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Ways & Means weighs raising levy caps and property‑tax growth limits to shore up K‑12 funding
Summary
Senate Bill 5812 would raise local per‑pupil levy caps, adjust local effort assistance, remove the enrollment cap on special‑education excess‑cost calculations beginning in 2028, and raise the property‑tax revenue growth limit formula (capped at 3%), staff told Ways & Means.
Senate Bill 5812 would adjust local‑levy authority for school districts, change special‑education counting rules, and revise the property‑tax revenue growth limit for state and most local governments, staff told the committee at a briefing and public hearing on April 16.
Committee staff described K‑12 elements: increase the maximum per‑pupil levy limit for enrichment levies above inflation, raise local effort assistance (LEA) threshold in staged increases, require OSPI to convene a funding‑equity work group, and remove the enrollment cap for calculating excess special‑education costs beginning in September 2028.…
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