Senate bill would expand Learning Assistance Program funding for high‑poverty schools
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.
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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.
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