SENATE BILL REPORT
HB 1495
AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 31, 1993
Brief Description: Changing local effort assistance distribution.
SPONSORS: Representatives Dorn, Brough, Ogden, Rayburn, G. Cole, Springer and G. Fisher
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Majority Report: Do pass.
Signed by Senators Pelz, Chairman; McAuliffe, Vice Chairman; Hochstatter, Moyer, Nelson, M. Rasmussen, Rinehart, Skratek, and A. Smith.
Staff: Leslie Goldstein (786‑7424)
Hearing Dates: March 24, 1993; March 31, 1993
BACKGROUND:
In 1992, the Legislature changed the levy statutes, increasing the levy base and changing the state payment schedule for state levy equalization funds to match the receipt of school district property taxes. An unanticipated effect of the change in the payment schedule shifted 17 percent of the state levy equalization payments from one school year to another.
SUMMARY:
The state payment schedule for levy equalization allocations is modified shifting 17 percent of the October payment to August.
Appropriation: none
Revenue: none
Fiscal Note: available
TESTIMONY FOR:
This legislation helps "property poor" school districts.
TESTIMONY AGAINST: None
TESTIFIED: John Kvamme, Tacoma School District (pro)