6426-S.E AMH APPL MURD 291

ESSB 6426 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-4700.1/16) 937

By Representative Appleton

    On page 4, line 18 of the striking amendment, after "range." insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:

The office of the superintendent of public instruction and the department of commerce must implement the following, which are based on recommendations from the office of the superintendent of public instruction's 2007 summit on school planning and siting in Washington:

(1) Revise the population projection and enrollment forecast allocation process, codified in WAC 392-343-045, to address inconsistency between population projections by the office of financial management and enrollment projections by the office of the superintendent of public instruction;

(2) Revise acreage standards for new schools, codified in WAC 392-342-020;

(3) Develop and adopt policies that favor remodeling existing schools and rehabilitating historic schools, and encourage selection of infill sites for new schools;

(4) Create different standards for rural areas and urban areas; and

(5) Create and adopt a new school building funding formula that incentivizes districts to remodel existing schools and rehabilitate historic schools, and encourages selection of infill sites for new schools."

EFFECT:   Adds a new section to the underlying striking amendment that requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the Department of Commerce to implement certain directives, which are based on recommendations from the OSPI's 2007 Summit on School Planning and Siting in Washington, including:

(1)Revise the population projection and enrollment forecast allocation process to address inconsistencies in population and enrollment projections;

(2) Revise acreage standards for new schools;

(3) Develop and adopt policies that favor remodeling existing schools and rehabilitating historic schools, and encourage selection of infill sites for new schools;

(4) Create different standards for rural areas and urban areas; and

(5) Create and adopt a new school building funding formula that incentivizes districts to remodel existing schools and rehabilitate historic schools, and encourages selection of infill sites for new schools.

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