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S1112..........................................................by EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS - Appropriates $60,000 for distribution to school districts through the Average Daily Attendance formula, with moneys to be utilized to pay off bonded indebtedness of school districts. 02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/13 Rpt prt - to Educ
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1112 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO REDUCING BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS; APPROPRIATING 3 MONEYS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, TO PROVIDE A FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTION, TO 4 PROVIDE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE MONEYS MAY BE USED AND TO PROVIDE FOR CAR- 5 RYOVER AUTHORITY BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. (1) There is hereby appropriated $60,000,000 from the General 8 Fund to be expended for the purposes specified in this section. The money 9 shall be paid on warrants issued by the State Controller in amounts certified 10 by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The distribution to each school 11 district shall be made in the same ratio as the total students in average 12 daily attendance within the school district bore to the total students in 13 average daily attendance in the state for the 1999-2000 school year. 14 (2) Money received by a school district pursuant to this distribution 15 shall be applied first to the reduction of any bonded indebtedness then exist- 16 ing in the district. If the school district has no outstanding bonded indebt- 17 edness, the money may be used for any purpose authorized in section 33-1102, 18 Idaho Code. A school district may accumulate the revenue received pursuant to 19 this appropriation in an account established for that purpose to be used by 20 the district to accomplish any purpose specified in this section. 21 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 22 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 23 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 10845 The purpose of this legislation is to assist school districts with their bonded indebtedness. This proposal willhelp address school safety, new construction and property tax relief. FISCAL IMPACT The cost would be $60 million from the general fund. Contact Name: Rep. Roger Chase Phone: 332-1130 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1112