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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1877

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Bristow, Basich, Baugher, Rayburn and Fuhrman

Read first time 2/8/89 and referred to Committee on Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to providing state funding assistance to school districts with student populations of two thousand or less located in distressed areas; adding a new section to chapter 28A.41 RCW; and making an appropriation.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.41 RCW to read as follows:

          (1)  The superintendent of public instruction shall grant funds to local school districts of the second class under RCW 28A.57.140, from moneys appropriated for this purpose, if the school district meets all of the criteria in this section:

          (a)  The median household income is at least twenty percent below the state average;

          (b)  The number of families receiving aid to families with dependent children exceeds the state-wide average by twenty percent or more;

          (c)  The number of persons unemployed exceeds the state-wide average by twenty percent;

          (d)  The assessed valuation of property for excess levy purposes would require a levy rate of more than two dollars per one thousand dollars of valuation to raise a ten percent levy;

          (e)  The district does not receive federal impact aid in excess of the maximum amount the district would be eligible to raise with a ten percent levy; and

          (f)  The district does not receive federal forest moneys in excess of their basic education allocation.

          (2)  The funds provided to eligible school districts under this section shall not exceed the maximum amount the district could raise under a ten percent levy less any federal impact funds provided to the district.  Available funds shall be equitably distributed among all eligible districts.

          (3)  Funds distributed under this section are not part of the district's basic education allocation.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The sum of ten million five hundred fifty-six thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the superintendent of public instruction from the general fund for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, to carry out the purposes of section 1 of this act.