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SENATE BILL NO. 1555 – Approp, Public Schools

SENATE BILL NO. 1555

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S1555............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Provides legislative intent regarding the
expenditures for the public schools; appropriates $741,660,000 to the
Public School Income Fund for fiscal year 1999; appropriates $795,860,000
for the Educational Support Program for fiscal year 1999; appropriates the
amount necessary for the Unemployment Insurance Program; amends existing
law to provide an increase in the base salary for salary-based
apportionment; provides legislative intent that the Department of Education
monitor and evaluate use of funds for enhancement programs; provides
legislative intent regarding reading improvement; provides legislative
intent with regard to certain technology expenditures, including Libraries
Linking Idaho Program; provides legislative intent regarding expenses
related to the Idaho Council for Technology in Learning; provides
legislative intent regarding grants to teachers for development of creative
and innovative instruction methods or curriculum; provides legislative
intent regarding non-English and limited English proficiency programs;
provides legislative intent regarding the teacher-mentor program; provides
legislative intent regarding moneys received pursuant to Sections 63-2506,
63-2552A and 67-7439, Idaho Code; provides legislative intent regarding the
Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program; provides legislative intent
regarding training of teachers in working with children with disabilities;
providing legislative intent regarding education of gifted/talented
students; providing legislative intent that the Reading Study Committee be
continued; and providing legislative intent that moneys be expended to
provide educational programs to special needs students.

03/16    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/17    Rpt prt - to Finance
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17    Rls susp - PASSED - 27-2-6
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Ingram, Keough,
      King, Lee, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Sorensen,
      Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler
      NAYS--Schroeder, Whitworth
      Absent and excused--Darrington, Hansen, Hawkins, Ipsen, McLaughlin,
      Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Thorne
    Title apvd - to House
03/18    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19    Rls susp - PASSED - 68-1-1
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett,  Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
      Clark, Crane,  Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,  Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
      Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague,
      Meyer, Miller,  Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
      Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer,  Stevenson, Stone,
      Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman,  Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Stoicheff
      Absent and excused -- Hansen,
    Floor Sponsor - Black(23)
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/20    To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
    Sp signed
03/23    To Governor
03/25    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 363
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


S1555


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1555

                                   BY FINANCE COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR  1999;
 3        EXPRESSING  LEGISLATIVE  INTENT  WITH  REGARD  TO  EXPENDITURES FROM STATE
 4        SOURCES; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND MONEYS  FOR  TRANSFER  TO  THE  PUBLIC
 5        SCHOOL  INCOME  FUND;  APPROPRIATING A TOTAL AMOUNT FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
 6        INCOME FUND; APPROPRIATING MONEYS FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE  PROGRAM;
 7        AMENDING  SECTION  33-1004E,  IDAHO  CODE,  INCREASING THE BASE SALARY FOR
 8        SALARY-BASED APPORTIONMENT; PROVIDING THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCA-
 9        TION  SHALL HAVE CERTAIN AUTHORITY, EXPRESSING THAT $1,000,000 BE DISTRIB-
10        UTED  FOR  READING  IMPROVEMENT;  EXPRESSING   LEGISLATIVE   INTENT   THAT
11        $3,135,000  FOR  ONGOING EXPENDITURES AND $7,000,000 FOR ONE-TIME EXPENDI-
12        TURES BE EXPENDED FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM, $265,000
13        FOR THE STATE LIBRARY, AND THAT THE IDAHO COUNCIL FOR TECHNOLOGY IN LEARN-
14        ING WILL DEVELOP STATEWIDE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; EXPRESSING  LEGISLATIVE
15        INTENT  THAT  NOT  MORE THAN $140,000 BE EXPENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
16        PUBLIC INSTRUCTION; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT  $250,000  BE  DIS-
17        TRIBUTED  AS GRANTS TO TEACHERS OR GROUPS OF TEACHERS; EXPRESSING LEGISLA-
18        TIVE INTENT THAT $3,000,000 BE DISTRIBUTED FOR  SUPPORT  OF  PROGRAMS  FOR
19        STUDENTS  WITH NON-ENGLISH OR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; EXPRESSING LEG-
20        ISLATIVE INTENT THAT $375,000 BE DISTRIBUTED FOR A TEACHER-MENTOR PROGRAM;
21        EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT $5,000,000 OF THE MONEYS ACCRUING  PUR-
22        SUANT  TO  SECTIONS 63-2506 AND 63-2552A, IDAHO CODE, PLUS $500,000 OF THE
23        INCOME TAXES COLLECTED FROM LOTTERY WINNINGS BE  EXPENDED  FOR  THE  IDAHO
24        SAFE  AND  DRUG-FREE  SCHOOLS  PROGRAM; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH
25        REGARD  TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR  THE  IDAHO  SAFE  AND  DRUG-FREE
26        SCHOOLS  PROGRAM; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO FEATURES OF
27        THE IDAHO SAFE  AND  DRUG-FREE  SCHOOLS  PROGRAM;  EXPRESSING  LEGISLATIVE
28        INTENT  WITH  REGARD TO THE EXPENDITURE OF $1,000,000; EXPRESSING LEGISLA-
29        TIVE INTENT THAT $500,000 BE DISTRIBUTED FOR TRAINING TO SERVE  THE  NEEDS
30        OF  GIFTED/TALENTED  STUDENTS  AND  PROVIDING HOW THE FUNDS SHALL BE ALLO-
31        CATED; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT $30,000 BE EXPENDED TO  CONTINUE
32        THE  WORK  OF  THE  READING STUDY COMMITTEE; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT
33        THAT $200,000 BE EXPENDED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SPECIAL NEEDS
34        STUDENTS FOR THE 1997-98 AND THE 1998-99 SCHOOL YEARS.

