SB 5918 — Providing funding for school materials, supplies, and operating costs.

S-4701.1Z-0558.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5918 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Wellman, Conway, Hasegawa, Nobles, Riccelli, Slatter, Stanford, and C.

by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)Instruction READPrefiled FIRST12/18/25. TIME 02/04/26.

Read first time 01/12/26.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

1 SSBSB 5918 (1) The governor shall and the superintendent of public instruction may recommend to the legislature a formula for the distribution of a basic education instructional allocation for each common school district.

2 SSBSB 5918 operate a school of a particular size with particular types and grade levels of students using commonly understood terms and inputs, such as class size, hours of instruction, and various categories of school staff.

3 SSBSB 5918 over the minimum required annual instructional hours in RCW 28A.150.220, and providing at least one teacher planning period per school day:

4 SSBSB 5918 Principals, assistant principals, and other certificated building-level administrators.

5 SSBSB 5918 year:

6 SSBSB 5918 (c))) (iii)(A) Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, in addition to the amount provided in (a)(i) of this subsection, each school district shall receive a minimum allocation of $100 per full-time equivalent student for materials, supplies, and operating costs, to be adjusted annually for inflation from the 2026-27 school year.

(C) The increased allocation amounts provided under this subsection (8)(a)(iii) are intended to address growing materials, supplies, and operating costs and may not be expended for any other purpose.

p.(E) Curriculum and textbooks not included under the technology category;

7 SSB 5918 (E) Curriculum and textbooks not included under the technology category;

(H)p. Nontechnology-related contracted instructional professional development for certificated and classified staff;

7 SB 5918 (H) Nontechnology-related contracted instructional professional development for certificated and classified staff;

The minimum allocation for the program shall, except as provided in (a)(iii) of this subsection, provide for each p.level of prototypical school resources to provide, on a statewide average, 2.3975 hours per week in extra instruction with a class size of 15 learning assistance program students per teacher.

8p. SSB 5918 level of prototypical school resources to provide, on a statewide average, 2.3975 hours per week in extra instruction with a class size of 15 learning assistance program students per teacher.

8 SB 5918 (ii) In addition to funding allocated under (a)(i) of this subsection, to provide supplemental instruction and services for students who are not meeting academic standards in qualifying schools.

(b)(i) To provide supplemental instruction and services for students whose primary language is other than English, allocations shall be based on the head count number of students in each school who are eligible for and enrolled in the transitional bilingual p.instruction program under RCW 28A.180.010 through 28A.180.080.

9The SSBminimum 5918allocation instructionfor programeach underlevel RCWof 28A.180.010prototypical throughschool 28A.180.080.shall provide resources to provide, on a statewide average, 4.7780 hours p.

The9 minimumSB allocation5918 for each level of prototypical school shall provide resources to provide, on a statewide average, 4.7780 hours per week in extra instruction for students in grades kindergarten through six and 6.7780 hours per week in extra instruction for students in grades seven through 12, with 15 transitional bilingual instruction program students per teacher.

(12)(a) For the purposes of allocations for prototypical high schools and middle schools under subsections (4) and (10) of this section that are based on the percent of students in the school who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals, the actual percent of such students in a school shall be adjusted by a factor identified in p.the omnibus appropriations act to reflect underreporting of free and reduced-price meal eligibility among middle and high school students.

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(b)10 AllocationsSB or5918 enhancements provided under subsections (4), (7), and (9) of this section for exploratory and preparatory career and technical education courses shall be provided only for courses approved by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under chapter 28A.700 RCW.

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