SB 5772 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Calculating student enrollment for local effort assistance.

SB 5772 modifies how state local effort assistance funding is calculated for eligible school districts and state-tribal education compact schools in Washington. The bill shifts the start of this funding from calendar year 2020 to 2026. It outlines new formulas for determining annual local effort assistance based on a school district's enrichment levy rate and provides specific calculations for state-tribal education compact schools. This legislation also updates definitions for terms like "eligible school district" and "student enrollment" used in the funding allocation process.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Jan 12, 2026
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What changed between versions

Bill Engrossed Bill · 3 edits · Mar 26, 2025
MINOR
This bill was amended to update the definition of 'Student enrollment' for funding calculations. The change reduces the percentage of alternative learning experience students excluded from funding from 33% to 30% and lowers the enrollment threshold triggering this exclusion from 33% to 15%. This adjustment likely increases the amount of state funding allocated to districts with significant numbers of students in online or remote courses.
Scope change
The scope of funding eligibility was expanded by lowering the threshold for alternative learning experience enrollment that triggers a reduction in counted students, thereby affecting more districts.
FISCAL

The percentage of alternative learning experience students excluded from the 'Student enrollment' count for funding purposes was reduced from 33 percent to 30 percent.

The enrollment threshold required to trigger the exclusion of alternative learning experience students was lowered from 33 percent to 15 percent of the district's total enrollment.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Student enrollment' was updated to explicitly specify 'online or remote' alternative learning experience courses.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2025

How they voted

2922
Passed
Total votes 51
Mar 26, 2025
D Democratic31
28 Yea 3 Nay
90% Yea
R Republican20
1 Yea 19 Nay
95% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
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Jan 12, 2026
Introduced
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Minority; without recommendation.
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Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
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Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
WM - Majority; do pass.
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Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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