b'Legislative Report, continuedSmall District and Tribaldetermined amount, but significantlyfor the Clean Buildings Performance Modernization Grants: H ($249M); Sless than the Senate. Current Status:Standard with Alternative Metrics and ($202.3M) Passed both houses with significantExtensions for Reporting (WAMOA School District Health & Safety: Hpolicy and funding differences. priority) Allows school districts to ($38.5M) including SD Emergency2SSB 5263Funding Specialapply for an exemption from the CBPS Repair Grants ($11M), Urgent RepairEducation (WAMOA Priority)if the district has financial hardships Grants ($20M) and Equal Accessdue to the failure of a levy or bond, Current Status: Passed both houseslimited debt capacity or is actively Grants ($7.5M); S ($31M) includingwith significant policy and funding SD Emergency Repair Grants ($11M),correcting a violation of State Board differences (H $189M; S $979M) of Health rules. Passed both houses in Urgent Repair Grants ($15M) and Equal Access Grants ($5M)SSB 5772Adjusting LEA for ALEdifferent policy form.School DistrictsReduces LEAStatewide Boiler Operator SCAPR Transitional Projects: Hfunding for school districts with ($24.1M) Alternative Learning EnrollmentCertificationWould have required Skills Centers Minor Works Projects:of 33% of their total enrollment;that all K-12 school buildings have H ($6.4M); S ($5.8M) amended to 15% of total enrollment;a certified boiler operator on affects at least eight school districts.staffWAMOA opposed the bill, Classroom Indoor Air Qualityand it didnt make it out of House Projects: H ($33M); S ($15M) Current Status: Passed Senate; inAppropriations after passing the House Appropriations but not moveSenate; would have been an unfunded School Seismic Retrofit Program: Hthe bill, and it may be funded in the ($151M); S ($143.2M) conference operating budget. mandate for school districts.Career and Preparation LaunchSchool Administration Section Revenue SectionGrants: H ($5M); S ($4M) Note: in the last two weeks, theres been a SSB 5041Unemployment Insuranceflurry of activity by the House and Senate K-12 Projects Administration: HBenefits for Striking or Lockout ($6.3M); S ($5.5M) WorkersWAMOA opposedwouldDs to introduce and move a number of Distressed Schools Grants: H & Sallow individuals unemployed by arevenue bills. How many of them will be ($14.9M) labor strike to receive unemploymentpassed and included in the final conference insurance benefits after a waitingoperating budget is not presently known. Ag Science in Schools Grant to FFAWe will update all this information in our Foundation: S ($5M) period if the strike is not found to benext WAMOA Journal article.prohibited by federal or state law. School Security and PreparednessCurrent status: Passed both houses inHB 2050Implementing K-12 Savings Grants: S ($12M) different formats. and EfficienciesFiscal Note: OSPI In Dept of Commerce section: H SchoolSchool Construction Section (-$403M) 2025-27. Because the Behavioral Health Clinics ($2.6M) legislatures fiscal year ends June SHB 1796School Districts Authority30, this bill would move a portion of K-12 Priority Bills by Section to Contact Indebtedness for School school districts apportionment from Basic Education ConstructionAllows school districtsMarch and April 2026, and add it ESSB 5009Modifying the Studentto contract indebtedness for schoolto their August 2026 appointment. Transportation Allocation toconstruction if they have failed a bondAlthough this could create a cash-flow Accommodate Multiple Vehicle Typesor levy for capital purposes and haveissue for some districts, this budget for Transporting Students. Currentnot been on binding conditions forgimmick could be a law. Current Status: Passed both houses in atwo years at preceding the date ofStatus: House Rules 2nd Reading.different policy format. the contract. Current Status: Passed House but remains in Senate Rules,HB 2049Investing in the States ESSB 5192School Materials,and could be technically dead. Paramount Duty to Fund K-12 Supplies and Operating CostsEducationWould lift the state (WAMOA Priority); S FundsSchool Maintenance Section property tax to 101%, and bring in increase of $174M; H Funds a to-be- Increasing Compliance Pathways$339M in 2025-27. Fiscal Note: OSPI 18 WAMOA JOURNALSPRING 2025'