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S1244................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
SCHOOL DISTRICTS - ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ALLOWANCE - Amends existing law
relating to the education support program to authorize the use of excess
administrative staff allowance for instructional materials.
03/01 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/02 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/08 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/09 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10 3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-4-1
AYES--Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, Richardson, Riggs, Risch,
Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs,
Wheeler
NAYS--Andreason, McLaughlin, Noh, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Parry
Floor Sponsor - Branch
Title apvd - to House
03/11 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
S1244|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1244 BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 33-1004, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO AUTHORIZE USE OF EXCESS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ALLOWANCE FOR 4 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. 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 , and provided 25 that if a district does not employ the number of certificated administrative 26 staff allowed, but can show that the amount allowed is expended toward 27 instructional materials, no deductions shall be made ; 28 4. Determine the classified staff allowance by multiplying the support 29 units by .375; 30 5. Additional conditions governing staff allowance: 31 a. In determining the number of staff in subsections 2., 3. and 4. of 32 this section, a district may contract separately for services to be ren- 33 dered by nondistrict employees and such employees may be counted in the 34 staff allowance. A "nondistrict employee" means a person for whom the 35 school district does not pay the employer's obligations for employee bene- 36 fits. When a district contracts for the services of a nondistrict 37 employee, only the salary portion of the contract shall be allowable for 38 computations. 39 b. If there are circumstances preventing eligible use of staff allowance 40 to which a district is entitled as provided in subsections 2. and 3. of 41 this section, an appeal may be filed with the state department of educa- 42 tion outlining the reasons and proposed alternative use of these funds, 43 and a waiver may be granted. 2 1 c. For any district with less than forty (40) support units: 2 (1) The instructional staff allowance shall be calculated applying 3 the actual number of support units. If the actual instructional staff 4 employed in the school year is greater than the instructional staff 5 allowance, then the instructional staff allowance shall be increased 6 by one-half (1/2) staff allowance; and 7 (2) The administrative staff allowance shall be calculated applying 8 the actual number of support units. If the actual administrative 9 staff employed in the school year is greater than the administrative 10 staff allowance, then the administrative staff allowance shall be 11 increased by one-half (1/2) staff allowance. 12 (3) Additionally, for any district with less than twenty (20) sup- 13 port units, the instructional staff allowance shall be calculated 14 applying the actual number of support units. If the number of 15 instructional staff employed in the school year is greater than the 16 instructional staff allowance, the staff allowance shall be increased 17 as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, and by an 18 additional one-half (1/2) instructional staff allowance. 19 d. Only instructional, administrative and classified personnel compen- 20 sated by the school district from the general maintenance and operation 21 fund of the district shall be included in the calculation of staff allow- 22 ance or in any other calculations based upon staff, including determina- 23 tion of the experience and education multiplier, the reporting require- 24 ments, or the district's salary-based apportionment calculation. No food 25 service staff or transportation staff shall be included in the staff 26 allowance. 27 6. In the event that the staff allowance in any category is insufficient 28 to meet accreditation standards, a district may appeal to the state board of 29 education, demonstrating the insufficiency, and the state board may grant a 30 waiver authorizing sufficient additional staff to be included within the staff 31 allowance to meet accreditation standards. Such a waiver shall be limited to 32 one (1) year, but may be renewed upon showing of continuing justification.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09164
This legislation provides that if a district does not employ the
number of certificated administrative staff allowed it may
expend that excess allowance toward the purchase of
instructional materials.
FISCAL NOTE
None
CONTACT: Sen. Branch
332-1328
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S1244