306: SCAP Additional Funding for Special Circumstances

306: SCAP Additional Funding for Special Circumstances

In certain circumstances, districts may be eligible for additional or modified state assistance.

School Facilities Abatement and Order to Vacate 

If a school facility is abated and ordered to vacate and required to be replaced as defined by WAC 392-343-115, the district is eligible for additional assistance if the district has authorized the issuance of bonds and/or levying of excess taxes to its legal limit.

Indirect Cooperative Centers 

For indirect cooperative projects conforming to provisions of Chapter 392-345 WAC, districts are eligible to receive moneys up to ninety percent of the total project cost determined eligible for state funding assistance. To be eligible, the facility shall meet the following criteria:  

  • Provides educational opportunities, including vocational skill programs, not otherwise provided.  
  • Avoids unnecessary duplication of specialized or unusually expensive education programs or facilities. 

(See Chapter 3, Section 308: Transportation Cooperative SCAP Funding Assistance)

School Housing Emergency 

A district with a housing emergency, requiring an allocation of state moneys in excess of the amount allocable under the statutory formula, is eligible for additional assistance if the district has authorized the issuance of bonds to its legal limit. 
 
The total amount of state moneys allocated shall be the district’s regular state funding assistance percentage plus 20 percent, but it shall not exceed 90 percent of the total approved project cost determined to be eligible for state funding assistance.  

See WAC 392-345-115(3).

Improved School District Organization 

OSPI shall provide state funding assistance, based on the total approved costs of the project at 75 percent, if two or more districts reorganize into a single district and the construction of new school facilities results in the elimination of:  

  • A high school with a fulltime equivalent enrollment in Grades 9-12 of less than 400 students. 
  • An elementary school with a fulltime equivalent enrollment of less than 100 students.  

For more information on these, see the "Small High School Factor" part of Chapter 3, Section 302: Estimating SCAP Capacity Needs)

Racial Imbalances

If a district that has a racially imbalanced school facility, as defined in WAC 392-342-025, demonstrates that new construction or modernization eliminates the racial imbalance in accordance with WAC 392-343-115(5), the district may receive an additional ten percent above the district’s regular state funding assistance percentage. This amount may not exceed 90 percent of the total approved cost of construction.  
 
If the school facility does not remain racially balanced for five years, the additional state moneys shall be subject to recapture by the state from any future state facility construction funds.