Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 392-139 WAC, School district maintenance and operation levy authority and eligibility for state local effort assistance allocations.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28A.150.290.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Rules are necessary to implement SSB 5298 which increases maximum state local effort assistance to twelve percent for all school districts.

Process for Developing New Rule: Early solicitation of public comments and recommendations respecting new, amended or repealed rules, and consideration of the comments and recommendations in the course of drafting rules.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by sending written comments to Rules Coordinator, Legal Services, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, fax (360) 753-4201, TDD (360) 664-3631. For telephone assistance contact Steve Shish, (360) 753-6709.

May 18, 1999

Dr. Terry Bergeson

Superintendent of

Public Instruction

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