CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

               SECOND ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5529

 

                    Chapter 11, Laws of 1995

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                   1995 First Special Session

 

 

                     SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVIES

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  8/22/95

Passed by the Senate May 23, 1995

  YEAS 44   NAYS 2

 

 

 

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House May 23, 1995

  YEAS 83   NAYS 14

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5529 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

  CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved June 14, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

           June 14, 1995 - 10:20 a.m.

 

 

 

    MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                 SECOND ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5529

          _______________________________________________

 

          Passed Legislature - 1995 First Special Session

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

 

By Senators McAuliffe, Rinehart, Moyer, McDonald, Wojahn and Winsley; by request of Office of Financial Management

 

Read first time 01/26/95.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

 

Changing school district levy provisions.



    AN ACT Relating to school district levies; amending RCW 84.52.0531; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 84.52.0531 and 1994 c 116 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The maximum dollar amount which may be levied by or for any school district for maintenance and operation support under the provisions of RCW 84.52.053 shall be determined as follows:

    (1) For excess levies for collection in calendar year 1992, the maximum dollar amount shall be calculated pursuant to the laws and rules in effect in November 1991.

    (2) For the purpose of this section, the basic education allocation shall be determined pursuant to RCW 28A.150.250, 28A.150.260, and 28A.150.350:  PROVIDED, That when determining the basic education allocation under subsection (4) of this section, nonresident full time equivalent pupils who are participating in a program provided for in chapter 28A.545 RCW or in any other program pursuant to an interdistrict agreement shall be included in the enrollment of the resident district and excluded from the enrollment of the serving district.

    (3) For excess levies for collection in calendar year 1993 and thereafter, the maximum dollar amount shall be the sum of (a) and (b) of this subsection minus (c) of this subsection:

    (a) The district's levy base as defined in subsection (4) of this section multiplied by the district's maximum levy percentage as defined in subsection (5) of this section;

    (b) In the case of nonhigh school districts only, an amount equal to the total estimated amount due by the nonhigh school district to high school districts pursuant to chapter 28A.545 RCW for the school year during which collection of the levy is to commence, less the increase in the nonhigh school district's basic education allocation as computed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section due to the inclusion of pupils participating in a program provided for in chapter 28A.545 RCW in such computation;

    (c) The maximum amount of state matching funds under RCW 28A.500.010 for which the district is eligible in that tax collection year.

    (4) For excess levies for collection in calendar year 1993 and thereafter, a district's levy base shall be the sum of allocations in (a) through (c) of this subsection received by the district for the prior school year, including allocations for compensation increases, plus the sum of such allocations multiplied by the percent increase per full time equivalent student as stated in the state basic education appropriation section of the biennial budget between the prior school year and the current school year and divided by fifty-five percent.  A district's levy base shall not include local school district property tax levies or other local revenues, or state and federal allocations not identified in (a) through (c) of this subsection.

    (a) The district's basic education allocation as determined pursuant to RCW 28A.150.250, 28A.150.260, and 28A.150.350;

    (b) State and federal categorical allocations for the following programs:

    (i) Pupil transportation;

    (ii) Handicapped education;

    (iii) Education of highly capable students;

    (iv) Compensatory education, including but not limited to learning assistance, migrant education, Indian education, refugee programs, and bilingual education;

    (v) Food services; and

    (vi) State-wide block grant programs; and

    (c) Any other federal allocations for elementary and secondary school programs, including direct grants, other than federal impact aid funds and allocations in lieu of taxes.

    (5) For excess levies for collection in calendar year 1993 and thereafter, a district's maximum levy percentage shall be determined as follows:

    (a) Multiply the district's maximum levy percentage for the prior year by the district's levy base as determined in subsection (4) of this section;

    (b) Reduce the amount in (a) of this subsection by the total estimated amount of any levy reduction funds as defined in subsection (6) of this section which are to be allocated to the district for the current school year;

    (c) Divide the amount in (b) of this subsection by the district's levy base to compute a new percentage;

    (d) The percentage in (c) of this subsection or twenty percent, whichever is greater, shall be the district's maximum levy percentage for levies collected in that calendar year; and

    (e) For levies to be collected in calendar years 1994 ((and 1995)) through 1997, the maximum levy rate shall be the district's maximum levy percentage for 1993 plus four percent reduced by any levy reduction funds.  For levies collected in ((1996)) 1998, the prior year shall mean 1993.

    (6) "Levy reduction funds" shall mean increases in state funds from the prior school year for programs included under subsection (4) of this section:  (a) That are not attributable to enrollment changes, compensation increases, or inflationary adjustments; and (b) that are or were specifically identified as levy reduction funds in the appropriations act.  If levy reduction funds are dependent on formula factors which would not be finalized until after the start of the current school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall estimate the total amount of levy reduction funds by using prior school year data in place of current school year data.  Levy reduction funds shall not include moneys received by school districts from cities or counties.

    (7) For the purposes of this section, "prior school year" shall mean the most recent school year completed prior to the year in which the levies are to be collected.

    (8) For the purposes of this section, "current school year" shall mean the year immediately following the prior school year.

    (9) Funds collected from transportation vehicle fund tax levies shall not be subject to the levy limitations in this section.

    (10) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop rules and regulations and inform school districts of the pertinent data necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:

    In seeking voter approval for levies that assume any portion of the revenues will be collected in calendar year 1998 and thereafter, the boards of directors of each school district shall only request voter approval for an amount consistent with levy limits in existing law at the time the levy approval is requested from the voters and reflecting in such calculations the 1993 rate for any amounts collected in calendar year 1998 and thereafter.


    Passed the Senate May 23, 1995.

    Passed the House May 23, 1995.

Approved by the Governor June 14, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State June 14, 1995.