Legislative Budget Requests
2023–25 Operating Budget
Policy Enhancements
Transforming Student Learning & Well-Being
- Fully Funding Special Education Services
- Building a Multiliterate Washington through Statewide Dual Language Education
- Kickstarting College and Career Readiness by Eliminating Financial Barriers to Dual Credit
- Ensuring Universal Student Access to Meals Statewide
- Bolstering Holocaust and Genocide Education for Washington Students Statewide
- Expanding the Imagination Library Early Literacy Program Statewide
- Increasing Student Access to Hands-on Science Opportunities
- Preparing Future Trades Workers by Cultivating Regional Pre-Apprenticeship Programs
Recruiting and Retaining Effective Educators
- Strengthening the Pipeline for Effective School Principals
- Expanding Mentorship and Retention of Beginning Educators
- Sustaining a Strong Educator Workforce Through Teacher Residencies
Legislatively Directed Enhancements
- Increasing Staffing Allocations to Support Stronger, Safer Schools
- Retaining Highly Effective Staff Through an Equitable and Competitive Educator Compensation Model
- Modernizing and Streamlining Washington's School Funding System
- Maintaining Funding for the Legislative Direction (House Bill 1365) to Support Educational Technology
- Providing for the Legislatively Mandated Statewide Family Meal Application System
Other Enhancements to Support Basic Education
- Providing for Adequate and Predictable Student Transportation to School
- Strengthening OSPI's Core Operations to Increase Capacity for Statewide Supports
Maintenance Level Requests
Supplemental Requests
- Fully Funding the Legislatively Mandated Community Eligibility Provision Expansion
- Funding the Special Education Safety Net
- Ensuring School District Access to Regional Transportation Coordinators
2023–25 Capital Budget
Statewide Supports
- School District Health and Safety
- School Seismic Safety Grant Program
- Career Preparation and Launch Grants
- Healthy Kids - Healthy Schools
- School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) Refinancing to Support Small School Districts
- Small District and State-Tribal Education Compact Schools Modernization
- Capital Administration
- School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) Maintenance
Local and Regional Supports
- Tri-Tech Skills Center Core Modernization
- Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center - Phase II
- Puget Sound Skills Center - Phase II
- Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center Preservation: Maritime Tech
- Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center Preservation: Roofing and Insulation
- New Market Skills Center Preservation
- Rainier Beach High School Campus Skills Center
- Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center - Phases 1–2
- Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center - Phase 3A
- Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center - Phase 3B
- Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center - Phase 4
- West Sound Technical Skills Center Addition and Modernization - Phase 2A Part 2
- Skills Center Minor Works - Cascadia Tech Academy
- Skills Center Minor Works - New Market Skills Center
- Skills Center Minor Works - Northwest Career and Technical Academy
- Skills Center Minor Works - Puget Sound Skills Center
- Skills Center Minor Works - Sno Isle TECH Skills Center
- Skills Center Minor Works - Tri-Tech Skills Center
- Skills Center Minor Works - WANIC Skill Center
Past Budget Requests
2022 Supplemental Capital Budget
- Capital Budget Introduction Letter by Superintendent Reykdal
- School Seismic Safety Retrofit Program
- West Sound Technical Skills Center Modernization
2022 Supplemental Operating Budget
Policy Enhancements
- Equitable and Sufficient Access to Physical, Social, and Emotional Support Staff
- Fully Funding Required School Mascot Changes
- Efficiency and Modernization of the School Funding System
- Supporting OSPI in Critical Operations
Maintenance Level Requests
- Funding the Special Education Safety Net
- Federal Funding Adjustments
- Continued Access to Federal Emergency Relief Administrative Funds
- Meeting Projected Caseload Costs for the Office of Administrative Hearings
2021–23 Capital Budget
- Capital Budget Introduction Letter by Superintendent Reykdal
- Summary of 2021–23 Capital Budget Requests
- 2021–23 Capital Budget Requests (full details)
2021–23 Operating Budget
Policy Enhancements
- Closing Gaps in Access to Learning Devices and Connectivity
- Building Staffing Capacity to Support Student Well-Being
- Expanding Inclusive Teaching Practices
- Supporting Students through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
- Aligning Mathematics Pathways with Student Career Goals
- Supporting Families with a Special Education Family Liaison
- Enhancing Agency Digital Security
Maintenance Level Requests
2020 Supplemental Capital Budget
- 2020 Supplemental Capital Budget Request Summary: OSPI's Seismic Safety Plan
- 2020 Supplemental Capital Budget Request - Full
2020 Supplemental Operating Budget
Policy Enhancements
- School Safety: Fully Funding House Bill 1216
- Special Education Multiplier Increase
- Increased Equity in School Nursing Services
- Increased Supports for Beginning Educators
- Staffing Enrichment Workgroup Recommendations
- Implementation of Statewide Early Screening for Dyslexia
- Funding for Required Paraeducator Professional Learning
- Student Teacher Residency Technical Advisory Group
Maintenance Level Requests
Capital Budget
Operating Budget
Policy Enhancements
- Expanding CTE Course Equivalencies
- Comprehensive Supports for All
- Expanding Access to CTE Programs
- Equitable Access to Dual Credit Programs
- Dual Language for All
- Educator Career Support
- Equity in Expanded Learning Opportunities
- Institutional Education Funding Formula
- Supports for School Safety and Mental Health
- School Nurse Corps Increase
- Professional Learning Days
- Creating Efficiencies through Single Sign-On
- Special Education Multiplier
Maintenance Level Requests
- Safety Net Funding
- Community Eligibility Program Participation
- Pension Contribution Rates Correction
- Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program Assessments
- Transportation Salaries
- Open Educational Resources
- Next Generation Science Standards
- Regionalization for Spokane Charter Schools
2019 Supplemental Requests
- Civics Education and History Day
- Safety Net
- Federal Funding Adjustment
- Open Educational Resources
- Pension Rates Correction
- Regionalization for Spokane Charter Schools
- Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program
Supplemental Requests
Policy Enhancements
- K-12 Grant Management Enhancement
- Equity in Student Discipline
- State Bilingual Program Eligibility
- Regional K-4 ELA Coordinator
- Special Education Cost Multiplier
- Institutional Ed Funding Formula
- High School and Beyond Plan
- OSPI Website ADA Compliance
- OSPI Data Center Migration
- Student Supports Implementation
- K-8 Redesign Study
- Skills Center Pilot Program
- Suicide Prevention Training
- Project-Based Learning-History Day
Maintenance Levels
Professional Educator Standards Board
Supplemental Requests
2017-19 Capital Budget
2017-19 Operating Budget
Policy Enhancements
- Fully Funding Basic Education
- Teacher Shortage
- CTE/Skill Center Hold Harmless
- Vocational Ed Funding Formula
- Institutional Ed Funding Formula
- Student Transportation Allocation
- K-12 Student Achievement Supports
- K-12 Career and College Readiness
- Supports for Low Performing Schools
- Student Privacy and Data Security
- Report Card Improvements
- New K-12 Grants System
- School Financial System Redesign
- OSPI Website Improvements
- National Board Certification - Staffing
- Regional Transportation Coordinator
- PreK-3rd Regional Support
- K-4 ELA Regional Support
Maintenance Levels
Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)