AN ACT Relating to deferring implementation of class size reduction and school employee staffing formula changes; amending RCW 28A.150.261; amending 2015 c 2 s 5 (uncodified); providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.150.261 and 2015 c 2 s 3 (Initiative Measure No. 1351) are each amended to read as follows:

In order to make measurable progress toward implementing the provisions of section 2, chapter 2, Laws of 2015 by September 1, ((2017)) 2021, the legislature shall increase state funding allocations under RCW 28A.150.260 according to the following schedule:

(1) For the ((2015-2017)) 2019-2021 biennium, funding allocations shall be no less than fifty percent of the difference between the funding necessary to support the numerical values under RCW 28A.150.260 as of September 1, 2013, and the funding necessary to support the numerical values under section 2, chapter 2, Laws of 2015, with priority for additional funding provided during this biennium for the highest poverty schools and school districts;

(2) By the end of the ((2017-2019)) 2021-2023 biennium and thereafter, funding allocations shall be no less than the funding necessary to support the numerical values under section 2, chapter 2, Laws of 2015.

Sec. 2.  2015 c 2 s 5 (Initiative Measure No. 1351) (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

Section 2 of this act takes effect September 1, ((2018)) 2022.

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