35    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

36        SECTION 1.  It is legislative intent that the following amounts  shall  be
37    expended  from  state  sources for public schools for the period July 1, 1998,
38    through June 30, 1999:
39    FROM:
40    General Fund                                                   $741,660,000
41    Dedicated Funds:
42        Endowment Funds/Lands Receipts         $39,900,000
43        Mineral Royalties                        2,000,000
44        Liquor Fund                              1,200,000


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 1        Cigarette Tax                            5,000,000
 2        Lottery Income Tax                         500,000
 3        Miscellaneous Receipts                   2,100,000
 4        Fund Balance                 3,500,000 
 5             Total Dedicated Funds                     $ 54,200,000 
 6        TOTAL                                                      $795,860,000

 7        SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for  public
 8    schools,  the  following  amount to be transferred to the Public School Income
 9    Fund for the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999:
10    FROM:
11    General Fund                                                   $741,660,000

12        SECTION 3.  There is hereby appropriated from  the  Public  School  Income
13    Fund  to  be  expended for the Educational Support Program pursuant to law and
14    the provisions of this act, not to exceed $795,860,000 for the period July  1,
15    1998, through June 30, 1999.

16        SECTION  4.  There  is  hereby  appropriated from the Public School Income
17    Fund the amount  necessary  for  the  Unemployment  Insurance  Program  to  be
18    expended  according  to  Section  72-1349A, Idaho Code, for the period July 1,
19    1998, through June 30, 1999.

20        SECTION 5.  That Section 33-1004E, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
21    amended to read as follows:

