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                                 SENATE BILL 5189

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Bailey and Rinehart.

Read first time January 23, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Education.Allowing school districts to receive their apportionment in equal or proportional installments, and making grammatical changes.

     AN ACT Relating to general fund apportionments to school districts; and amending RCW 28A.510.250.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.510.250 and 1990 c 33 s 426 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Each school district in the state shall have the option of receiving its annual apportionment from the state general fund in twelve equal installments, or in proportional shares as follows:

September..............................................    9%

October................................................    9%

November...............................................  5.5%

December...............................................    9%

January................................................    9%

February...............................................    9%

March..................................................    9%

April..................................................    9%

May....................................................  5.5%

June...................................................    6%

July...................................................   10%

August.................................................   10%

The superintendent of public instruction shall have the power to adopt rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW as are necessary to establish a procedure for school districts to choose how they receive their apportionment.

(2) On or before the last business day of September 1969 and each month thereafter, the superintendent of public instruction shall apportion from the state general fund to the several educational service districts of the state the proportional share of the total annual amount due and apportionable to such educational service districts for the school districts thereof ((as follows:

     September...................................................9%

     October.....................................................9%

     November..................................................5.5%

     December....................................................9%

     January.....................................................9%

     February....................................................9%

     March.......................................................9%

     April.......................................................9%

     June........................................................6.0%

     July.......................................................10.0%

     August.....................................................10.0%)).

     The annual amount due and apportionable shall be the amount apportionable for all apportionment credits estimated to accrue to the schools during the apportionment year beginning September first and continuing through August thirty-first.  Appropriations made for school districts for each year of a biennium shall be apportioned according to the schedule set forth in this section for the fiscal year starting September 1st of the then calendar year and ending August 31st of the next calendar year.  The apportionment from the state general fund for each month shall be an amount which will equal the amount due and apportionable to the several educational service districts during such month:  PROVIDED, That any school district may petition the superintendent of public instruction for an emergency advance of funds which may become apportionable to it but not to exceed ten percent of the total amount to become due and apportionable during the school districts apportionment year.  The superintendent of public instruction shall determine if the emergency warrants such advance and if the funds are available therefor.  If the superintendent determines in the affirmative, ((he or she may approve such)) the advance may be approved and, at the same time, ((add such an)) that amount shall be added to the apportionment for the educational service district in which the school district is located:  PROVIDED, That the emergency advance of funds and the interest earned by school districts on the investment of temporary cash surpluses resulting from obtaining such advance of state funds shall be deducted by the superintendent of public instruction from the remaining amount apportionable to said districts during that apportionment year in which the funds are advanced.