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(3) Each fiscal year appropriation includes such funds as are 1 necessary to complete the school year ending in the fiscal year and 2 for prior fiscal year adjustments. 3 (4)(a) For the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the 4 superintendent shall allocate funding to school district programs for 5 special education students as provided in RCW 28A.150.390, except 6 that the calculation of the base allocation also includes allocations 7 provided under section 504 (2) and (4) of this act and RCW 8 28A.150.415, which enhancement is within the program of basic 9 education. 10 (b) From July 1, 2021, to August 31, 2021, the superintendent 11 shall allocate funding to school district programs for special 12 education students as provided in section 507, chapter 357, Laws of 13 2020, as amended. 14 (5) The following applies throughout this section: The 15 definitions for enrollment and enrollment percent are as specified in 16 RCW 28A.150.390(3). Each district's general fund—state funded special 17 education enrollment shall be the lesser of the district's actual 18 enrollment percent or 13.5 percent. 19 (6) At the request of any interdistrict cooperative of at least 20 15 districts in which all excess cost services for special education 21 students of the districts are provided by the cooperative, the 22 maximum enrollment percent shall be calculated in accordance with RCW 23 28A.150.390(3) (c) and (d), and shall be calculated in the aggregate 24 rather than individual district units. For purposes of this 25 subsection, the average basic education allocation per full-time 26 equivalent student shall be calculated in the aggregate rather than 27 individual district units. 28 (7) $76,334,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 29 fiscal year 2022, (($91,192,000)) $106,931,000 of the general fund— 30 state appropriation for fiscal year 2023, and $29,574,000 of the 31 general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for safety net 32 awards for districts with demonstrated needs for special education 33 funding beyond the amounts provided in subsection (4) of this 34 section. If the federal safety net awards based on the federal 35 eligibility threshold exceed the federal appropriation in this 36 subsection (7) in any fiscal year, the superintendent shall expend 37 all available federal discretionary funds necessary to meet this 38 need. At the conclusion of each school year, the superintendent shall 39 p. 1265 ESSB 5187.SL