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program class size of 19. Certificated instructional staff units 1 provided for skills centers that exceed the minimum requirements of 2 RCW 28A.150.260 achieve class size reductions under RCW 28A.400.007 3 and are part of the state's program of basic education. 4 (ii) Pursuant to RCW 28A.150.260(4)(a), the assumed teacher 5 planning period, expressed as a percentage of a teacher work day, is 6 13.42 percent in grades K-6, and 16.67 percent in grades 7-12; and 7 (iii) Advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses 8 are funded at the same class size assumptions as general education 9 schools in the same grade; and 10 (d)(i) Funding for teacher librarians, school nurses, social 11 workers, school psychologists, and guidance counselors is allocated 12 based on the school prototypes as provided in RCW 28A.150.260, as 13 amended by Second Substitute House Bill No. 1664 (schools/support 14 funding), and is considered certificated instructional staff, except 15 as provided in (d)(ii) of this subsection. 16 (ii)(A) For the twenty schools with the lowest overall school 17 score for all students in the 2018-19 school year, as determined by 18 the Washington school improvement framework among elementary schools, 19 middle schools, and other schools not serving students up to twelfth 20 grade, having enrollments greater than one hundred fifty students, in 21 addition to the allocation under (d)(i) of this subsection the 22 superintendent shall allocate additional funding for guidance 23 counselors for each level of prototypical school in the 2021-22 24 school year as follows: 25

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28 Guidance counselors 0.307 0.512 To receive additional allocations under this subsection 29 (2)(d)(ii)(A), a school eligible to receive the allocation must have 30 demonstrated actual staffing for guidance counselors for its 31 prototypical school level that meets or exceeds the staffing for 32 guidance counselors in (d)(i) of this subsection and this subsection 33 (2)(d)(ii)(A) for its prototypical school level. School districts 34 must distribute the additional guidance counselors allocation in this 35 subsection to the schools that generate the allocation. The 36 enhancement within this subsection is not part of the state's program 37 of basic education. 38 p. 1244 ESSB 5187.SL