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1988 Washington Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1988)

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Ken Eikenberry
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON
Tsh FLOOR. NIOHWAYS-UCENSES BLILDING * OLYMPIA. WASHINGTON M504-8071
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OLYMPIA, February 1, 1988 -- The office of the Attorney
General, in an opinion issued today, has concluded that grants
for local education enhancement provided for by the Legislature
in the 1987-89 budget are levy reduction funds for the purpose
of calculating the maximum amount of money that a school district
say levy for maintenance and operation support.
The opinion result will affect only school districts with
maximum levy percentages above 20 percent.
In the 1987 session, the Legislature appropriated $49,500,000
to provide a grant to each school district to enhance a number of
now or existing programs, including dropout prevention and
retrieval programs, drug and alcohol abuse programs, and early
childhood development programs.
Representative Daniel Grimm asked for an opinion on whether
the local education program enhancement funds were Nlevy
reduction funds.' Grimm is Chairman of the House Ways and Means
Committee.
'The term 'levy reduction funds' is defined in the new levy
lid law,' Attorney General Eikenberry said. 'Ne looked very
closely at this statutory definition.
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