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H0219..........................................................by EDUCATION
TEACHERS - INCENTIVE PAYMENTS - Amends existing law to provide incentive
payments for first, second and third year teachers beginning their career
in Idaho.
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|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 219
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 33-1002, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE PAYMENT TO TEACHERS; AND PROVIDING A STATE-
4 MENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 33-1002. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM. The educational support program is
9 calculated as follows:
10 1. State Educational Support Funds. Add the state appropriation, includ-
11 ing the moneys available in the public school income fund, together with all
12 miscellaneous revenues to determine the total state funds.
13 2. From the total state funds subtract the following amounts needed for
14 state support of special programs provided by a school district:
15 a. Pupil tuition-equivalency allowances as provided in section 33-1002B,
16 Idaho Code;
17 b. Transportation support program as provided in section 33-1006, Idaho
18 Code;
19 c. Feasibility studies allowance as provided in section 33-1007A, Idaho
20 Code;
21 d. The approved costs for border district allowance, provided in section
22 33-1403, Idaho Code, as determined by the state superintendent of public
23 instruction;
24 e. The approved costs for exceptional child approved contract allowance,
25 provided in subsection 2. of section 33-2004, Idaho Code, as determined by
26 the state superintendent of public instruction;
27 f. Certain expectant and delivered mothers allowance as provided in sec-
28 tion 33-2006, Idaho Code;
29 g. Salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in sections 33-1004
30 through 33-1004F, Idaho Code;
31 h. Unemployment insurance benefit payments according to the provisions of
32 section 72-1349A, Idaho Code;
33 i. For programs to provide basic curricula necessary to enable students
34 to enter academic or professional-technical postsecondary education pro-
35 grams, an allocation of $300 per support unit for the 1994-95 school year
36 only Beginning classroom teacher incentive in the amount of two thousand
37 four hundred dollars ($2,400) for each teacher employed under a first year
38 contract; one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600) for each teacher
39 employed under a second year contract; eight hundred dollars ($800) for
40 each teacher employed under a third year contract. For purposes of this
41 subsection, a teacher is defined as any full-time classroom teacher
42 excluding supervisory, administrative, educational, support personnel or
43 ancillary personnel. A first year teacher is a teacher who has not previ-
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1 ously contracted as a teacher in this state or any other state. A second
2 year teacher is a teacher who has not previously contracted for more than
3 one (1) year in this state or any other, and so forth. Each district shall
4 submit the required information to the state department of education which
5 shall submit sufficient information to permit the state controller to make
6 a single payment directly to each teacher entitled to an incentive as soon
7 after receipt of the information as possible. Any one (1) individual shall
8 be eligible for a first year, second year and third year incentive only
9 one (1) time regardless of transfers among schools or districts. The
10 beginning teacher incentive paid pursuant to this subsection shall not be
11 included in salary for purposes of calculation of benefits. To be eligible
12 for this incentive, the minimum teacher salary, exclusive of the incentive
13 payment, of the school district must be equal to or greater than the cur-
14 rent instructional staff index base salary amount;
15 j. For provision of teacher supplies to facilitate classroom instruction,
16 an allocation of $200 per support unit for the 1994-95 school year only;
17 k. For expenditure as provided by the public school technology program,
18 $10,400,000 for the 1994-95 school year;
19 l. For additional school innovation pilot project grants based on recom-
20 mendations of the Idaho school reform committee, $2,000,000 for the
21 1994-95 school year;
22 m. For the support of provisions that provide a safe environment condu-
23 cive to student learning and maintain classroom discipline, an allocation
24 of $300 per support unit; and
25 nk. Any additional amounts as required by statute to effect administra-
26 tive adjustments or as specifically required by the provisions of any bill
27 of appropriation;
28 to secure the state educational support funds.
29 3. Local Districts' Contribution Calculation. Without including any
30 allowance as a credit for prepaid taxes as provided by section 63-1607, Idaho
31 Code, the local districts' contribution shall be four-tenths percent (.4%)
32 during fiscal year 1994-95 and each year thereafter, of the total state
33 adjusted market value for assessment purposes for the previous year with such
34 value being determined by the provisions of section 63-315, Idaho Code, and
35 four-tenths percent (.4%) during fiscal year 1994-95 and each year thereafter,
36 of the cooperative electrical associations' property values that have been
37 derived from the taxes paid in lieu of ad valorem taxes for the previous year
38 as provided in section 63-3502, Idaho Code.
