SB 5853 — Regarding the school construction assistance program.

S-2110.4SUBSTITUTES-1018.2SENATE SENATE BILL 5853State of Washington66th Legislature2019 Regular SessionBySenateSessionBySenators Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen, Warnick, Frockt, Bailey, Carlyle, Zeiger, Dhingra, Becker, Wellman, Walsh, King, Liias, Wagoner, Palumbo, Hobbs, Rivers, Keiser, Hunt, Darneille, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Conway, Braun, Billig, Kuderer, Salomon, Cleveland, McCoy, Nguyen, Short, Das, Hawkins, Takko, Saldaña, Randall, O'Ban, Wilson, C., Van De Wege, and Wilson, L.)READL.Read FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 03/01/19.AN02/07/19.Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.AN ACT Relating to the school construction assistance program;

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This act implements the consensus recommendations of the task force that relate directly to the school construction assistance program, including:

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The additional percentage points under (c) of this subsection are ten for school districts with funding assistance percentages of more than fifty percent.))(7) IfThe the estimated total state general obligation bond appropriation for the school construction assistance program exceeds one-third of the total state general obligation bond appropriations, the state construction cost allocation used in calculating state funding assistance infor the construction of school facilities shall be reducedprovided inas thefollows:(a) omnibusTwo capitalhundred appropriationsninety-eight actdollars soand thatsixty-seven cents in the totalfiscal stateyear generalending obligationJune bond30, appropriation2026;(b) forThree thehundred schoolthirty-four constructiondollars assistanceand programsixteen doescents notin exceedthe one-thirdfiscal ofyear theending totalJune state30, general2027;(c) obligationThree bondhundred appropriations.(8)sixty-nine Statedollars fundingand assistancesixty-four cents in the constructionfiscal ofyear schoolending facilitiesJune for30, grade2028;(d) kindergartenFour throughhundred gradefive twelvedollars and classroomsthirteen plannedcents forin the exclusivefiscal useyear ofending studentsJune with30, disabilities2029;(e) shallFour behundred basedforty ondollars a space allocation per enrolled student and shallsixty-one becents providedin as follows:(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022:(i)2030;(f) OneFour hundred tenseventy-six squaredollars feetand maximumten percents student in kindergartenthe throughfiscal gradeyear six;(ii)ending OneJune hundred30, seventeen2031;(g) squareFive feethundred maximumeleven perdollars studentand fifty-nine cents in gradesthe sevenfiscal andyear eight;(iii)ending OneJune hundred30, thirty2032;(h) squareFive feethundred maximumforty-seven perdollars studentand seven cents in gradesthe ninefiscal throughyear twelve;ending June 30, 2033;

and(i) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2034, and thereafter, the state construction cost allocation used in calculating state assistance for construction of school facilities shall be based on the average cost of new construction at the time of bid of the projects funded by the school construction assistance program in the previous fiscal year adjusted for a construction inflation factor.

The superintendent of public instruction must work with the office of financial management to determine the annual construction inflation factor.(8) State funding assistance in the construction of school facilities for grade kindergarten through grade twelve and classrooms planned for the exclusive use of students with disabilities shall be based on a space allocation per enrolled student and shall be provided as follows:(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022:(i) One hundred ten square feet maximum per student in kindergarten through grade six;(ii) One hundred seventeen square feet maximum per student in grades seven and eight;(iii) One hundred thirty square feet maximum per student in grades nine through twelve;

and(iv) One hundred forty-four square feet maximum per student in any grade for classrooms for students with developmental disabilities;disabilities;(c) For fiscal year ending June 30, 2024:(i) One hundred thirty square feet maximum per student in kindergarten through grade six;(ii) One hundred thirty square feet maximum per student in grades seven and eight;(iii) One hundred forty square feet maximum per student in grades nine through twelve;

and(c)and(iv) One hundred forty-six square feet maximum per student in any grade for classrooms for students with developmental disabilities;(d) For fiscal year ending June 30, 2024,2025:(i) and thereafter:(i) One hundred thirtyforty square feet maximum per student in kindergarten through grade six;(ii) One hundred thirtythirty-five square feet maximum per student in grades seven and eight;(iii) One hundred fortyforty-five square feet maximum per student in grades nine through twelve;

