1109-S AMH STEE MACK 103

  

SHB 1109 - H AMD 478

By Representative Steele

WITHDRAWN 03/29/2019

On page 194, line 6, increase the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2020 by $42,610,000.

On page 194, line 7, increase the general fund state appropriation for fiscal year 2021 by $15,814,000

On page 194, line 9, correct the total.

On page 207, after line 5, insert the following:

"(22) (a) In the 2019-20 school year, the superintendent of public instruction must allocate hold harmless payments to school districts as follows:

(i) A school district with an enrollment of three hundred or fewer average annual full-time equivalent students will receive an amount equal to number A minus number B if number A is greater than number B.

(ii) A school district with more than three hundred average annual full-time equivalent students will receive the product of the district's average annual full-time equivalent student enrollment in the 2018-19 school year multiplied by an amount equal to number C minus number D if number C is greater than number D.

(b) In the 2020-21 school year, the superintendent of public instruction must allocate hold harmless payments to school districts as follows:

(i) A school district with three hundred or fewer average annual full-time equivalent students will receive an amount equal to number A minus number E if number A is greater than number E.

(ii) A school district with more than three hundred average annual full-time equivalent students will receive the product of the district's average annual full-time equivalent students in the 2019-20 school year multiplied by an amount equal to number C minus number F if number C is greater than number F.

(c) (i) "Number A" is the sum of the following:

(A) General apportionment provided to the school district in the 2017-18 school year, excluding the district's share of the general apportionment allocation redirected by the superintendent to the special education program;

(B) Local enrichment levies collected by the district in the 2018 calendar year; and

(C) Local effort assistance received by the district in the 2018 calendar year.

(ii) "Number B" is the sum of the following:

(A)General apportionment provided to the school district in the 2018-19 school year, excluding the district's share of the general apportionment allocations redirected by the superintendent to the special education program;

(B) Local enrichment levies collected by the district in the 2019 calendar year; and

(C) Local effort assistance received by the district in the 2019 calendar year.

(iii) "Number C" is the sum of the following divided by the district's average annual full-time equivalent student enrollment in the 2017-18 school year:

(A) General apportionment provided to the school district in the 2017-18 school year, excluding the district's share of the general apportionment allocation redirected by the superintendent to the special education program;

(B) Local enrichment levies collected by the district in the 2018 calendar year; and

(C) Local effort assistance received by the district in the 2018 calendar year.

(iv) "Number D" is the sum of the following divided by the district's average annual full-time equivalent student enrollment in the 2018-19 school year:

(A)General apportionment provided to the school district in the 2018-19 school year, excluding the district's share of the general apportionment allocations redirected by the superintendent to the special education program;

(B) Local enrichment levies collected by the district in the 2019 calendar year; and

(C) Local effort assistance received by the district in the 2019 calendar year.

(v) "Number E" is the sum of the following:

(A) General apportionment provided to the school district in the 2019-20 school year, excluding the district's share of the general apportionment allocations redirected by the superintendent to the special education program;

(B) Local enrichment levies collected by the district in the 2020 calendar year; and

(C) Local effort assistance received by the district in the 2020 calendar year.

(vi) "Number F" is the sum of the following divided by the district's average annual full-time equivalent student enrollment in the 2019-20 school year:

(A)General apportionment provided to the school district in the 2019-20 school year, excluding the district's share of the general apportionment allocations redirected by the superintendent to the special education program;

(B) Local enrichment levies collected by the district in the 2020 calendar year; and

(C) Local effort assistance received by the district in the 2020 calendar year."

EFFECT:   Requires the superintendent of public instruction to provide hold harmless payments to districts in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school year based on the general apportionment amounts in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school year and levy and local effort assistance (LEA) payments in the 2019 and 2020 calendar year, as compared to the 2017-18 school year general apportionment and 2018 calendar year levies and LEA.

FISCAL IMPACT:

 Increases General Fund - State by $58,424,000.

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