Bill > HB1590

This bill provides enrollment stabilization funding to address enrollment declines in local education agencies (school districts, charter schools, and state-tribal education compact schools) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The key provisions are: 1. If a local education agency's combined state revenue in the 2021-22 school year is less than what it would have been using 2019-20 enrollment values, the Superintendent of Public Instruction must provide an enrollment stabilization amount equal to 50% of the agency's low enrollment impact. 2. The bill reenacts and amends RCW 84.52.0531 to allow school districts to use 2019-20 enrollment data for enrichment levy calculations in 2022 and 2023 if their enrollment declined during the pandemic. 3. The bill amends RCW 28A.500.015 to allow the use of 2019-20 enrollment data for calculating local effort assistance funding in 2022 and 2023 if a district's enrollment declined during the pandemic. 4. The bill declares an emergency, making it effective immediately upon the Governor's signature.

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1590&Year=2021&Initiative=false