: Representative MacEwen.

House Committee on Appropriations

Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education

Background:

A nonhigh school district is a district that does not provide instruction for all grades kindergarten through twelfth grade.  When a student residing in a nonhigh school district attends high school, the nonhigh school district sends the student to a high school district that provides secondary instruction.  

Nonhigh school and high school districts may raise funds locally through enrichment levies. Enrichment levies must be used only for enrichment beyond the state's program of basic education.  Enrichment levy collections are limited districts to the lesser of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value in the district or $2,500 per pupil increased for inflation.  Enrichment levy rates per student vary by district.

Nonhigh school districts are required to reimburse the high school districts for the costs of educating nonhigh school students.  The payment amount per student is defined as the enrichment levy rate per student levied by the high school district.

Summary:

A nonhigh school district's payment per student to a high school district is the lesser of the enrichment levy rate per student levied by the high school district or the enrichment levy rate per student levied by the nonhigh school district. If the nonhigh school district does not have an enrichment levy, then the payment is the enrichment levy rate per student in the high school district. 

Revenue provided by nonhigh school districts to high school districts is designated for secondary school buildings.  Upon a nonhigh school district's request, the high school district must report annual data for attendance, grades, discipline, and state assessments for nonhigh school secondary students served by the high school district within 60 days of the request.

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