22        33-1004E.  DISTRICT'S  SALARY-BASED  APPORTIONMENT. Each district shall be
23    entitled to a salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in  this  sec-
24    tion.
25        1.  To  determine  the apportionment for instructional staff, first deter-
26    mine the district average experience and education index by placing all eligi-
27    ble district certificated instructional employees on the statewide index  pro-
28    vided  in  section 33-1004A, Idaho Code. The resulting average is the district
29    index. Districts with an index above the state  average  index  shall  receive
30    their  actual  index  but  not  more  than  the state average plus .03 for the
31    1994-95 school year, and shall receive their actual index but  not  more  than
32    the  state  average plus .06 for the 1995-96 school year, and thereafter shall
33    receive their actual district index. The district  instructional  staff  index
34    shall  be  multiplied  by  the  instructional  base  salary  of  $ 19,715
35     20,306 . The amount so determined shall be multiplied by the
36    district staff allowance for instructional staff  determined  as  provided  in
37    section 33-1004 2., Idaho Code. The resulting amount is the district's salary-
38    based apportionment for instructional staff.
39        2.  To  determine  the  apportionment  for  district administrative staff,
40    first determine the district average experience and education index by placing
41    all eligible certificated administrative employees on the statewide index pro-
42    vided in section 33-1004A, Idaho Code. The resulting average is  the  district
43    index.  Districts  with  an  index above the state average index shall receive
44    their actual index but not more than the state average plus .03 for the school
45    year 1994-95, and shall receive their actual index but not more than the state
46    average index plus .06 for the  1995-96  school  year,  and  thereafter  shall
47    receive  their  actual district index. The district administrative staff index
48    shall be multiplied by the base salary  of  $2  8,843    9,708
49    .  The  amount  so  determined shall be multiplied by the district staff
50    allowance for administrative staff determined as provided in  section  33-1004


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 1    3., Idaho Code. The resulting amount is the district's salary-based apportion-
 2    ment for administrative staff.
 3        3.  To   determine   the  apportionment  for  classified  staff,  multiply
 4    $15, 300  759  by the district classified  staff  allow-
 5    ance  determined  as provided in section 33-1004 4., Idaho Code. The amount so
 6    determined is the district's apportionment for classified staff.
 7        4.  The district's salary-based apportionment shall  be  the  sum  of  the
 8    apportionments  calculated in subsections 1., 2. and 3., of this section, plus
 9    the benefit apportionment as provided in section 33-1004F, Idaho Code.

10        SECTION 6.  The Department of Education shall have the authority to  moni-
11    tor  and evaluate the use of funds appropriated to public school districts for
12    enhancement programs.

13        SECTION 7.  It is legislative intent that $1,000,000 of the moneys  appro-
14    priated in Section 3 of this act shall be distributed for reading improvement.
15    The  $1,000,000 for reading improvement is to be used as follows: $500,000 for
16    K-6 reading training for teachers which includes  phonics,  and  $500,000  for
17    reading  recovery  K-6  or  other  locally  developed  programs  which address
18    improvements in reading skills for students. The reading improvement shall  be
19    distributed  pro  rata based on each district's prior year K-6 student enroll-
20    ment compared to the total prior year K-6 student enrollment statewide.

21        SECTION 8.  It is legislative intent that $10,400,000 of the moneys appro-
22    priated in Section 3 of this act shall be expended by  the  Superintendent  of
23    Public  Instruction  as  follows:  $3,135,000  for  ongoing  expenditures  and
24    $7,000,000  for  one-time  expenditures for the Public School Technology Grant
25    Program and $265,000 for the State Library to negotiate  a  statewide  license
26    through the Libraries Linking Idaho (LiLI) program upon direction of the Idaho
27    Council  for Technology in Learning, in accordance with Section 33-4806, Idaho
28    Code. The Idaho Council on Technology in Learning will develop statewide  per-
29    formance indicators to address the legislative intent of the impact, costs and
30    benefits  of the projects funded by the Idaho Council for Technology in Learn-
31    ing. The performance indicators will be used to track progress and funds spent
32    to achieve the performance indicators. A report of the  costs  to  attain  the
33    performance indicators will be provided to the Legislature and the State Board
34    of Education annually.

35        SECTION 9.  It is legislative intent that an amount not to exceed $140,000
36    of  the  $10,400,000  referenced in Section 8 of this act shall be expended by
37    the Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  staff  support  and  various
38    expenses  related  to the Idaho Council for Technology in Learning as approved
39    by the State Board of Education.

40        SECTION 10.  It is legislative intent that $250,000 of the  moneys  appro-
41    priated  in Section 3 of this act be distributed by the Superintendent of Pub-
42    lic Instruction as grants to teachers or groups of teachers for  the  develop-
43    ment of creative and innovative instructional methods or curriculum.

