This section adds a new section to an existing chapter 28A.150. Here is the modified chapter for context.
Each public school, as defined in RCW 28A.150.010, shall have at least one school nurse and one counselor on site, dedicated to serving the students of that public school.
This section adds a new section to an existing chapter 28A.300. Here is the modified chapter for context.
By February 1, 2023, and by February 1st every odd-numbered year thereafter, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall submit, in accordance with RCW 43.01.036, to the appropriate committees of the legislature a report analyzing the implementation of RCW 28A.150.260(5)(b), related to physical, social, and emotional support staff.
For the analysis, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must use personnel data reported on or around October 1st of the report year and the prior year, and any other relevant data.
Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the report must:
Compare the staffing units provided for nurses, social workers, psychologists, counselors, classified staff providing student and staff safety, and parent involvement coordinators under RCW 28A.150.260(5) to the actual school district staffing levels for physical, social, and emotional support staff, disaggregate by school district; and
Analyze trends with respect to: (i) Employed staff and contract staff; and (ii) the percentage of staff with a valid educational staff associate certificate. These trends must be disaggregated by assignment duty code, as well as analyzed year over year and by school district size and geography.
For the report due February 1, 2023, the office of the superintendent of public instruction is required to complete the analysis described in subsection (3) of this section only to the extent that relevant data are available.
For the purposes of this section, "physical, social, and emotional support staff" or "staff" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.260(5)(b).
This section expires June 30, 2030.
This section modifies existing section 28A.400.007. Here is the modified chapter for context.
In addition to the staffing units in RCW 28A.150.260, the superintendent of public instruction must provide school districts with allocations for the following staff units if and to the extent that funding is specifically appropriated and designated for that category of staffing unit in the omnibus operating appropriations act.
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Principals, assistant principals, and other certificated building-level administrators
0.0470
0.0470
0.0200
Teacher-librarians, a function that includes information literacy, technology, and media to support school library media programs
0.3370
0.4810
0.4770
Teaching assistance, including any aspect of educational instructional services provided by classified employees
1.0640
0.3000
0.3480
Office support and other noninstructional aides
0.9880
1.1750
0.2310
Custodians
0.0430
0.0580
0.0350
Classified staff providing student and staff safety
0.0000
0.6080
1.1590
Parent involvement coordinators
0.9175
1.0000
1.0000
b. Additional certificated instructional staff units sufficient to achieve the following reductions in class size in each level of prototypical school under RCW 28A.150.260:
General education
certificated instructional
staff units sufficient to
achieve class size reduction of:
Grades K-3 class size0.00
Grade 42.00
Grades 5-62.00
Grades 7-83.53
Grades 9-123.74
CTE4.00
Skills3.00
High poverty
certificated instructional
staff units sufficient to
achieve class size reduction of:
Grades K-3 class size2.00
Grade 45.00
Grades 5-64.00
Grades 7-85.53
Grades 9-125.74