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1 Grade 4
27.00 27.00
2 Grades 5-6
27.00 27.00
3 Grades 7-8
28.53 28.53
4 Grades 9-12
28.74 28.74 The superintendent shall base allocations for: Laboratory science 5 average class size as provided in RCW 28A.150.260; career and 6 technical education (CTE) class size of 23.0; and skill center 7 program class size of 19. Certificated instructional staff units 8 provided for skills centers that exceed the minimum requirements of 9 RCW 28A.150.260 achieve class size reductions under RCW 28A.400.007 10 and are part of the state's program of basic education. 11 (ii) Pursuant to RCW 28A.150.260(4)(a), the assumed teacher 12 planning period, expressed as a percentage of a teacher work day, is 13 13.42 percent in grades K-6, and 16.67 percent in grades 7-12; and 14 (iii) Advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses 15 are funded at the same class size assumptions as general education 16 schools in the same grade; and 17 (d)(i) Funding for teacher librarians, school nurses, social 18 workers, school psychologists, and guidance counselors is allocated 19 based on the school prototypes as provided in RCW 28A.150.260, as 20 amended by chapter 109, Laws of 2022, and is considered certificated 21 instructional staff. 22 (ii) For qualifying high-poverty schools in the 2023-24 school 23 year, at which more than 50 percent of the students were eligible for 24 free and reduced-price meals in the prior school year, in addition to 25 the allocation under (d)(i) of this subsection, the superintendent 26 shall allocate additional funding for guidance counselors for each 27 level of prototypical school as follows: 28
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Elementary Middle High
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31 Guidance counselors 0.166 0.166 0.157 (iii) Students in approved career and technical education and 32 skill center programs generate certificated instructional staff units 33 to provide for the services of teacher librarians, school nurses, 34 social workers, school psychologists, and guidance counselors at the 35 following combined rate per 1000 student full-time equivalent 36 enrollment: 37 p. 481 ESSB 5187.SL