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HOUSE BILL NO. 304 – School support prog, divisors

HOUSE BILL NO. 304

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H0304.............................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOOL SUPPORT PROGRAM - Amends existing law to increase the divisors used in
determination of support units for calculations of the educational support
program.
                                                                        
02/26    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/27    Rpt prt - to Educ

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 304
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION  33-1002,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO INCREASE THE DIVISORS USED IN DETERMINATION OF SUPPORT UNITS FOR
  4        CALCULATIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM AND TO  MAKE  A  TECHNICAL
  5        CORRECTION.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        33-1002.  EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM. The educational support program  is
 10    calculated as follows:
 11        1.  State  Educational Support Funds. Add the state appropriation, includ-
 12    ing the moneys available in the public school income fund, together  with  all
 13    miscellaneous revenues to determine the total state funds.
 14        2.  From  the  total state funds subtract the following amounts needed for
 15    state support of special programs provided by a school district:
 16        a.  Pupil tuition-equivalency allowances as provided in section  33-1002B,
 17        Idaho Code;
 18        b.  Transportation  support  program as provided in section 33-1006, Idaho
 19        Code;
 20        c.  Feasibility studies allowance as provided in section  33-1007A,  Idaho
 21        Code;
 22        d.  The  approved costs for border district allowance, provided in section
 23        33-1403, Idaho Code, as determined by the state superintendent  of  public
 24        instruction;
 25        e.  The  approved costs for exceptional child approved contract allowance,
 26        provided in subsection 2. of section 33-2004, Idaho Code, as determined by
 27        the state superintendent of public instruction;
 28        f.  Certain expectant and delivered mothers allowance as provided in  sec-
 29        tion 33-2006, Idaho Code;
 30        g.  Salary-based  apportionment calculated as provided in sections 33-1004
 31        through 33-1004F, Idaho Code;
 32        h.  Unemployment insurance benefit payments according to the provisions of
 33        section 72-1349A, Idaho Code;
 34        i.  For programs to provide basic curricula necessary to  enable  students
 35        to  enter  academic or professional-technical postsecondary education pro-
 36        grams, an allocation of $300 per support unit for the 1994-95 school  year
 37        only;
 38        j.  For provision of teacher supplies to facilitate classroom instruction,
 39        an allocation of $200 per support unit for the 1994-95 school year only;
 40        k.  For  expenditure  as provided by the public school technology program,
 41        $10,400,000 for the 1994-95 school year;
 42        l.  For additional school innovation pilot project grants based on  recom-
 43        mendations  of  the  Idaho  school  reform  committee,  $2,000,000 for the
                                                                        