44        SECTION 11.  It is legislative intent that $3,000,000 of the moneys appro-
45    priated  in  Section  3 of this act be distributed for support of programs for
46    students with non-English or  limited-English  proficiency.  The  funding  for
47    limited-English  proficiency  programs  shall be allocated to school districts
48    pro rata based upon the  population  of  limited-English  proficient  students
49    under criteria established by the State Department of Education.


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 1        SECTION  12.  It  is legislative intent that $375,000 of the moneys appro-
 2    priated in Section 3 of this act shall be distributed by  the  State  Superin-
 3    tendent  of  Public Instruction for a teacher-mentor program. Payment shall be
 4    calculated on the number of first-year teachers and teachers  returning  after
 5    an absence of five (5) years or more. Funds may be used to provide mentor sti-
 6    pends, release time, and professional development opportunities.

 7        SECTION  13.  It  is legislative intent that of the amount appropriated in
 8    Section 3 of this act, $5,000,000 of the moneys accruing pursuant to  Sections
 9    63-2506  and 63-2552A, Idaho Code, plus $500,000 of the income taxes collected
10    from lottery winnings, pursuant to  section  67-7439,  Idaho  Code,  shall  be
11    expended  by  the  Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Idaho Safe and
12    Drug-Free Schools Program for the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999.

13        SECTION 14.  It is legislative intent that the funds for  the  Idaho  Safe
14    and  Drug-Free  Schools  Program referenced in Section 13 of this act shall be
15    distributed as follows: $100,000 may be utilized by the Superintendent of Pub-
16    lic Instruction for program administration, technical assistance  and  evalua-
17    tion.  Of  the  remaining amount, ninety percent (90%) shall be distributed to
18    each school district through a combination of a base amount of  $1,500  and  a
19    prorated  amount  based  on  the prior year's average daily attendance. Of the
20    remaining ten percent (10%), $80,000 shall be distributed on a one-time  basis
21    to  the  Commission  on Hispanic Affairs and used to encourage and direct His-
22    panic youth away from the habitual use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs by
23    developing programs for schools, families and communities, with the  remainder
24    used  to  make discretionary grants as determined by the Drug-Free Schools and
25    Communities Advisory Board.

26        SECTION 15.  It is legislative intent that the Idaho  Safe  and  Drug-Free
27    Schools Program shall include the following:
28        (1)  Districts  will  develop a policy and plan which will provide a guide
29    for their substance abuse program.
30        (2)  Districts will have an advisory board to assist each district in mak-
31    ing decisions relating to the program.
32        (3)  The districts' substance abuse programs will be comprehensive to meet
33    the needs of all students. This  will  include  prevention  programs,  student
34    assistance programs that address early identification and referral, and after-
35    care.
36        (4)  Districts  shall  submit an annual evaluation of their program to the
37    State Department of Education as to the effectiveness of their programs.

38        SECTION 16.  It is legislative intent that $1,000,000 of the moneys appro-
39    priated in Section 3 of this act shall be distributed for the following:
40        (1)  Training of regular classroom teachers in working with children  with
41    disabilities;
42        (2)  Employing  and training aides to assist regular classroom teachers in
43    working with children with disabilities;
44        (3)  Employing substitute teachers whose employment allows regular  class-
45    room  teachers  to be involved in college planning, parent contact, Individual
46    Education Plan (IEP) development, curriculum modification, or other  necessary
47    activities directly related to meeting the needs of students in regular educa-
48    tion classrooms;
49        (4)  Moneys in this section shall be distributed pro rata to the districts
50    as  follows:  fifty  percent  (50%)  on the basis of the prior year's December
51    first child count and fifty percent (50%) on the basis  of  the  prior  year's


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 1    average daily attendance.
 2        It  is  legislative  intent  that these funds be used to supplement rather
 3    than supplant existing efforts in the training of regular  classroom  teachers
 4    and  the  employment  and  training of aides; and that the State Department of
 5    Education shall create a one-page report to be  provided  to  the  Legislature
 6    showing  current  individual  district expenditures in this area, as well as a
 7    breakdown of how these appropriated moneys were spent.
 8        It is further legislative intent that these funds shall not be used in any
 9    calculation or report to the federal government that obligates a future appro-
10    priation of this amount or any other amount.

