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(17) Funding in this section is sufficient to fund a maximum of 1 1.2 FTE enrollment for career launch students pursuant to RCW 2 28A.700.130. Expenditures for this purpose must come first from the 3 appropriations provided in section 501(5) of this act; funding for 4 career launch enrollment exceeding those appropriations is provided 5 in this section. The office of the superintendent of public 6 instruction shall provide a summary report to the office of the 7 governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 8 1, 2024. The report must include the total FTE enrollment for career 9 launch students, the FTE enrollment for career launch students that 10 exceeded the appropriations provided in section 501(5) of this act, 11 and the amount expended from this section for those students. 12 (18)(a) Students participating in running start programs may be 13 funded up to a combined maximum enrollment of 1.4 FTE including 14 school district and institution of higher education enrollment 15 consistent with the running start course requirements provided in 16 chapter 202, Laws of 2015 (dual credit education opportunities). In 17 calculating the combined 1.4 FTE, the office of the superintendent of 18 public instruction: 19 (i) Must adopt rules to fund the participating student's 20 enrollment in running start courses provided by the institution of 21 higher education during the summer academic term; and 22 (ii) May average the participating student's September through 23 June enrollment to account for differences in the start and end dates 24 for courses provided by the high school and the institution of higher 25 education. 26 (iii) In consultation with the state board for community and 27 technical colleges, the participating institutions of higher 28 education, the student achievement council, and the education data 29 center, must annually track and report to the fiscal committees of 30 the legislature on the combined FTE experience of students 31 participating in the running start program, including course load 32 analyses at both the high school and community and technical college 33 system. 34 (b) $1,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 35 year 2024 is provided for implementation of Second Substitute House 36 Bill No. 1316 (dual credit program access). 37 (19) If two or more school districts consolidate and each 38 district was receiving additional basic education formula staff units 39 pursuant to subsection (13) of this section, the following apply: 40 p. 490 ESSB 5187.SL