39 4. Educational Support Program Distribution Funds. Add the local dis-
40 tricts' contribution, subsection 3. of this section, and the state educational
41 support program funds, subsection 1. of this section, together to secure the
42 total educational support program distribution funds.
43 5. Average Daily Attendance. The total state average daily attendance
44 shall be the sum of the average daily attendance of all of the school dis-
45 tricts of the state. The state board of education shall establish rules set-
46 ting forth the procedure to determine average daily attendance and the time
47 for, and method of, submission of such report. Average daily attendance calcu-
48 lation shall be carried out to the nearest hundredth. Computation of average
49 daily attendance shall also be governed by the provisions of section 33-1003A,
50 Idaho Code.
51 6. Support Units. The total state support units shall be determined by
52 using the tables set out hereafter called computation of kindergarten support
53 units, computation of elementary support units, computation of secondary sup-
54 port units, computation of exceptional education support units, and computa-
55 tion of alternative school secondary support units. The sum of all of the
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1 total support units of all school districts of the state shall be the total
2 state support units.
3 COMPUTATION OF KINDERGARTEN SUPPORT UNITS
4 Average Daily
5 Attendance Attendance Divisor Units Allowed
6 41 or more .... 40....................... 1 or more as computed
7 31 - 40.99 ADA.... -....................... 1
8 26 - 30.99 ADA.... -....................... .85
9 21 - 25.99 ADA.... -....................... .75
10 16 - 20.99 ADA.... -....................... .6
11 8 - 15.99 ADA.... -....................... .5
12 1 - 7.99 ADA.... -....................... count as elementary
13 COMPUTATION OF ELEMENTARY SUPPORT UNITS
14 Average Daily
15 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
16 300 or more ADA........................................ 15
17 ..23...grades 4,5 & 6....
18 ..22...grades 1,2 & 3....1994-95
19 ..21...grades 1,2 & 3....1995-96
20 ..20...grades 1,2 & 3....1996-97
21 and each year thereafter.
22 160 to 299.99 ADA... 20..................... 8.4
23 110 to 159.99 ADA... 19..................... 6.8
24 71.1 to 109.99 ADA... 16..................... 4.7
25 51.7 to 71.0 ADA... 15..................... 4.0
26 33.6 to 51.6 ADA... 13..................... 2.8
27 16.6 to 33.5 ADA... 12..................... 1.4
28 1.0 to 16.5 ADA... n/a.................... 1.0
29 COMPUTATION OF SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
30 Average Daily
31 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
32 750 or more .... 18.5..................... 47
33 400 - 749.99 ADA.... 16....................... 28
34 300 - 399.99 ADA.... 14.5..................... 22
35 200 - 299.99 ADA.... 13.5..................... 17
36 100 - 199.99 ADA.... 12....................... 9
37 99.99 or fewer Units allowed as follows:
38 Grades 7-12 ......................... 8
39 Grades 9-12 ......................... 6
40 Grades 7- 9 ......................... 1 per 14 ADA
41 Grades 7- 8 ......................... 1 per 16 ADA
42 COMPUTATION OF EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT UNITS
43 Average Daily
44 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
45 14 or more .... 14.5..................... 1 or more as computed
46 12 - 13.99.... -....................... 1
47 8 - 11.99.... -....................... .75
48 4 - 7.99.... -....................... .5
49 1 - 3.99.... -....................... .25
50 COMPUTATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
51 Pupils in Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
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1 12 or more.......... 12...................... 1 or more as computed
2 In applying these tables to any given separate attendance unit, no school
3 district shall receive less total money than it would receive if it had a
4 lesser average daily attendance in such separate attendance unit. In applying
5 the kindergarten table to a kindergarten program of less days than a full
6 school year, the support unit allowance shall be in ratio to the number of
7 days of a full school year. The tables for exceptional education and alterna-
8 tive school secondary support units shall be applicable only for programs
9 approved by the state department of education following rules established by
10 the state board of education. Moneys generated from computation of support
11 units for alternative schools shall be utilized for alternative school pro-
12 grams. School district administrative and facility costs may be included as
13 part of the alternative school expenditures.