and(iv) One hundred forty-sixforty-eight square feet maximum per student in any grade for classrooms for students with developmental disabilities.(9)disabilities;(e) SpaceFor allocationsfiscal foryear stateending fundingJune assistance30, purposes2026:(i) forOne districtshundred withforty fewersquare thanfeet fourmaximum hundredper studentsstudent in kindergarten through grade eightsix;(ii) orOne fewer than four hundred studentsforty insquare seniorfeet ormaximum four-yearper highstudent schoolsin shallgrades beseven providedand aseight;(iii) follows:NumberOne ofhundred HeadcountStudents—Gradesfifty Kindergarten – 8Maximum Space AllocationPer Facility1-20042,000 square feet201-30048,000feet squaremaximum feet301-39952,000per squarestudent feetNumberin ofgrades HeadcountStudents—Gradesnine 9-12Maximumthrough Spacetwelve; AllocationPer Facility1-20042,000 square feet201-30048,000 square feet301-39952,000 square feetNEW SECTION.  Sec.

and(iv) One hundred fifty square feet maximum per student in any grade for classrooms for students with developmental disabilities;(f) For fiscal year ending June 30, 2027:(i) One hundred forty square feet maximum per student in kindergarten through grade six;(ii) One hundred forty-five square feet maximum per student in grades seven and eight;(iii) One hundred fifty-five square feet maximum per student in grades nine through twelve;

and(iv) One hundred fifty-five square feet maximum per student in any grade for classrooms for students with developmental disabilities;(g) For fiscal year ending June 30, 2028:(i) One hundred forty square feet maximum per student in kindergarten through grade six;(ii) One hundred fifty square feet maximum per student in grades seven and eight;(iii) One hundred sixty square feet maximum per student in grades nine through twelve;

and(iv) One hundred sixty square feet maximum per student in any grade for classrooms for students with developmental disabilities;

and(h) For fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, and thereafter:(i) One hundred forty square feet maximum per student in kindergarten through grade six;(ii) One hundred fifty-five square feet maximum per student in grades seven and eight;(iii) One hundred sixty-five square feet maximum per student in grades nine through twelve;

and(iv) One hundred sixty-five square feet maximum per student in any grade for classrooms for students with developmental disabilities.(9) Space allocations for state funding assistance purposes for districts with fewer than four hundred students in kindergarten through grade eight or fewer than four hundred students in senior or four-year high schools shall be provided as follows:Number of HeadcountStudents—Grades Kindergarten – 8Maximum Space AllocationPer Facility1-20042,000 square feet201-30048,000 square feet301-39952,000 square feetNumber of HeadcountStudents—Grades 9-12Maximum Space AllocationPer Facility1-20042,000 square feet201-30048,000 square feet301-39952,000 square feet NEW SECTION.  Sec.

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must develop a plan to implement further improvements in funding school construction.

The plan must build upon improvements enacted in this act, and recommendations of the joint legislative task force on improving state funding for school construction established in section 7009, chapter 298, Laws of 2018.

The plan must be developed in consultation with the school facilities technical advisory committee, and other technical experts.

The plan must be submitted to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30, 2022.(2) The plan must include a program to preserve and renew school facilities constructed or modernized and accepted as complete by school boards of directors after January 1, 1994.

The program must include provisions for school districts to nominate school facilities built and accepted before January 1, 1994, for eligibility for the preservation and renewal program, provided the facility meets specified criteria for inclusion in the program.

The program is intended to reduce the costs for school facility preservation and renewal, compared to the existing modernization program for older school facilities.

School facilities that receive funding under the preservation and renewal program are no longer eligible for modernization funding unless the school facility has suffered catastrophic loss from a natural or other disaster.

The preservation and renewal program is intended to replace or renew school facility major building systems that have reached their expected life.

The plan must include definitions of major building systems and their expected lives.

The plan must:

(a) Provide incentives to school districts to provide effective building system preventative maintenance programs;

and (b) maximize long-term value from state and local investment in school facilities.(3) The plan must include:(a) A projection of the amount of space and expected costs necessary to meet the projected student enrollment growth over a ten-year period;(b) A projection of the cost to modernize school facilities built before 1994 that are likely to require comprehensive modernization or replacement over a ten-year period;(c) A projection of the cost for the school facility preservation and renewal program specified in subsection (2) of this section over a ten-year period;(d) A projection of the cost to modernize school facilities eligible for small schools preservation funding under Substitute Senate Bill No.

5572 (2019) over a ten-year period;(e) A projection of required state funds based on the existing financial assistance percentage for the projections in (a) through (d) of this subsection.

To the extent that the sum total of required and necessary state funds exceeds the ten-year projection of common school construction account revenue plus thirty-five percent of projected state bond capacity, the plan must present options for closing the shortfall.NEW SECTION.  Sec.

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