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2024 and up to $10,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 1 for fiscal year 2025 are for a transportation alternate funding grant 2 program based on the alternate funding process established in RCW 3 28A.160.191. The superintendent of public instruction must include a 4 review of school district efficiency rating, key performance 5 indicators and local school district characteristics such as unique 6 geographic constraints in the grant award process. 7 (4) A maximum of $939,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 8 for fiscal year 2024 and a maximum of $939,000 of the general fund— 9 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 may be expended for regional 10 transportation coordinators and related activities. The 11 transportation coordinators shall ensure that data submitted by 12 school districts for state transportation funding shall, to the 13 greatest extent practical, reflect the actual transportation activity 14 of each district. 15 (5) Subject to available funds under this section, school 16 districts may provide student transportation for summer skills center 17 programs. 18 (6) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall 19 provide reimbursement funding to a school district for school bus 20 purchases only after the superintendent of public instruction 21 determines that the school bus was purchased from the list 22 established pursuant to RCW 28A.160.195(2) or a comparable 23 competitive bid process based on the lowest price quote based on 24 similar bus categories to those used to establish the list pursuant 25 to RCW 28A.160.195. 26 (7) The superintendent of public instruction shall base 27 depreciation payments for school district buses on the presales tax 28 five-year average of lowest bids in the appropriate category of bus. 29 In the final year on the depreciation schedule, the depreciation 30 payment shall be based on the lowest bid in the appropriate bus 31 category for that school year. 32 (8) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall 33 annually disburse payments for bus depreciation in August. 34 (9)(a) $13,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 35 fiscal year 2024 and $13,000,000 of the general fund—state 36 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the 37 superintendent to provide transportation safety net funding to school 38 districts with a convincingly demonstrated need for additional 39 p. 495 ESSB 5187.SL