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  1        1994-95 school year;
  2        m.  For the support of provisions that provide a safe  environment  condu-
  3        cive  to student learning and maintain classroom discipline, an allocation
  4        of $300 per support unit; and
  5        n.  Any additional amounts as required by statute to effect administrative
  6        adjustments or as specifically required by the provisions of any  bill  of
  7        appropriation;
  8    to secure the state educational support funds.
  9        3.  Local  Districts'  Contribution  Calculation.  Without  including  any
 10    allowance  as a credit for prepaid taxes as provided by section 63-1607, Idaho
 11    Code, the local districts' contribution shall  be  four-tenths  percent  (.4%)
 12    during  fiscal  year  1994-95  and  each  year  thereafter, of the total state
 13    adjusted market value for assessment purposes for the previous year with  such
 14    value  being  determined  by the provisions of section 63-315, Idaho Code, and
 15    four-tenths percent (.4%) during fiscal year 1994-95 and each year thereafter,
 16    of the cooperative electrical associations' property  values  that  have  been
 17    derived  from the taxes paid in lieu of ad valorem property taxes for the pre-
 18    vious year as provided in section 63-3502, Idaho Code.
 19        4.  Educational Support Program Distribution Funds.  Add  the  local  dis-
 20    tricts' contribution, subsection 3. of this section, and the state educational
 21    support  program  funds, subsection 1. of this section, together to secure the
 22    total educational support program distribution funds.
 23        5.  Average Daily Attendance. The total  state  average  daily  attendance
 24    shall  be  the  sum  of the average daily attendance of all of the school dis-
 25    tricts of the state. The state board of education shall establish  rules  set-
 26    ting  forth  the  procedure to determine average daily attendance and the time
 27    for, and method of, submission of such report. Average daily attendance calcu-
 28    lation shall be carried out to the nearest hundredth. Computation  of  average
 29    daily attendance shall also be governed by the provisions of section 33-1003A,
 30    Idaho Code.
 31        6.  Support  Units.  The  total state support units shall be determined by
 32    using the tables set out hereafter called computation of kindergarten  support
 33    units,  computation of elementary support units, computation of secondary sup-
 34    port units, computation of exceptional education support units,  and  computa-
 35    tion  of  alternative  school  secondary  support units. The sum of all of the
 36    total support units of all school districts of the state shall  be  the  total
 37    state support units.
 38                      COMPUTATION OF KINDERGARTEN SUPPORT UNITS
 39    Average Daily
 40    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Units Allowed
 41    41 or more     ....   40.......................  1 or more as computed
 42    31 -  40.99 ADA....    -.......................  1
 43    26 -  30.99 ADA....    -.......................   .85
 44    21 -  25.99 ADA....    -.......................   .75
 45    16 -  20.99 ADA....    -.......................   .6
 46     8 -  15.99 ADA....    -.......................   .5
 47     1 -   7.99 ADA....    -.......................  count as elementary
                                                                        
 48                       COMPUTATION OF ELEMENTARY SUPPORT UNITS
 49    Average Daily
 50    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 51    300 or more ADA........................................  15
 52                        ..23...grades 4,5 & 6....
 53                        ..22...grades 1,2 & 3....1994-95
 54                        ..21...grades 1,2 & 3....1995-96
                                                                        
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  1                        ..20...grades 1,2 & 3....1996-97
  2                              and each year thereafter.
  3                     Grades 1, 2 & 3   Grades 4, 5 & 6
  4    300 or more ADA.........20...............24........... 14.7
  5    160   to  299.99 ADA... 20...............21......       8.42
  6    110   to  159.99 ADA... 19...............20......       6.86
  7     71.1 to  109.99 ADA... 16...............17......       4.76
  8     51.7 to   71.0  ADA... 15...............16......       4.03.9
  9     33.6 to   51.6  ADA... 13...............14......       2.87
 10     16.6 to   33.5  ADA... 12...............13......       1.43
 11      1.0 to   16.5  ADA... n/a......................       1.0
                                                                        
 12                        COMPUTATION OF SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
 13    Average Daily
 14    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 15    750 or more      .... 189.5.....................       474.6
 16    400 -  749.99 ADA.... 167.......................       286.4
 17    300 -  399.99 ADA.... 145.5.....................       220.6
 18    200 -  299.99 ADA.... 134.5.....................       175.8
 19    100 -  199.99 ADA.... 123.......................        98.3
 20     99.99 or fewer       Units allowed as follows:
 21             Grades 7-12  .........................         87.4
 22             Grades 9-12  .........................         65.5
 23             Grades 7- 9  .........................         1 per 145 ADA
 24             Grades 7- 8  .........................         1 per 167 ADA
                                                                        
 25                  COMPUTATION OF EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT UNITS
 26    Average Daily
 27    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 28    14 or more ....       14.5.....................  1 or more as computed
 29    12 -  13.99....        -.......................  1
 30     8 -  11.99....        -.......................   .75
 31     4 -   7.99....        -.......................   .5
 32     1 -   3.99....        -.......................   .25
                                                                        
 33              COMPUTATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
 34    Pupils in Attendance  Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 35    12 or more..........  12......................   1 or more as computed
                                                                        
