2049-S AMH COUT MACK 410

  

SHB 2049 - H AMD 1357

By Representative Couture

NOT ADOPTED 04/21/2025

On page 10, after line 7, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. The superintendent of public instruction must perform a study of levy creep that analyzes the following impacts of increasing local enrichment levy authority:

(1) The risk of future litigation similar to McCleary v. State;

(2) Disproportionate impacts between property-rich and property-poor school districts;

(3) The potential for uniformity issues between school districts; and

(4) Impacts on disadvantaged students."

EFFECT: Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to perform a levy creep study.

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