6211-SAMSMCAUS4816.1SSB 6211S AMD704By Senators McAuliffe, BrownNOT ADOPTED 02/16/2004 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert thefollowing:Sec. RCW 28A.500.020 and 1999 c 317 s 2 are each amended toread as follows: (1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitionsin this section apply throughout this chapter. (a) "Prior tax collection year" means the year immediatelypreceding the year in which the local effort assistance shall beallocated. (b) "Statewide average twelve percent levy rate" means twelvepercent of the total levy bases as defined in RCW 84.52.0531 (3) and(4) summed for all school districts, and divided by the total assessedvaluation for excess levy purposes in the prior tax collection year forall districts as adjusted to one hundred percent by the countyindicated ratio established in RCW 84.48.075. (c) The "district's twelve percent levy amount" means the schooldistrict's maximum levy authority after transfers determined under RCW84.52.0531(2) (a) through (c) divided by the district's maximum levypercentage determined under RCW 84.52.0531(((4))) (5) multiplied bytwelve percent. (d) The "district's twelve percent levy rate" means the district'stwelve percent levy amount divided by the district's assessed valuationfor excess levy purposes for the prior tax collection year as adjustedto one hundred percent by the county indicated ratio. (e) "Districts eligible for local effort assistance" means thosedistricts with a twelve percent levy rate that exceeds the statewideaverage twelve percent levy rate. (2) Unless otherwise stated all rates, percents, and amounts arefor the calendar year for which local effort assistance is beingcalculated under this chapter. 1 Sec. RCW 84.52.0531 and 1997 c 259 s 2 are each amended to readas follows: The maximum dollar amount which may be levied by or for any schooldistrict for maintenance and operation support under the provisions ofRCW 84.52.053 shall be determined as follows: (1) For excess levies for collection in calendar year 1997, themaximum dollar amount shall be calculated pursuant to the laws andrules in effect in November 1996. (2) For excess levies for collection in calendar year 1998 andthereafter, the maximum dollar amount shall be the sum of (a) plus orminus (b) and (c) of this subsection minus (d) of this subsection: (a) The district's levy base as defined in subsections (3) and (4)of this section multiplied by the district's maximum levy percentage asdefined in subsection (((4))) (5) of this section; (b) For districts in a high/nonhigh relationship, the high schooldistrict's maximum levy amount shall be reduced and the nonhigh schooldistrict's maximum levy amount shall be increased by an amount equal tothe estimated amount of the nonhigh payment due to the high schooldistrict under RCW 28A.545.030(3) and 28A.545.050 for the school yearcommencing the year of the levy; (c) For districts in an interdistrict cooperative agreement, thenonresident school district's maximum levy amount shall be reduced andthe resident school district's maximum levy amount shall be increasedby an amount equal to the per pupil basic education allocation includedin the nonresident district's levy base under subsection (3) of thissection multiplied by: (i) The number of fulltime equivalent students served from theresident district in the prior school year; multiplied by: (ii) The serving district's maximum levy percentage determinedunder subsection (((4))) (5) of this section; increased by: (iii) The percent increase per fulltime equivalent student asstated in the state basic education appropriation section of thebiennial budget between the prior school year and the current schoolyear divided by fiftyfive percent; (d) The district's maximum levy amount shall be reduced by themaximum amount of state matching funds for which the district iseligible under RCW 28A.500.010. 2 (3) For excess levies for collection in calendar year 1998 andthereafter, a district's levy base shall be the sum of allocations in(a) through (c) of this subsection received by the district for theprior school year, including allocations for compensation increases,plus the sum of such allocations multiplied by the percent increase perfull time equivalent student as stated in the state basic educationappropriation section of the biennial budget between the prior schoolyear and the current school year and divided by fiftyfive percent. Adistrict's levy base shall not include local school district propertytax levies or other local revenues, or state and federal allocationsnot identified in (a) through (c) of this subsection. (a) The district's basic education allocation as determinedpursuant to RCW 28A.150.250, 28A.150.260, and 28A.150.350; (b) State and federal categorical allocations for the followingprograms: (i) Pupil transportation; (ii) Special education; (iii) Education of highly capable students; (iv) Compensatory education, including but not limited to learningassistance, migrant education, Indian education, refugee programs, andbilingual education; (v) Food services; and (vi) Statewide block grant programs; and (c) Any other federal allocations for elementary and secondaryschool programs, including direct grants, other than federal impact aidfunds and allocations in lieu of taxes. (4) For excess levies for collection in calendar years 2005 through2008, in addition to the allocations included under subsection (3)(a)through (c) of this section, a district's levy base shall also includethe difference between the state allocations under subsection (3)(a)and (b) of this section and the allocations the district would havereceived if: (a) The district's base salary for certificatedinstructional staff for purposes of determining state basic educationallocations had been the same as the highest base salary for thatschool year on the supporting LEAP salary document referenced in theomnibus appropriations act; and (b) the district's salaries forcertificated administrators and classified staff for purposes of 3 determining state basic education allocations had been the same as thehighest certificated administrator and classified staff salaries forthat school year on the supporting LEAP salary document referenced inthe omnibus appropriations act. (5) A district's maximum levy percentage shall be twentytwopercent in 1998 and twentyfour percent in 1999 and every yearthereafter; plus, for qualifying districts, the grandfatheredpercentage determined as follows: (a) For 1997, the difference between the district's 1993 maximumlevy percentage and twenty percent; and (b) For 1998 and thereafter, the percentage calculated as follows: (i) Multiply the grandfathered percentage for the prior year timesthe district's levy base determined under subsection (3) of thissection; (ii) Reduce the result of (b)(i) of this subsection by any levyreduction funds as defined in subsection (((5))) (6) of this sectionthat are to be allocated to the district for the current school year; (iii) Divide the result of (b)(ii) of this subsection by thedistrict's levy base; and (iv) Take the greater of zero or the percentage calculated in(b)(iii) of this subsection. (((5))) (6) "Levy reduction funds" shall mean increases in statefunds from the prior school year for programs included undersubsections (3) and (4) of this section: (a) That are not attributableto enrollment changes, compensation increases, or inflationaryadjustments; and (b) that are or were specifically identified as levyreduction funds in the appropriations act. If levy reduction funds aredependent on formula factors which would not be finalized until afterthe start of the current school year, the superintendent of publicinstruction shall estimate the total amount of levy reduction funds byusing prior school year data in place of current school year data.Levy reduction funds shall not include moneys received by schooldistricts from cities or counties. (((6))) (7) For the purposes of this section, "prior school year"means the most recent school year completed prior to the year in whichthe levies are to be collected. 4 (((7))) (8) For the purposes of this section, "current school year"means the year immediately following the prior school year. (((8))) (9) Funds collected from transportation vehicle fund taxlevies shall not be subject to the levy limitations in this section. (((9))) (10) The superintendent of public instruction shall developrules and regulations and inform school districts of the pertinent datanecessary to carry out the provisions of this section.NEW SECTION.Sec. Section 1 of this act takes effect January1, 2006.SSB 6211S AMD704By Senators McAuliffe, BrownNOT ADOPTED 02/16/2004 On page 1, line 1 of the title, after calculations; strike theremainder of the title and insert amending RCW 28A.500.020 and84.52.0531; and providing an effective date.--- END --- 5