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Bill would raise local levy caps and change property‑tax growth limit; school and local officials back changes, some residents oppose
Summary
Senate Bill 5812 would lift per‑pupil local levy caps, raise Local Effort Assistance thresholds, remove a special‑education enrollment cap, and revise the property‑tax growth limit formula; school and local officials urged the committee to advance the bill to avoid deep program cuts, while some residents opposed faster local tax growth.
Senate Bill 5812 would increase the statutory caps and thresholds for local school enrichment levies, modify special‑education accounting, and change the state and most local governments’ property‑tax revenue growth limit, staff told the Ways & Means Committee.
Kayla Hammer, committee staff, described changes to K–12 funding: raising the maximum per‑pupil levy limit, increasing the Local Effort Assistance (LEA) threshold in multiple steps, directing an OSPI‑led funding‑equity work group to report to the Legislature, and…
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