 36        In  applying these tables to any given separate attendance unit, no school
 37    district shall receive less total money than it would  receive  if  it  had  a
 38    lesser  average daily attendance in such separate attendance unit. In applying
 39    the kindergarten table to a kindergarten program of  less  days  than  a  full
 40    school  year,  the  support  unit allowance shall be in ratio to the number of
 41    days of a full school year. The tables for exceptional education and  alterna-
 42    tive  school  secondary  support  units  shall be applicable only for programs
 43    approved by the state department of education following rules  established  by
 44    the  state  board  of  education. Moneys generated from computation of support
 45    units for alternative schools shall be utilized for  alternative  school  pro-
 46    grams.  School  district  administrative and facility costs may be included as
 47    part of the alternative school expenditures.
 48        7.  State Distribution Factor per Support Unit. Divide educational support
 49    program distribution funds, after subtracting the amounts necessary to pay the
 50    obligations specified in subsection 2. of this section,  by  the  total  state
 51    support units to secure the state distribution factor per support unit.
                                                                        
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  1        8.  District  Share of State Funds for Educational Support Program. Ascer-
  2    tain a district's share of state funds for the educational support program  as
  3    follows:
  4        a.  District  Contribution Calculation. Without including any allowance as
  5        a credit for prepaid taxes, as provided in section  63-1607,  Idaho  Code,
  6        the  district  contribution calculation shall be the rate determined under
  7        subsection 3. of this section.
  8        b.  District Support Units. The number of support units  for  each  school
  9        district in the state shall be determined as follows:
 10             (1)  Divide  the  actual average daily attendance, excluding students
 11             approved for inclusion in the exceptional child educational  program,
 12             for  the  administrative schools and each of the separate schools and
 13             attendance units by the appropriate divisor from the tables  of  sup-
 14             port  units  in  this  section,  then add the quotients to obtain the
 15             district's support units allowance for regular students, kindergarten
 16             through grade 12 including alternative   school  secondary  students.
 17             Calculations  in  application of this subsection shall be carried out
 18             to the nearest tenth.
 19             (2)  Divide the combined totals of the average  daily  attendance  of
 20             all  preschool,  handicapped, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and
 21             juvenile detention center students  approved  for  inclusion  in  the
 22             exceptional  child program of the district by the appropriate divisor
 23             from the table for computation of exceptional education support units
 24             to obtain the number of support  units  allowed  for  the  district's
 25             approved  exceptional child program. Calculations for this subsection
 26             shall be carried out to the nearest tenth when more than one (1) unit
 27             is allowed.
 28             (3)  The total number of support units of the district shall  be  the
 29             sum  of  the  total  support  units  for regular students, subsection
 30             8.b.(1) of this section, and the  support  units  allowance  for  the
 31             approved  exceptional  child program, subsection 8.b.(2) of this sec-
 32             tion.
 33        c.  Total District Allowance Educational Program. Multiply the  district's
 34        total  number  of  support units, carried out to the nearest tenth, by the
 35        state distribution factor per support unit and to  this  product  add  the
 36        approved  amount  of programs of the district provided in subsection 2. of
 37        this section to secure the district's total allowance for the  educational
 38        support program.
 39        d.  District Share. To secure the district's share of state apportionment,
 40        subtract  the  amount of the local district contribution calculation, sub-
 41        section 3. of this section, from the amount of the total  district  allow-
 42        ance, subsection 8.c. of this section.
 43        e.  Adjustment of District Share. The contract salary of every noncertifi-
 44        cated  teacher shall be subtracted from the district's share as calculated
 45        from the provisions of subsection 8.d. of this section.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 13012C1
This legislation amends Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, to increase
the divisors used in determination of support units for
calculations of the educational support program and to make a
technical correction.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation will result in a shift of $28 million that
currently flows through the salary-based apportionment formula. 
These funds would instead flow to school districts as state
discretionary funds.


Contact
Name: Rep. Ken Roberts 
Phone: 208-322-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE    H 304