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Agency Recommendation Summaries

Student Achievement Council

  Average Annual FTEs Near General Fund State Other Funds Total Funds
  (Dollars in Thousands)
Current Budget 128.6 1,264,312 71,894 1,336,206
2025-27 Maintenance Level 128.6 1,313,969 71,890 1,385,859
Difference from 2025-27 Original 0.0 49,657 (4) 49,653
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.0% 3.9% (0.0%) 3.7%

2026 Policy Other Changes

Administrative Reduction 0.0 (21) 0 (21)
Increased Expenditure Authority 0.0 0 1,650 1,650
Target Reduction 0.0 (1,738) 0 (1,738)
WCG Underspend 0.0 (10,000) 0 (10,000)
2026 Policy Other Changes Total 0.0 (11,759) 1,650 (10,109)

2026 Policy Central Services Changes

DES Central Services 0.0 5 3 8
GOV Central Services 0.0 3 1 4
Legal Services 0.0 1 1 2
OFM Central Services 0.0 143 90 233
Self-Insurance Liability Premium 0.0 27 23 50
WTS Central Services 0.0 10 7 17
2026 Policy Central Services Changes Total 0.0 189 125 314
Total Policy Changes 0.0 (11,570) 1,775 (9,795)
2026 Policy Level 128.6 1,302,399 73,665 1,376,064
Difference from 2025-27 Original 0.0 38,087 1,771 39,858
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.0% 3.0% 2.5% 3.0%

Policy Changes

Administrative Reduction

Funding is reduced to reflect a reduction in administrative services. (General Fund - State)

DES Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services for Capitol Campus costs; real estate, risk management, and small agency services; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; enterprise applications, and other items. (Advanced Coll Tuition Payment Prog - Non-Appropriated, General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State)

GOV Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of the Governor for the Office of Equity. (Advanced Coll Tuition Payment Prog - Non-Appropriated, General Fund - State)

Increased Expenditure Authority

Increased expenditure authority is provided to allow the agency to expend funds that they have been awarded through grants. (General Fund - Local, General Fund - Private/Local)

Legal Services

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Office of the Attorney General. Funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive, as legal services expenditures are based on consumption. (Advanced Coll Tuition Payment Prog - Non-Appropriated, General Fund - State)

OFM Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services. (Advanced Coll Tuition Payment Prog - Non-Appropriated, General Fund - State, Washington Colleg Savings Prog Acct - Non-Appropriated, other funds)

Self-Insurance Liability Premium

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's share of actuarially projected costs of the self-insurance liability premium. (Advanced Coll Tuition Payment Prog - Non-Appropriated, General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)

Target Reduction

Savings are achieved by reducing Near General Fund expenditures by 5%. (General Fund - State)

WCG Underspend

Funding is reduced to align with the projected underspend from the Washington College Grant for the 2025-27 biennium. (Workforce Education Investment Acc - State)

WTS Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Washington Technology Solutions for the Office of Cybersecurity, the state network, enterprise services, small agency IT services, enterprise architecture and data management, Microsoft 365 licenses, and other items. (Advanced Coll Tuition Payment Prog - Non-Appropriated, General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)