Creates a joint task force on education funding that will make recommendations for fully funding basic education programs, Repeals the statutory requirement to provide funding in specified annual amounts for the Student Achievement Program, originally enacted as Initiative 728 in 2000.   Official Text and Analysis.

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Creates a joint task force on education funding that will make recommendations for fully funding basic education programs, including the requirements of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2261 and Substitute House Bill 2776. Repeals the statutory requirement to provide funding in specified annual amounts for the Student Achievement Program, originally enacted as Initiative 728 in 2000.

Statutory reference to the Student Achievement Program in the school district levy-base statute is removed, while the provisions that allow the levy base to include unreceived I-728 revenues through 2017 – when those provisions were originally set to expire – are retained.

Assigns to the joint task force on education funding the assignment of recommending a revised funding formula for the transitional bilingual program that is scaled based on levels of student language proficiency. Restores underlying annual transfer of $102 million from the general fund state to the education construction account, rather than redirecting to the education legacy trust account. Removes expanded use of education legacy trust account.

Creates a joint task force on education funding that will make recommendations for fully funding basic education programs, including the requirements of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2261 and Substitute House Bill 2776. Repeals the statutory requirement to provide funding in specified annual amounts for the Student Achievement Program, originally enacted as Initiative 728 in 2000.