(1)
The operation allocation shall be calculated using the following factors:
(a) The combined student count of basic
program students;
(b)The combined
student count of special program students;
(c)The district's prorated average
distance;
(d)The district's total
land area;
(e)The district's
prorated number of destinations;
(f)If the district is a nonhigh district, the
answer to the following question: Does the district provide transportation
service for the high school students residing in the district?
(g)Any other district data element as
described by the superintendent in the annual operations bulletin. In order for
a data element to be included, it must be found to be statistically significant
for two consecutive school years.
For each district, an expected allocation is determined using
the coefficients resulting from a regression analysis of (a) through (g) of
this subsection, evaluated statewide against the total of all school district's
prior year expenditures. If a data element is determined not to be
statistically significant, it shall not be included in the calculation of the
allocation. The coefficients will be determined using the prior school year
fall, winter, and spring reports and prior year expenditures.
(2)For the calculation of the
regression analysis coefficients, the prior year expenditures for each district
shall be adjusted as required by the legislature.
(3)The adjusted allocation is the result of
modifying the expected allocation by:
(a)Adding any district car mileage
reimbursement; and
(b)Adding any
adjustment resulting from the alternate funding systems identified in WAC
392-141-380; and
(c) Making any deduction resulting from an
alternate school year calendar approved by the state board of education under
the provisions of
RCW
28A.305.141; and
(d)Making any adjustment as required by the
legislature.
(4)Each
district's actual allocation for student transportation operations is the
lesser of the district's prior year expenditures adjusted as required by the
legislature or the adjusted allocation.
(5)The funding assumption for the
transportation operation allocation is that kindergarten through twelfth grade
(K-12, or whatever grades are enrolled in district schools) school
transportation services are provided by the district five days per week, to and
from school, before and after the regular school day and operating one hundred
eighty days per school year. K-12 service being provided on any other basis is
subject to corresponding proration of the operation allocation.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code
§
392-141-360
Amended by
WSR
15-11-075, Filed 5/19/2015, effective
6/19/2015
Amended by
WSR
16-05-062, Filed 2/12/2016, effective
3/14/2016
Statutory Authority:
RCW
28A.150.290. WSR 11-15-007, §
392-141-360, filed 7/7/11, effective
8/7/11.
