SB 5147 — Exploring alternative school calendars.

S-0609.2S-0299.3 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5147 State of Washington 67th Legislature 2021 Regular Session By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Hawkins, Wellman, Billig, Dhingra, Frockt, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Muzzall, Nobles, Rivers, Saldaña, and Wilson, C.)C. READ FIRST TIME 01/28/21.

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adding new sections to chapter 28A.630 RCW;

By extending the school year or using an alternative calendar, selected school districts will be better able to address the negative outcomes of the pandemic in a flexible and locally responsive manner.

It is also the intent of the legislature to utilize federal stimulus funding as a potential source of funding for this program.

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall select a limited number of school districts for a program to p.

1 SSBSB 5147 implement(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall select a year-roundlimited number of school calendar.districts for a program to extend the number of school days to a 12-month school year.

In doing so, the office of the superintendent of public instruction may select up to 3050 school districts to provideextend athe minimumnumber of 180 school days throughoutprovided theto entirestudents. school year.

(2) School districts selected under the program shall provide up to 210 school days in a school year beginning in the 2022-23 school year and through the 2025-26 school year in all schools in their district.

(3)(a) Each school district participating in the extended school year calendar program must have:

(i) Had enrollment of 50 percent or more students eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the 2019-20 school year or used the community eligibility provision under section 104 (a) of the federal healthy, hunger-free kids act of 2010 (P.L.

111-296) to provide universal meals in all district schools during the 2019-20 school year;

and (ii) A minimum district-wide enrollment of at least 500 students.

(b) In selecting districts for participation in the program, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall select districts on a first-come, first-served basis based on the application date of eligible districts.

The office of the superintendent of public instruction may select up to 30 school districts located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains and up to 20 school districts located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains.

(4) By December 31, 2026, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide a report to the education committees of the legislature on the following:

(a) Participation in the program, including demographic information of the participating school districts;

(b) Outcomes of the program, including student growth and academic performance between districts;

and (c) Recommendations based on the experiences of the school district, including any relevant policy and fiscal recommendations for the statewide application of a school year comprised of up to 210 school days.

(5) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this section.

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A new section is added to chapter 28A.630 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall select a limited number of school districts for a program to implement a year-round school calendar.

In doing so, the office of the superintendent of public instruction may select up to 50 school districts to provide a minimum of 180 school days throughout the entire school year.

and (ii) A minimum district-wide enrollment of at least 500 studentsstudents. and a maximum district-wide enrollment of 10,000 students in the 2019-20 school year.

(b) In selecting districts for participation in the program, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall select districts on a first-come, first-served basis based on the application date of eligible districts.

The office of the superintendent of public instruction may select up to 1530 school districts located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains and up to 1520 school districts located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains.

(4) In addition to other program requirements established by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, school districts participating in the program shall adopt a school calendar that provides instructional days in at least 11 months of the year and in which breaks in scheduled instructional days for students are limited to a maximum of fourtwo consecutive weeks throughoutat a time during the school year.

(5) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate funds to each participating school district in an amount equal to the school district's base allocation per full-time equivalent student, multiplied by the school's annual average full-time equivalent student enrollment, multiplied by 0.1.0.2.

23 SSBSB 5147 (6) By December 31, 2026, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide a report to the education committees of the legislature on the following:

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