HB 1843 — Fulfilling the state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local effort contributions.

H-1607.3SUBSTITUTEH-1247.4HOUSE HOUSE BILL 1843State of Washington65th Legislature2017 Regular SessionBy House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Sullivan, Lytton, Jinkins, Orwall, Appleton, Springer, Chapman, Tarleton, Tharinger, Goodman, Farrell, Macri, Ormsby, Fitzgibbon, Slatter, Hudgins, Doglio, Fey, Pollet, Ortiz-Self, Santos, and McBride)READMcBrideRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/15/17.AN01/31/17. ACT Relating to fulfilling the state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local effort contributions;

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.AN ACT Relating to fulfilling the state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local effort contributions;

0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) In addition to amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, the allocation for prototypicaleach elementarylevel schoolsof prototypical school must include the following allocations for parent involvement coordinators:(i) Until September 1, 2019, 0.0825;(ii) Beginning September 1, 2019, 0.5825;(iii) Beginning September 1, 2020, 1.0825.(c) In addition to amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, the allocation for prototypical middle schools must include the following allocations for guidance counselors:(i) Until September 1, 2019, 0.1;(ii) Beginning September 1, 2019, 0.6;(iii) Beginning September 1, 2020, 1.1.(d) In addition to amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, the allocation for the prototypical high school must include the following allocations for guidance counselors:(i) Beginning September 1, 2019, 0.5;(ii) Beginning September 1, 2020, 1.0.(6)(a) The minimum staffing allocation for each school district to provide district-wide support services shall be allocated per one thousand annual average full-time equivalent students in grades K-12 as follows:Staff per 1,000K-12 studentsTechnology.

The minimum allocation for the program shall provide for each level of prototypical school resources to provide, on a statewide average, ((1.5156 hours per week in)) extra instruction with a class size of fifteen learning assistance program students per teacher in the following number of hours per week:(i) Until September 1, 2019, 2.39751.5156 hours;(ii) Beginning September 1, 2019, 2.8988 hours;(iii) Beginning September 1, 2020, 3.40 hours.(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 instruction program under RCW 28A.180.010 through 28A.180.080.(ii) The minimum allocation for each level of prototypical school shall provide resources to provide, on a statewide average, 4.7780 hours per week in extra instruction with fifteen transitional bilingual instruction program students per teacher.(iii) In addition to the allocation in (b)(ii) of this subsection, for the middle and high school levels of the prototypical school formula, the minimum allocation must provide resources to provide, on a statewide average, an additional one hour per week beginning September 1, 2019, and an additional one hour per week beginning September 1, 2020, for a total of 6.778 hours for these levels at full implementation in the 2020-21 school year, with fifteen transitional bilingual instruction program students per teacher.(iv) Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection (10), the actual per-student allocation may be scaled to provide a larger allocation for students needing more intensive intervention and a commensurate reduced allocation for students needing less intensive intervention, as detailed in the omnibus appropriations act.(c) To provide additional allocations to support programs for highly capable students under RCW 28A.185.010 through 28A.185.030, allocations shall be based on two and three hundred fourteen one-thousandths percent of each school district's full-time equivalent basic education enrollment.

1.0 1.0 1.0 (b) In addition to amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, the allocation for prototypicaleach elementarylevel schoolsof prototypical school must include a further 0.0825 allocation for parent involvement coordinators.(c) In addition to amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, the allocation for prototypical middle schools must include a further 0.0216 allocation for guidance counselors.(d) In addition to amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, the allocation for the prototypical high school must include a further 0.039 allocation for guidance counselors.(6)(a) The minimum staffing allocation for each school district to provide district-wide support services shall be allocated per one thousand annual average full-time equivalent students in grades K-12 as follows:Staff per 1,000K-12 studentsTechnology.

The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall summarize the district information and submit an annual report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate.NEWsenate.PART SECTION.  Sec. 403.  AVTECHNICAL newPROVISIONSNEW sectionSECTION.  Sec. 501.  RECODIFICATION. is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:ACCOUNTABILITY MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEM.

(1) An accountability monitoring and reporting system is established as part of a continuing effort to make meaningful and substantial progress toward meeting long-term performance goals in K-12 education.

The office of the superintendent of public instruction must develop and maintain a public dashboard on its web site.(2) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, districts must report the following data to the office of the superintendent of public instruction by December 1st each year:(a) The percentage of students demonstrating the characteristics of entering kindergarten as identified by the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills administered in accordance with RCW 28A.655.080;(b) The percentage of students meeting the standard on the third grade statewide reading assessment administered in accordance with RCW 28A.655.070;(c) The percentage of students meeting the standard on the eighth grade statewide mathematics assessment administered in accordance with RCW 28A.655.070;(d) The percentage of four-year cohort graduation rates;

and(e) The percentage of students who enter an apprenticeship, certification program, two-year or four-year institution of higher education, or enter the military within one year of graduating high school.(3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must display this data prominently and update the data annually.

The data must, to the maximum extent possible, be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status.NEW SECTION.  Sec. 404.  SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDED ENROLLMENT PERCENT—WORK GROUP.

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall convene a work group to determine whether the funded enrollment percent for special education programs of twelve and seven-tenths should be adjusted.

Participants of the work group must include, but are not limited to, five special education directors from a broad representation of school districts, one representative from the office of the education ombuds, six parents of students receiving special education services, and an additional four members from a broad representation of stakeholder groups interested in special education issues.(2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall make recommendations based on the findings in subsection (1) of this section to the legislature by January 1, 2018.(3) This section expires June 30, 2018.PART VTECHNICAL PROVISIONSNEW SECTION.  Sec. 501.  RECODIFICATION.