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fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the office to contract with 1 an organization to create an after-school and summer learning program 2 in the city of Federal Way. The program shall provide comprehensive, 3 culturally competent academic support and cultural enrichment for 4 primarily latinx, spanish-speaking, low-income sixth, seventh, and 5 eighth grade students. The department must contract with an 6 organization with over forty years of experience that serves the 7 latino community in Seattle and King county and has previously 8 established an after-school and summer learning program. 9 (15) $850,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 10 year 2022 and $850,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 11 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the office of the 12 superintendent of public instruction to create and administer a grant 13 program for districts to reduce associated student body fees or 14 participation fees for students who are eligible to participate in 15 the federal free and reduced-price meals program. The office must 16 distribute grants for the 2021-22 school year to school districts by 17 August 10, 2021, and grants for the 2022-23 school year by August 1, 18 2022. 19 (a) Grant awards must be prioritized in the following order: 20 (i) High schools implementing the United States department of 21 agriculture community eligibility provision; 22 (ii) High schools with the highest percentage of students in 23 grades nine through twelve eligible to participate in the federal 24 free and reduced-price meals program; and 25 (iii) High schools located in school districts enrolling 5,000 or 26 fewer students. 27 (b) High schools that do not comply with the data collection and 28 reporting requirements in RCW 28A.320.540 are not eligible for grant 29 funding. 30 (c) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall 31 award grants that are the lesser of the cost of the high school's 32 associated student body card multiplied by the number of students 33 eligible for the free or reduced-price meals program that purchased a 34 student body card in either 2018-19 or 2019-20 school year, whichever 35 is higher, or $10,000. 36 (d) The office may award additional funding if: 37 (i) The appropriations provided are greater than the total amount 38 of funding requested at the end of the application cycle; and 39 p. 1292 ESSB 5187.SL