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Committee hears bill to exclude military-base school space from SCAP, adds 15% funding bump for on-base projects
Summary
A Capital Committee public hearing on substitute Senate Bill 5901 heard sponsors and district leaders say excluding base-located instructional space from SCAP calculations would let districts like Medical Lake qualify for state matching funds; the bill also proposes a 15% state-assistance increase for projects on military bases.
A Washington state Capital Committee public hearing reopened on substitute Senate Bill 5901, which would change the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) formulas by excluding instructional facilities located on military bases from a district's inventory and by increasing the computed state funding assistance percentage by 15% for any project on a military base.
Senator Leonard Christian, sponsor of SB 5901, told the committee he learned of the issue while meeting with superintendents at Fairchild Air Force Base. He said base-located schools are often built for dual-use military purposes, which can leave civilian districts with excess capacity on paper and make them ineligible for state matching funds. "That extra capacity . . . was…
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