This bill amends multiple school finance and school meal statutes, reenacts and amends RCW 28A.150.260, creates new sections, and repeals RCW 28A.235.260. It requires, beginning with the 2026–27 school year, that each school district provide school breakfast and lunch at no charge to any student who requests a meal, with an exception for schools in the middle of a USDA community eligibility provision (CEP) four‑year cycle and other limited exemptions. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) must reimburse districts on a per‑meal basis for meals not reimbursed at the USDA free rate; the state reimbursement is described as the difference between USDA’s free and paid rates plus $0.05 per meal (or a higher amount if the omnibus appropriations act authorizes it). Districts must continue to collect free and reduced‑price meal applications where applicable, run direct certification at least monthly, and monitor/apply for CEP where eligible; schools with an annual identified student percentage of at least 40 percent must participate in CEP the next school year and for the CEP cycle unless exempt. The bill substantially changes funding and procedural law for basic education by reenacting and amending RCW 28A.150.260 to set a distribution formula based on prototypical school models, minimum class sizes, staffing and nonstaff allocations, and program‑specific per‑pupil allocations. It specifies prototypical school sizes, minimum staff unit allocations for many staff types, per‑student allocations for materials, supplies, and operating costs (with specified 2023–24 baseline amounts to be inflation‑adjusted thereafter), and program allocations and minimum service hours for the Learning Assistance Program, transitional bilingual instruction, exited bilingual students, and highly capable programs. The superintendent and governor must review the basic education funding distribution formula biennially; changes to the FTE definition require approval by the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees. The bill also creates procedural requirements and supports: OSPI must initiate and operate an electronic, secure household income repository that connects to direct certification, is accessible to parents in multiple languages, and is exempt from public disclosure; OSPI must report annually to the Legislature on the repository. It amends NBPTS bonus provisions to provide an additional lump‑sum bonus for National Board‑certified teachers in qualifying high‑poverty schools for certain school years, clarifies that bonuses are excluded from certain salary calculations, and repeals the prior student assistance statute (RCW 28A.235.260) effective September 1, 2026. The act is contingent on specific funding being provided in the omnibus appropriations act by June 30, 2025. Important details are missing or truncated in the provided text (for example, some reimbursement language, the full amended texts of several cited RCWs, and portions of the materials/supplies table), so a complete accounting of all amended provisions cannot be determined from these excerpts alone.

If enacted, public school districts will generally need to offer breakfast and lunch at no charge to any student who requests a meal beginning in the 2026–27 school year, with the state promising to reimburse districts for meals not covered at the USDA free rate by paying the difference between USDA free and paid rates plus $0.05 per meal (or a higher amount if the omnibus appropriations act authorizes it). Districts must keep collecting free/reduced-price applications and run direct certification at least monthly to maximize federal funds, and many schools with at least 40 percent identified students will be required to participate in the USDA community eligibility provision; OSPI must build and operate a secure, multilingual household income repository to streamline certification, protect privacy, and report annually to the Legislature. The parties most affected are school districts (including charter and state-tribal compact schools), the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and students/families: districts will face increased meal service and administrative responsibilities and likely higher operating costs but will receive a state per‑meal supplement and continued federal reimbursement opportunities; OSPI takes on new technical, rulemaking, oversight, and reporting duties; National Board certified teachers in qualifying high‑poverty schools may receive additional bonuses. Key fiscal and implementation details remain partly unclear in the available text (some funding tables and certain amendment texts are truncated), and the whole act is contingent on specific funding being provided in the omnibus appropriations act by June 30, 2025 and can lapse if federal meal reimbursements are eliminated.