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Senate bill would expand Learning Assistance Program funding for high‑poverty schools
Summary
Senate Bill 5120 increases LAP high‑poverty allocations and creates a tiered model so schools with higher concentrations of poverty receive more instructional hours; fiscal notes estimate large state costs and the number of eligible schools would rise substantially.
Senate Bill 5120 would expand Washington’s Learning Assistance Program (LAP) by increasing the additional instructional hours allocated to qualifying high‑poverty schools and by establishing a tiered model so higher‑poverty schools get larger allocations, witnesses told the Senate Education Committee.
Under current law, qualifying high‑poverty school buildings receive an additional 1.1 instructional hours per week; SB 5120 would raise that to 1.6 hours beginning in the 2026–27 school year and, thereafter, move to a three‑tier model based on a school’s free or reduced‑price meal…
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