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SENATE BILL NO. 1273 – Approp, Colleges/Universities

SENATE BILL NO. 1273

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S1273............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - Appropriates $269,408,500 to
the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of
Idaho for Boise State University, Idaho State University, Lewis-Clark State
College, the University of Idaho, and the Office of the State Board of
Education for fiscal year 2000; provides legislative intent that $75,000 of
the amount appropriated be used by the Office of the State Board of
Education for system-wide needs; provides legislative intent that
$1,600,000 be used for matching awards, research centers and
infrastructure; provides legislative intent that $1,750,000 be used for
competitive technology grants and for participation in the Western
Governor's Association Virtual University; provides intent that $500,000 be
used for teacher preparation activities; provides intent that $1,300,000 be
used for the College and University Excellence Initiative;  provides
legislative intent regarding moneys received from outside sources; and
reappropriates unexpended and unencumbered fund balance.

03/10    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/11    Rpt prt - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15    3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-1-4
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Sorensen, Stegner, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler,
      Whitworth
      NAYS--Schroeder
      Absent and excused--Deide, Parry, Riggs, Stennett
    Floor Sponsor - Richardson
    Title apvd - to House
03/16    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/17    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
      Denney, Ellsworth, Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond,
      Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg,
      Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford, Loertscher, Mader,
      Marley, McKague, Meyer(Duncan), Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith,
      Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Watson,
      Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Field(13), Henbest, Montgomery, Tippets,
      Zimmermann
    Floor Sponsor - Bell
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/22    Sp signed
03/23    To Governor
03/25    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 355
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


S1273


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1273

                                   BY FINANCE COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY,
 3        IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY, LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
 4        AND FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR FISCAL  YEAR  2000;
 5        LIMITING  THE  AMOUNT  OF THE GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION TO BE USED BY THE
 6        OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; ESTABLISHING AN AMOUNT OF THE GEN-
 7        ERAL FUND APPROPRIATION THAT IS TO BE EXPENDED FOR RESEARCH;  ESTABLISHING
 8        AN AMOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION TO BE EXPENDED FOR COMPETITIVE
 9        TECHNOLOGY GRANTS AND FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE WESTERN GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIA-
10        TION  VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY AND EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT AS TO COORDINA-
11        TION WITH THE STATE COUNCIL FOR TECHNOLOGY IN  LEARNING;  ESTABLISHING  AN
12        AMOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION TO BE EXPENDED FOR TEACHER PREPA-
13        RATION  ACTIVITIES;  ESTABLISHING AN AMOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND APPROPRIA-
14        TION TO BE EXPENDED FOR A COLLEGE AND  UNIVERSITY  EXCELLENCE  INITIATIVE;
15        MAKING  CERTAIN  IDAHO CODE PROVISIONS SPECIFICALLY AVAILABLE TO THE STATE
16        BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  IDAHO;
17        REAPPROPRIATING  ANY  UNEXPENDED  AND  UNENCUMBERED  BALANCES; AND SETTING
18        FORTH CONDITIONS FOR THE REAPPROPRIATION.

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

20        SECTION 1.  There is hereby appropriated to the State Board  of  Education
21    and  the  Board  of Regents of the University of Idaho for Boise State Univer-
22    sity, Idaho State University, Lewis-Clark State  College,  the  University  of
23    Idaho, and the Office of the State Board of Education the following amount, to
24    be  expended  for the designated programs from the listed funds for the period
25    July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000:
26    FOR:
27    General Education Programs                                        $269,408,500
28    FROM:
29    General Fund                                                      $201,960,100
30    Agricultural College Endowment Fund                                  1,095,700
31    Charitable Institutions Endowment Earnings Fund                      1,173,900
32    Normal School Endowment Earnings Fund                                3,933,500
33    Science School Endowment Fund                                        3,140,400
34    University Endowment Fund                                            2,996,500
35    Unrestricted Current Fund                                           23,314,000
36    Restricted Current Fund                                 31,794,400 
37      TOTAL                                                           $269,408,500

38        SECTION 2.  Of the amount appropriated from the General Fund in Section  1
39    of  this  act,  an amount not to exceed $75,000 shall be used by the Office of
40    the State Board of Education for system-wide needs.

41        SECTION 3.  Of the amount appropriated from the General Fund in Section  1
42    of  this  act, $1,600,000 shall be used for matching awards, research centers,


                                          2

 1    and infrastructure, with commercial application as a goal.

 2        SECTION 4.  Of the amount appropriated from the General Fund in Section  1
 3    of  this act, $1,750,000 shall be used for a competitive grant program to fos-
 4    ter innovative learning approaches using technology, and for Idaho's  partici-
 5    pation  in the Western Governor's Association Virtual University. It is legis-
 6    lative intent that these funds be expended  in  coordination  with  the  State
 7    Council for Technology in Learning.

