6168-S.E AMH STON MACK 183

  

ESSB 6168 - H AMD TO H AMD (H5114.3/20) 1709

By Representative Stonier

ADOPTED 02/28/2020

On page 301, line 31, increase the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2021 by $41,392,000

On page 301, line 34, correct the total.

On page 304, line 16, after "school" insert "in the 2019-20 school year"

On page 304, line 20, after "under" insert "(d)(ii)(A) of"

On page 304, line 29, after "(B)" insert the following:

"For qualifying high-poverty schools in the 2020-21 school year, in addition to the allocation under (d)(i) of this subsection, the superintendent shall allocate additional funding for guidance counselors for each level of prototypical school as follows:

Elementary

Middle

High

Guidance Counselors

0.500

0.500

0.500

In addition to schools with more than fifty percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals in the prior school year, elementary schools that enroll more than six hundred full-time equivalent students with at least forty-five percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals in the prior school year will qualify as a high-poverty school under this subsection.

(C)"

On page 315, line 29, increase the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2021 by $3,280.000

On page 315, line 31, correct the total.

On page 319, line 32, increase the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2021 by $6,713,000

On page 319, line 36, correct the total.

On page 326, line 8, increase the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2021 by $7,000

On page 326, line 10, correct the total.

On page 337, line 33, increase the Washington opportunity pathways account-state appropriation by $215,000

On page 337, line 35, correct the total.

EFFECT:   Adds high-poverty guidance counselor staffing allocations in the form of an additional 0.5 full-time equivalent guidance counselor per prototypical school for high poverty schools with more the 50 percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals and elementary schools enrolling at least 600 students with at least 45 percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals, increasing appropriations to the Superintendent of Public Instructional for General Apportionment and related public school programs.

FISCAL IMPACT:

 Increases General Fund - State by $51,392,000.

 Increases WA Opportunity Path - State by $215,000.

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