HB 1220-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Declares that the state board of education may allocate funds appropriated to the state board for state assistance for school plant facilities to districts that have not received a voter-authorized issuance of bonds or the levying of excess taxes if:  (1) The school district has declared a school housing emergency;

     (2) the district's enrollments and available educational space are higher than the space standards, as determined by the state board of education, and the conditions at the district, based on a projection of available space and enrollments over the next five years, are expected to become worse without the state financial assistance;

     (3) the district has existing school plant facilities that are deteriorating to such a degree, as determined by the state board of education, that available safe educational space is or will be insufficient to handle existing enrollments or projected enrollments over the next five years without state financial assistance;

     (4) the district's proposed project is eligible for state assistance under the priority system in RCW 28A.525.190; and

     (5) the district has matching money from any sources available to the district equal to or greater than the difference between the total approved project cost and the amount of state assistance to the district as computed in RCW 28A.525.166.