AN ACT Relating to school plant facilities; amending RCW 28A.47.803 and 28A.56.200; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.47 RCW.

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

Sec. 1. Section 4, chapter 244, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as last amended by section 1, chapter 98, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and RCW 28A.47.803 are each amended to read as follows:

Allocations to school districts of state funds provided by RCW 28A.47.800 through 28A.47.811 shall be made by the state board of education and the amount of state assistance to a school district in financing a school plant project shall be determined in the following manner:

(1) The boards of directors of the districts shall determine the total cost of the proposed project, which cost may include the cost of acquiring and preparing the site, the cost of constructing the building or of acquiring a building and preparing the same for school use, the cost of necessary equipment, taxes chargeable to the project, necessary architects' fees, and a reasonable amount for contingencies and for other necessary incidental expenses: PROVIDED, That the total cost of the project shall be subject to review and approval by the state board of education.

(2) The state matching percentage for a school district shall be computed by the following formula:

The ratio of the school district's adjusted valuation per full time equivalent resident pupil divided by the ratio of the total state adjusted valuation per full time pupil shall be subtracted from three, and then the result of the foregoing shall be divided by three plus (the ratio of the school district's adjusted valuation per full time equivalent resident pupil divided by the ratio of the total state adjusted valuation per full time pupil).

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@p0!tb !ixPROVIDED, That in the event the percentage of state assistance to any school district based on the above formula is less than twenty percent and such school district is otherwise eligible for state assistance under RCW 28A.47.800 through 28A.47.811, the state board of education may establish for such district a percentage of state assistance not in excess of twenty percent of the approved cost of the project, if the state board finds that such additional assistance is necessary to provide minimum facilities for housing the pupils of the district.

(3) In addition to the computed percent of state assistance developed in (2) above, a school district shall be entitled to additional percentage points determined by the average percentage of growth for the past three years. One percent shall be added to the computed percent of state assistance for each percent of growth, with a maximum of twenty percent.

(4) The approved cost of the project determined in the manner herein prescribed times the percentage of state assistance derived as provided for herein shall be the amount of state assistance to the district for the financing of the project: PROVIDED, That need therefor has been established to the satisfaction of the state board of education: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That additional state assistance may be allowed if it is found by the state board of education that such assistance is necessary in order to meet (a) a school housing emergency resulting from the destruction of a school building by fire, the condemnation of a school building by properly constituted authorities, a sudden excessive and clearly foreseeable future increase in school population, or other conditions similarly emergent in nature; or (b) a special school housing burden imposed by virtue of the admission of nonresident students into educational programs established, maintained and operated in conformity with the requirements of law; or (c) a deficiency in the capital funds of the district resulting from financing, subsequent to April 1, 1969, and without benefit of the state assistance provided by prior state assistance programs, the construction of a needed school building project or projects approved in conformity with the requirements of such programs, after having first applied for and been denied state assistance because of the inadequacy of state funds available for the purpose, or (d) a condition created by the fact that an excessive number of students live in state owned housing, or (e) a need for the construction of a school building to provide for improved school district organization or racial balance, or (f) conditions similar to those defined under (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) hereinabove, creating a like emergency.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.47 RCW to read as follows:

(1) For the purposes of RCW 28A.47.803, adjusted valuation per resident pupil shall be calculated using the number of full time equivalent students residing within the boundaries of the school district. A student shall not be counted as residing within the boundary of a nonhigh district unless that student is enrolled within that district or is enrolled in a district that is designated under RCW 28A.56.200 as a high school serving district which its high school students shall attend because the district in which he or she resides does not offer the grade that he or she has not yet successfully completed and is eligible to enroll in. A student shall be counted as residing within the boundary of a high school district if that student either resides in the district or is enrolled in the district because the district in which he or she resides (a) does not offer the grade that he or she has not yet successfully completed and is eligible to enroll and (b) the high school district has not been designated under RCW 28A.56.200 as a high school serving district which the nonhigh school district's student shall attend.

(2) For construction or modernization of high school facilities in districts serving students from nonhigh school districts, the state matching percentage shall be computed using the combined adjusted valuations and enrollments calculated from each district, each weighted by the percentage of the districts' total resident high school students served in the high school district.

Sec. 3. Section 1, chapter 239, Laws of 1981 and RCW 28A.56.200 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In cases where high school students resident in a nonhigh school district are to be educated in a high school district, the board of directors of the nonhigh school district shall, by mutual agreement with the serving district(s), designate the high school serving district or districts which its high school students shall attend. A nonhigh school district shall designate a serving district as a designated district when more than thirty-three and one-third percent of the high school students residing within the boundaries of the nonhigh school district are enrolled in the serving district.

(2) Students residing in a nonhigh school district shall be allowed to attend a high school other than in the designated serving district referred to in subsection (1) of this section: PROVIDED, That the nonhigh school board of directors shall not be required to contribute to building programs in any such high school district. Contribution shall be made only to those high school districts which are, at the time the county auditor is requested to place a measure on the ballot regarding a proposal or proposals for the issuance of bonds or the authorization of an excess tax levy to provide capital funds for building programs, designated by the local nonhigh school board of directors for attendance by their high school students. The nonhigh school district shall be subject to the capital fund aid provisions contained in this chapter with respect to the designated high school serving district(s).