Bill > HB1767

This bill updates Washington state laws regarding school enrichment funding and levy calculations by making several technical modifications. The bill revises how student enrollment is defined, expanding the calculation to include a broader range of student types such as alternative learning experience students, transition to kindergarten programs, dropout reengagement programs, running start students, early childhood education programs, and special education students for students ages three to five. The bill adjusts the maximum dollar amount for school district enrichment levies, standardizing references from written-out dollar amounts to numeric values (such as changing "one dollar and fifty cents" to "$1.50"), and updates how student enrollment is calculated from average annual full-time equivalent students to a sum of average annual headcount enrollments across various educational programs. The bill also removes previous pandemic-related provisions about school enrollment calculations and in-person instruction exceptions. The changes aim to provide more comprehensive and flexible funding calculations for school districts, ensuring a more inclusive approach to counting student populations for enrichment levy purposes. The bill will take effect on January 1, 2026, giving school districts and state education administrators time to prepare for the new enrollment and funding methodologies.

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1767&Year=2025&Initiative=false