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H0510aa........................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOOLS - PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL - Adds to existing law to allow school
districts to establish professional-technical schools that qualify for
funding distributed through the state administrator for vocational
education, to provide for the amount of funding and to provide
qualification criteria.
01/26 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/12 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Referred to Gen Ord
02/13 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/16 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/20 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 62-4-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15), Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley,
Hansen, 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, Ridinger, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets,
Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Geddes, Richman, Wood
Absent and excused -- Black(23), Crane, Henbest, Stone
Floor Sponsor - Newcomb
Title apvd - to Senate
02/23 Senate intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Fin
03/06 Rpt out - to Educ
03/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/18 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 27-5-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Ingram, Keough,
Lee, Noh, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen,
Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--Geddes, Hawkins, Ipsen, McLaughlin, Parry
Absent and excused--Hansen, King, Twiggs
Floor Sponsors - Cameron, Sandy
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
Pres signed - to Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 261
Effective: 07/01/98
H0510|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 510, As Amended BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL ADDED COST UNITS; PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE 3 INTENT; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF 4 A NEW SECTION 33-1002G, IDAHO CODE, TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH 5 PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS THAT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING DISTRIBUTED 6 THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE AMOUNT 7 OF FUNDING AND TO PROVIDE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. There is growing consensus that public 10 schools need to better adapt to today's workplace demands by providing curric- 11 ulum and experiences that closely align themselves to the reality of the work- 12 place. The emerging professional-technical skills center approach has been 13 shown to accomplish this end. These schools are intended to serve students of 14 all ability levels, including the gifted and talented. Courses are typically 15 aligned with higher education and have a field experience component. Equipment 16 is more attuned to current industry standards and students from more than one 17 high school access the centers. These centers always exceed the costs associ- 18 ated with a "regular" high school and this factor has discouraged their wide- 19 spread utilization. Idaho is no exception. This act provides a modest increase 20 in per student funding over the regular secondary school units. It is the 21 intent of the legislature in providing this increase to help cover the addi- 22 tional skill center costs of lower teacher-pupil ratios, transportation, 23 equipment and field experience supervision. 24 SECTION 2. That Chapter 10, Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is 25 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION , to be 26 known and designated as Section 33-1002G, Idaho Code, and to read as follows: 27 33-1002G. PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL ADDED COST UNITS. School dis- 28 tricts may establish professional-technical schools that qualify for funding 29 appropriated for the specific purpose of supporting the added cost of 30 professional-technical schools. These funds will be appropriated to the state 31 board for vocational education, to be expended by the division of vocational 32 education. The amount of the professional-technical school added cost unit 33 would be calculated as an additional .33 secondary units based on full-time 34 equivalent average daily attendance at an approved professional-technical 35 school. In order for a school to qualify for funding as a professional- 36 technical school, it must make application to the division of vocational edu- 37 cation on or before the first Friday in July for the following fiscal year. 38 For fiscal year 99, applications must be made by May 1. All school programs 39 must have a professional-technical component and meet at least four (4) of the 40 five (5) following criteria: 41 (1) The school serves students from two (2) or more high school atten- 42 dance zones with a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the total student body 2 1 residing in attendance zones apart from the attendance zone of the majority of 2 students. 3 (2) The school offers a majority of its class offerings as dual credit 4 opportunities in conjunction with an accredited institution of higher educa- 5 tion. 6 (3) All school programs involve at least one (1) supervised field experi- 7 ence. 8 (4) The school is administered and funded as a distinct school separate 9 from schools that qualify for computation as regular secondary support units. 10 (5) The school is to be located at a separate site from regular high 11 school facilities. 12 Hardship exemptions for the separate site requirement may be granted by the 13 state board of education. 14 For funding purposes, students in attendance at a qualifying professional- 15 technical school will be reported in full or half days. The state board of 16 education will develop rules that will determine funding in instances where 17 students attend a professional-technical school on a regular basis, but in 18 increments of time that total less than 2.5 hours per day.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS07553
The purpose of this legislation is to allow school
districts to establish professional-technical schools that
qualify for funding through the State Board of Vocational
Education so as to provide Idaho students the necessary
professional-technical skills. The legislation also
establishes the criteria to be classified a
professional-technical school and to provide a modest
increase in per student funding to help cover the costs of
lower teacher-pupil ratios, transportation, equipment, and
field experience supervision. It also does not allow
students to be counted twice for funding purposes but as
either attending the professional-technical school or a
regular school.
FISCAL NOTE
Initially, the cost will be approximately $400,000. When
fully implemented statewide, the cost will be approximately
$2 to 3 million.
CONTACT: Representative Bruce Newcomb
332-1120
Bill No. H 510