HB 2691

H-3198.1
  HOUSE BILL 2691
State of Washington  69th Legislature  2026 Regular Session
By Representative Stonier
Read first time 01/28/26.        Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
1      AN ACT Relating to adjusting the state apportionment schedule to
2  schools to mitigate cash flow issues; amending RCW 28A.510.250; and
3  providing an effective date.
4  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5     Sec. 1. RCW 28A.510.250 and 2017 3rd sp.s. c 13 s 1004 are each
6 amended to read as follows:
7     (((1))) On or before the last business day of September 1969 and
8 each month thereafter, the superintendent of public instruction shall
9 apportion from the state general fund to the several educational
10 service districts of the state the proportional share of the total
11 annual amount due and apportionable to such educational service
12 districts for the school districts thereof as follows:
13September    ............    ((9%))    9.0%
14October      ............    ((8%))    8.0%
15November     ............    ((5%))    5.0%
16December     ............    ((9%))    9.0%
17January      ............   ((8.5%))   9.0%
18February     ............    ((9%))    9.0%
19March        ............    ((9%))    10.0%
20April        ............    ((9%))    9.0%
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1May      ............     ((5%))    6.0%
2June     ............       6.0%
3July     ............   ((12.5%))   10.0%
4August   ............      10.0%
5     The annual amount due and apportionable shall be the amount
6 apportionable for all apportionment credits estimated to accrue to
7 the schools during the apportionment year beginning September 1st and
8 continuing through August 31st. Appropriations made for school
9 districts for each year of a biennium shall be apportioned according
10 to the schedule set forth in this section for the fiscal year
11 starting September 1st of the then calendar year and ending August
12 31st of the next calendar year((, except as provided in subsection
13 (2) of this section)). The apportionment from the state general fund
14 for each month shall be an amount which will equal the amount due and
15 apportionable to the several educational service districts during
16 such month: PROVIDED, That any school district may petition the
17 superintendent of public instruction for an emergency advance of
18 funds which may become apportionable to it but not to exceed ten
19 percent of the total amount to become due and apportionable during
20 the school districts apportionment year. The superintendent of public
21 instruction shall determine if the emergency warrants such advance
22 and if the funds are available therefor. If the superintendent
23 determines in the affirmative, he or she may approve such advance
24 and, at the same time, add such an amount to the apportionment for
25 the educational service district in which the school district is
26 located: PROVIDED, That the emergency advance of funds and the
27 interest earned by school districts on the investment of temporary
28 cash surpluses resulting from obtaining such advance of state funds
29 shall be deducted by the superintendent of public instruction from
30 the remaining amount apportionable to said districts during that
31 apportionment year in which the funds are advanced.
32     (((2) In the 2010-11 school year, the June apportionment payment
33 to school districts shall be reduced by one hundred twenty-eight
34 million dollars, and an additional apportionment payment shall be
35 made on July 1, 2011, in the amount of one hundred twenty-eight
36 million dollars. This July 1st payment shall be in addition to the
37 regularly calculated July apportionment payment.))
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1 NEW SECTION.   Sec. 2.   This act takes effect September 1, 2026.
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