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for fiscal year 2023 are for a transportation alternate funding grant 1 program based on the alternate funding process established in RCW 2 28A.160.191. The superintendent of public instruction must include a 3 review of school district efficiency rating, key performance 4 indicators and local school district characteristics such as unique 5 geographic constraints in the grant award process. 6 (4) A maximum of $939,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 7 for fiscal year 2022 and a maximum of $939,000 of the general fund— 8 state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 may be expended for regional 9 transportation coordinators and related activities. The 10 transportation coordinators shall ensure that data submitted by 11 school districts for state transportation funding shall, to the 12 greatest extent practical, reflect the actual transportation activity 13 of each district. 14 (5) Subject to available funds under this section, school 15 districts may provide student transportation for summer skills center 16 programs. 17 (6) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall 18 provide reimbursement funding to a school district for school bus 19 purchases only after the superintendent of public instruction 20 determines that the school bus was purchased from the list 21 established pursuant to RCW 28A.160.195(2) or a comparable 22 competitive bid process based on the lowest price quote based on 23 similar bus categories to those used to establish the list pursuant 24 to RCW 28A.160.195. 25 (7) The superintendent of public instruction shall base 26 depreciation payments for school district buses on the presales tax 27 five-year average of lowest bids in the appropriate category of bus. 28 In the final year on the depreciation schedule, the depreciation 29 payment shall be based on the lowest bid in the appropriate bus 30 category for that school year. 31 (8) ((Funding levels in this section reflect waivers granted by 32 the state board of education for four-day school weeks as allowed 33 under RCW 28A.305.141. 34 (9))) The office of the superintendent of public instruction 35 shall annually disburse payments for bus depreciation in August. 36 (((10))) (9) The superintendent must provide student 37 transportation allocations for the 2021-22 school year equal to the 38 greater of allocations provided in the 2019-20 school year or the 39 student transportation allocations calculated under RCW 28A.160.192. 40 p. 1260 ESSB 5187.SL