 8        SECTION  5.  Of the amount appropriated from the General Fund in Section 1
 9    of this act, $500,000 shall be used for teacher preparation activities associ-
10    ated  with  Idaho's  Comprehensive  Literacy  Act  as  prescribed  in  Section
11    33-1207A, Idaho Code, as added by Section 1, House Bill No. 178, as enacted by
12    the First Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature.

13        SECTION 6.  Of the amount appropriated from the General Fund in Section  1
14    of  this  act,  $1,300,000 shall be used for the College and University Excel-
15    lence Initiative as outlined in the fiscal year 2000 executive  budget  recom-
16    mendation. A report on the use and success of this initiative shall be submit-
17    ted  to  the  Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee prior to consideration of
18    the fiscal year 2001 budget.

19        SECTION 7.  The provisions  of  Sections  67-3608,  67-3609,  67-3610  and
20    67-3611, Idaho Code, are hereby made available to the State Board of Education
21    and  the  Board  of  Regents of the University of Idaho for the period July 1,
22    1999, through June 30, 2000, the provisions of Section 67-3516(1), Idaho Code,
23    with respect to the unrestricted current  fund  and  restricted  current  fund
24    only, and Section 67-3516(3) and (4), Idaho Code, notwithstanding.

25        SECTION 8.  There is hereby reappropriated to the State Board of Education
26    and  the  Board  of Regents of the University of Idaho for Boise State Univer-
27    sity, Idaho State University, Lewis-Clark State  College,  the  University  of
28    Idaho  and  the  Office of the State Board of Education, subject to the provi-
29    sions of Section 9 of this act, the unexpended and unencumbered balance of any
30    appropriation contained in Section 1, Chapter 317, Laws of 1998,  to  be  used
31    for  nonrecurring  expenditures, for the period July 1, 1999, through June 30,
32    2000.

33        SECTION 9.  The reappropriation for the General Fund granted in Section  8
34    of this act shall be subject to the following provisions:
35        (1)  If  the  unexpended  and  unencumbered balance in the General Fund on
36    June 30, 1999, is zero, the reappropriation for the General Fund in Section  8
37    is hereby declared to be null and void.
38        (2)  If  the  unexpended  and  unencumbered balance in the General Fund on
39    June 30, 1999, is greater than zero but less than the total General  Fund  re-
40    appropriation  authority granted to all state agencies, the amount reappropri-
41    ated in Section 8 of this act shall be in the proportion that the reappropria-
42    tion for Boise State University, Idaho  State  University,  Lewis-Clark  State
43    College,  the  University of Idaho and the Office of the State Board of Educa-
44    tion bears to the total General Fund reappropriation authority granted to  all
45    state agencies.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                                               SB1273

This is the FY 2000 appropriation for general education at the University of Idaho, Boise
State University, Idaho State University and Lewis-Clark State College.



                                             FISCAL NOTE

                                       FTP      General       Ded/Other     Federal       Total
FY 1999 Original Approp.          3,370.27    192,917,100     63,793,400               0    256,710,500
Reappropriation                       0.00        269,200     19,259,200               0     19,528,400
FY 1999 Total Appropriation       3,370.27    193,186,300     83,052,600               0    276,238,900
Lump-Sum Allocation                   0.00              0              0               0              0
Expenditure Adjustments             (60.17)             0      2,899,000               0      2,899,000
FY 1999 Est. Expenditures         3,310.10    193,186,300     85,951,600               0    279,137,900
Base Adjustments                      0.00       (200,100)   (19,474,400)              0    (19,674,500)
FY 2000 Base                      3,310.10    192,986,200     66,477,200               0    259,463,400
Personnel Cost Rollups                0.00              0              0               0              0
Inflationary Adjustments              0.00              0              0               0              0
Replacement Items                     0.00        202,100         81,300               0        283,400
Non-Standard Adjustments             13.12      1,822,700        110,200               0      1,932,900
Employee Compensation (CEC)           0.00      4,461,500      1,267,300               0      5,728,800
Fund Shifts                           0.00        487,600       (487,600)              0              0
FY 2000 Maintenance (MCO)         3,323.22    199,960,100     67,448,400               0    267,408,500
Enhancements:
College and Universities
 1. Salary Competitiveness           0.00              0               0              0              0
 2. C&U Priority #2                  0.00              0               0              0              0
 3. C&U Priority #3                  0.00              0               0              0              0
 4. C&U Priority #4                  0.00              0               0              0              0
 5. Special Request                  0.00        200,000               0              0        200,000
 6. College/University               0.00      1,300,000               0              0      1,300,000
 Excellence
 7. HB178 Idaho Comp. Literacy       0.00        500,000               0              0        500,000
 Act
Adjustments                          0.00              0               0              0              0
FY 2000 Total Appropriation      3,323.22    201,960,100      67,448,400              0    269,408,500
Chg From Orig Approp.              (47.05)     9,043,000       3,655,000              0     12,698,000
%Chg From Orig Approp.              (1.4%)          4.7%            5.7%            0.0%           4.9%


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