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Committee hears contentious SB 6260: bus depreciation, MSOC holdback and Running Start funding cut draw broad opposition
Summary
SB 6260 would extend school bus depreciation to 15 years, allow up to a 1.9% MSOC withholding for a statewide High School & Beyond platform, and reduce Running Start funded FTE from 1.4 to 1.2; OFM and the governor’s office justify savings, while districts, colleges, counselors and students warn of safety, equity and access harms.
SB 6,260 drew the longest, most contested testimony of the session. The bill bundles three changes: (1) extend school bus depreciation schedules to 180 months (15 years), a change staff estimated would reduce state transportation reimbursement in the near term and produce roughly $20–21 million in state savings per fiscal year while pushing larger final depreciation payments into later years; (2) authorize OSPI to withhold up to 1.9% of MSOC allocations to centrally pay licensing for a High School & Beyond universal online platform (estimated local reduction of roughly $1.2 million in FY27 statewide); and (3) reduce the funded Running Start maximum enrollment from 1.4…
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