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H0626..........................................................by EDUCATION
EDUCATION SUPPORT FORMULA - STAFF ALLOWANCE - Amends existing law to revise
the staff allowance for purposes of calculating the educational support
program by providing an addition to the calculation to reflect the actual
staff when the actual staff exceeds the staff allowance.
02/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/06 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/19 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/24 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-2-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black(23), Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Hadley,
Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20),
Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford,
Loertscher, Mader, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Schaefer,
Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail,
Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Marley, Sali
Absent and excused -- Bivens, Black(15), Gould
Floor Sponsor - Richman
Title apvd - to Senate
02/25 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney,
Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Hansen, Riggs
Floor Sponsor - Deide
Title apvd - to House
03/18 To enrol
03/18 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed - to Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 166
Effective: 07/01/98
H0626|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 626 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 33-1004, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO CLARIFY APPLICATION OF CALCULATIONS OF THE STAFF ALLOWANCE AND TO 4 MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1004, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 33-1004. STAFF ALLOWANCE. For each school district, a staff allowance 9 shall be determined as follows: 10 1. Using the daily attendance reports that have been submitted for com- 11 puting the February 15th apportionment of state funds as provided in section 12 33-1009, Idaho Code, determine the total support units for the district in the 13 manner provided in section 33-1002 8.b., Idaho Code; 14 2. Determine the instructional staff allowance by multiplying the support 15 units by 1.1. A district must demonstrate that it actually employs the number 16 of certificated instructional staff allowed. If the district does not employ 17 the number allowed, the staff allowance shall be reduced to the actual number 18 employed; 19 3. Determine the administrative staff allowance by multiplying the sup- 20 port units by .075. A district must demonstrate that it actually employs the 21 number of certificated administrative staff allowed. If the district does not 22 employ the number allowed, the staff allowance shall be reduced to the actual 23 number employed, except that not more than twenty percent (20%) of the admin- 24 istrative staff allowance may be noncertificated staff; 25 4. Determine the classified staff allowance by multiplying the support 26 units by .375.; 27 5. Additional conditions governing staff allowance: 28 a. In determining the number of staff in subsections 2., 3. and 4. of 29 this section, a district may contract separately for services to be ren- 30 dered by nondistrict employees and such employees may be counted in the 31 staff allowance. A "nondistrict employee" means a person for whom the 32 school district does not pay the employer's obligations for employee bene- 33 fits. When a district contracts for the services of a nondistrict 34 employee, only the salary portion of the contract shall be allowable for 35 computations. 36 b. If there are circumstances preventing eligible use of staff allowance 37 to which a district is entitled as provided in subsections 2. and 3. of 38 this section, an appeal may be filed with the state department of educa- 39 tion outlining the reasons and proposed alternative use of these funds, 40 and a waiver may be granted. 41 c. For any district with less than forty (40) support units: 42 (1) The instructional staff allowance shall be calculated applying 43 the actual number of support units. If the actual instructional staff 2 1 employed in the1994-95school year is greater than the 2 instructional staff allowance, then the instructional staff allowance 3 shall be increased by one-half (1/2) staff allowance; and 4 (2) The administrative staff allowance shall be calculated applying 5 the actual number of support units. If the actual administrative 6 staff employed in the1994-95school year is greater 7 than the administrative staff allowance, then the administrative 8 staff allowance shall be increased by one-half (1/2) staff allowance. 9 (3) Additionally, for any district with less than twenty (20) sup- 10 port units, the instructional staff allowance shall be calculated 11 applying the actual number of support units. If the number of 12 instructional staff employed in the1994-95school year 13 is greater than the instructional staff allowance, the staff allow- 14 ance shall be increased as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 15 subsection, and by an additional one-half (1/2) instructional staff 16 allowance. 17 d. Only instructional, administrative and classified personnel compen- 18 sated by the school district from the general maintenance and operation 19 fund of the district shall be included in the calculation of staff allow- 20 ance or in any other calculations based upon staff, including determina- 21 tion of the experience and education multiplier, the reporting require- 22 ments, or the district's salary-based apportionment calculation. No food 23 service staff or transportation staff shall be included in the staff 24 allowance. 25 6. In the event that the staff allowance in any category is insufficient 26 to meet accreditation standards, a district may appeal to the state board of 27 education, demonstrating the insufficiency, and the state board may grant a 28 waiver authorizing sufficient additional staff to be included within the staff 29 allowance to meet accreditation standards. Such a waiver shall be limited to 30 one (1) year, but may be renewed upon showing of continuing justification.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07599
Staff Allowance: Amendments to Idaho Code 33-1004. Idaho Code
33-1004 addresses how staff allowance for school districts is
determined. Staff allowance provides the formula to calculate how
much funding districts will receive for administrative,
instructional, and classified staff. Idaho Code provides that for
any district with less than forty (90) support units, an additional
one-half (1/2) instructional and one-half (1/2) administrative will
be added to that district's allowance provided that its actual
number employed is greater than its allowance. Additionally, for any
district with less than twenty (20) support units, an additional
one-half (1/2) instructional will be added to that district's
allowance provided that its actual number employed is greater than
its allowance.
However, as currently written, the language in Idaho Code refers to
the 1994-95 school year only. The statute was intended to provide
for this allowance in each school year. The amendment would remove
"1994-95" from the language. This clarification is recommended by
state legislative auditors to describe what is actually occurring
in determining staff allowance.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact.
CONTACT: Jerry Pelton
Deputy Superintendent/Finance & Support Services
Department of Education
(208) 332-6853
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
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