11        SECTION 17.  It is legislative intent that $500,000 of the  moneys  appro-
12    priated  in  Section  3  of this act be distributed to train general education
13    teachers, gifted/talented (G/T) facilitators, administrators and/or parents to
14    better meet the need of gifted/talented  students.  One-half  (1/2)  of  these
15    funds  shall  be  allocated pro rata based on each district's prior year total
16    student enrollment compared to the prior year total statewide enrollment. One-
17    half (1/2)  of  these  funds  shall  be  allocated  based  on  the  number  of
18    gifted/talented  students  identified  and  served  as  indicated on the prior
19    year's December first child count. No district will receive  less  than  $300.
20    Funds shall be distributed upon submission and approval of an application sub-
21    mitted  to  the  State  Department  of  Education demonstrating how in-service
22    training  will  establish   or   improve   identification   and   service   of
23    gifted/talented students in the five (5) mandated talent areas.

24        SECTION 18.  It is legislative intent that $30,000 of the moneys appropri-
25    ated  in  Section  3  of  this act be expended by the Superintendent of Public
26    Instruction to continue the  work  of  the  Reading  Study  Committee.  It  is
27    intended  that  a  report and recommendations be provided to the First Regular
28    Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature.

29        SECTION 19.  It is legislative intent that not more than $200,000  of  the
30    moneys appropriated in Section 3 of this act shall be distributed by the State
31    Department  of Education to private nonprofit agencies for the unfunded educa-
32    tional  costs  of  Idaho  students  in  state  custody.   Students   must   be
33    residentially  placed  by  state  agencies  in a licensed children's treatment
34    facility or group home in Idaho during the 1997-98 and 1998-99  school  years,
35    and  educated  in a nonsectarian accredited school operated by the same treat-
36    ment facility or group home. The agency's school must be  accredited  for  the
37    1997-98 and 1998-99 school years. For students eligible for special education,
38    the school must have a special education program approved by the State Depart-
39    ment  of Education. The per student amount shall not exceed sixty-five dollars
40    ($65.00)  per day for one hundred eighty (180) days.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                                               SB 1555

THIS  IS  THE  FY 1999  APPROPRIATION  FOR  THE  STATE  SUPPORT  OF  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS
IN  IDAHO.
                                             FISCAL NOTE

                                       FTP        General      Ded/Other         Federal          Total 
FY 1998 Total Appropriation           0.00    705,000,000     51,000,000               0    756,000,000 
Base Adjustments                      0.00     (8,150,000)    (1,500,000)              0     (9,650,000) 
FY 1999 Base                          0.00    696,850,000     49,500,000               0    746,350,000 
Inflationary Adjustments              0.00      2,522,000              0               0      2,522,000 
Non-Standard Adjustments              0.00      6,700,000      4,200,000               0     10,900,000 
FY 1999 Maintenance (MCO)             0.00    706,072,000     53,700,000               0    759,772,000 
Enhancements:
Public School Support
 1. Salary Base Increase              0.00     19,579,500              0               0     19,579,500 
 2. Limited English Proficiency       0.00        750,000              0               0        750,000 
 3. Technology Initiative             0.00      7,000,000              0               0      7,000,000 
 7. Gifted and Talented Program       0.00        500,000              0               0        500,000 
 8. Interim Reading Committee         0.00         30,000              0               0         30,000 
 9. Increased Discretionary Funds     0.00      7,728,500              0               0      7,728,500 
11. Substance Abuse Funds             0.00              0        500,000               0        500,000 
FY 1999 Total Appropriation           0.00    741,660,000     54,200,000               0    795,860,000 

Chg From Orig Approp.                 0.00     36,660,000      3,200,000               0     39,860,000 
%Chg From Orig Approp.                0.0%           5.2%           6.3%            0.0%           5.3% 

In addition to the increases in the programs as shown above, the estimated average state
funding per support unit (so-called "discretionary funds") will increase from $2,794.43
in the current year to $3.407.32 in FY 1999.

Contact:
Gordon Fisher
Legislative Services Office
Budget & Policy Analysis
Telephone:  334-4738