14 7. State Distribution Factor per Support Unit. Divide educational support
15 program distribution funds, after subtracting the amounts necessary to pay the
16 obligations specified in subsection 2. of this section, by the total state
17 support units to secure the state distribution factor per support unit.
18 8. District Share of State Funds for Educational Support Program. Ascer-
19 tain a district's share of state funds for the educational support program as
20 follows:
21 a. District Contribution Calculation. Without including any allowance as
22 a credit for prepaid taxes, as provided in section 63-1607, Idaho Code,
23 the district contribution calculation shall be the rate determined under
24 subsection 3. of this section.
25 b. District Support Units. The number of support units for each school
26 district in the state shall be determined as follows:
27 (1) Divide the actual average daily attendance, excluding students
28 approved for inclusion in the exceptional child educational program,
29 for the administrative schools and each of the separate schools and
30 attendance units by the appropriate divisor from the tables of sup-
31 port units in this section, then add the quotients to obtain the
32 district's support units allowance for regular students, kindergarten
33 through grade 12 including alternative school secondary students.
34 Calculations in application of this subsection shall be carried out
35 to the nearest tenth.
36 (2) Divide the combined totals of the average daily attendance of
37 all preschool, handicapped, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and
38 juvenile detention center students approved for inclusion in the
39 exceptional child program of the district by the appropriate divisor
40 from the table for computation of exceptional education support units
41 to obtain the number of support units allowed for the district's
42 approved exceptional child program. Calculations for this subsection
43 shall be carried out to the nearest tenth when more than one (1) unit
44 is allowed.
45 (3) The total number of support units of the district shall be the
46 sum of the total support units for regular students, subsection
47 8.b.(1) of this section, and the support units allowance for the
48 approved exceptional child program, subsection 8.b.(2) of this sec-
49 tion.
50 c. Total District Allowance Educational Program. Multiply the district's
51 total number of support units, carried out to the nearest tenth, by the
52 state distribution factor per support unit and to this product add the
53 approved amount of programs of the district provided in subsection 2. of
54 this section to secure the district's total allowance for the educational
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1 support program.
2 d. District Share. To secure the district's share of state apportionment,
3 subtract the amount of the local district contribution calculation, sub-
4 section 3. of this section, from the amount of the total district allow-
5 ance, subsection 8.c. of this section.
6 e. Adjustment of District Share. The contract salary of every noncertifi-
7 cated teacher shall be subtracted from the district's share as calculated
8 from the provisions of subsection 8.d. of this section.
9 SECTION 2. It is legislative intent through the adoption of this act to
10 increase the beginning salaries for teachers throughout the state without
11 unduly interfering with the role of the board of trustees of each school dis-
12 trict to determine, in its sole discretion, the salary schedule for the dis-
13 trict. The State Department of Education shall adopt policies and provide
14 guidance to school districts in the implementation of this act. Further, it is
15 the intent of the Legislature that the amount paid in beginning incentives to
16 teachers shall be included as a part of the salary of the teacher in any
17 report made on behalf of the state of Idaho.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11097C1
Currently, Idaho s starting teacher salary is 49th in the
nation. To help fix this problem, the legislature proposes a
$4800.00 incentive to beginning, full-time teachers over their
first three years of employment. Each 1st year teacher will
receive a $2400.00 incentive; each 2nd year teacher will receive
a $1600.00 incentive; and each 3rd year teacher will receive a
$800.00 incentive. In conjunction with the 2001-2002 Governor s
recommended base salary increase, this plan will effectively
raise the base salary of the index to a very competitive
$25,600.
FISCAL IMPACT
Based on the current instructional staff index for 2000-
2001, this incentive program would have an allocation of $3.41
million.
Contact
Name: Rep. Todd Hammond
Phone:
332 1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 21