SB 5192 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs.

This bill updates the formula for allocating state funding to support basic education in Washington state school districts. It outlines how funds are distributed based on the resources needed for "prototypical" elementary, middle, and high schools. The formula specifies minimum staffing levels for classroom teachers, including average class sizes for various grades and subjects, and allocations for other essential school staff like principals and support personnel. Additionally, it mandates the Superintendent of Public Instruction to report per-pupil allocations for different programs to enhance transparency, while generally allowing districts flexibility in how they use these funds.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Signed May 17, 2025

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Engrossed Substitute Bill → Substitute Passed Legislature · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates school funding formulas for materials, supplies, and operating costs, adjusting the base dollar amounts allocated per student and clarifying the effective dates for these changes. It also reorganizes the structure of career and technical education funding provisions to improve clarity. The changes ensure that inflation adjustments and specific allocations for high-poverty schools are applied correctly starting in the 2026-27 school year.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on school district funding, but the specific financial thresholds and effective dates for new funding allocations have been modified.

FISCAL

The base funding amount for materials, supplies, and operating costs per full-time equivalent student was reduced from $1,656.50 to $1,614.28.

The minimum allocation for high school grades (9-12) materials, supplies, and operating costs was reduced from $225.09 to $214.84 per full-time equivalent student.

The specific increased allocation amounts intended to address growing costs were lowered from $77.49 per student to $35.27 per student, and from $14.94 to $4.69 for high school grades.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the new funding formulas and allocations was changed from fiscal year 2026 to the 2026-27 school year.

A new section was added to explicitly state that Section 1 of the act takes effect on September 1, 2025.

REQUIREMENT

The text regarding career and technical education funding was restructured to remove redundant parentheticals and clarify the list of eligible course types.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

49–2

Passed

Total votes 51

Mar 6, 2025

D Democratic31

31 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

18 Yea 2 Nay

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 17, 2025

Signed into law

Governor signed.

executive

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate concurred in House amendments.

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Floor amendment(s) adopted.

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Amended

Committee amendment not adopted.

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Apr 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

lower

Apr 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Minority; do not pass.

lower

Apr 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

lower

Apr 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

Floor amendment(s) adopted.

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Minority; do not pass.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

And refer to Ways & Means.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

EDU - Majority; do pass.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.

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1 primary · 11 co-sponsors