6194-S2.E AMH BERG HARJ 216

E2SSB 6194 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-4174.2/16) 962

By Representative Bergquist

NOT ADOPTED 03/09/2016

    On page 31, after line 8 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 129.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.710 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A school district that experiences a decrease in enrollment of at least ten full-time equivalent students due to enrollment of the students in a charter school established in this chapter is entitled to a hold-harmless allocation calculated as specified in subsection (2) of this section.  For the purposes of this section, a full-time equivalent student that is included in the enrollment count qualifying the school district for the hold-harmless payment may be counted for only the first two years of that student's enrollment in the charter school.

    (2)(a) For the first school year of student enrollment in the charter school that results in the school district entitlement to a hold harmless allocation, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must allocate funding equal to the district's average per-pupil funding allocation multiplied by one-half of the full-time equivalent student enrollment that was lost in that school year due to the enrollment of the students in a charter school.

    (b) For the second school year of student enrollment in the charter school that results in the school district entitlement to a hold harmless allocation, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must allocate funding equal to the district's average per-pupil funding allocation multiplied by one-quarter of the full-time equivalent student enrollment that was lost in that school year due to the enrollment of the students in a charter school."

     Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

     Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Provides a partial hold-harmless payment to school districts that experience an enrollment decrease of at least 10 full-time equivalent students.  The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction must allocate funding equal to one-half of the district's average per-student funding allocation for the first year that the students are enrolled in the charter school, and one-quarter for the second year. 

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