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HOUSE BILL NO. 437 – Approp/Public School/Childrens Prog

HOUSE BILL NO. 437

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H0437.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS - Provides a
description of the Division of Children's Programs; appropriates
$114,205,000 to the Public School Income Fund/Division of Children's
Programs for fiscal year 2004; provides for expenditures regarding moneys
received pursuant to Sections 63-2506, 63-2552A and 67-7439, Idaho Code;
provides for allocation of moneys and requirements for the Idaho Safe and
Drug-Free Schools Program; provides intent that the Idaho Safe and
Drug-Free Schools Program must include certain features; provides for
expenditures for literacy programs; provides for expenditures for students
with non-English or limited-English proficiency; and grants authority to
transfer funds between the five divisions of the Educational Support
Program budget.
                                                                        
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04/28    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
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05/01    Ret'd to Approp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 437
                                                                        
                                BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS  DIVISION  OF  CHILDREN'S
  3        PROGRAMS  FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004; PROVIDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVISION OF
  4        CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING THE AMOUNTS TO BE EXPENDED;  APPROPRIAT-
  5        ING  GENERAL  FUND  MONEYS  FOR TRANSFER TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND;
  6        APPROPRIATING  MONEYS  TO  THE  EDUCATIONAL  SUPPORT  PROGRAM/DIVISION  OF
  7        CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004; DIRECTING THAT $4,700,000 OF THE
  8        MONEYS ACCRUING PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 63-2506 AND 63-2552A, IDAHO CODE, AND
  9        SUCH OTHER MONEYS WHICH MAY BECOME AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION  63-7439,
 10        IDAHO  CODE, BE EXPENDED FOR THE IDAHO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS PROGRAM;
 11        DIRECTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS  FOR  THE  IDAHO  SAFE  AND  DRUG-FREE
 12        SCHOOLS  PROGRAM; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO FEATURES OF
 13        THE IDAHO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS PROGRAM; DIRECTING THAT $3,300,000 BE
 14        USED FOR THE LITERACY PROGRAMS AND EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT  THE
 15        STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION COORDINATE CER-
 16        TAIN  PROGRAMS;  DIRECTING  THAT  $4,475,000 BE ALLOCATED FOR PROGRAMS FOR
 17        STUDENTS WITH NON-ENGLISH OR  LIMITED-ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY;  AND  GRANTING
 18        AUTHORITY  TO TRANSFER FUNDS BETWEEN THE FIVE DIVISIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL
 19        SUPPORT PROGRAM BUDGET.
                                                                        
 20    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 21        SECTION 1.  The public schools Division of  Children's  Programs  includes
 22    programs  that  provide  direct  educational or material benefits to children,
 23    where funding does not primarily go to paying certificated teachers and admin-
 24    istrators. It also includes programs that primarily and  specifically  provide
 25    funding  for the separate instruction of identified subgroups of children out-
 26    side the normal classroom of an Idaho public  school.  The  following  amounts
 27    shall  be  expended from the listed sources for the public schools Division of
 28    Children's Programs for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004:
 29    FROM:
 30    General Fund                                                      $ 12,875,000
 31    Cigarette/Tobacco and Lottery Income Taxes                           4,700,000
 32    Federal Grant Fund                                                  96,630,000
 33      TOTAL                                                           $114,205,000
                                                                        
 34        SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated the following amount to be trans-
 35    ferred to the Public School Income Fund for the period July 1,  2003,  through
 36    June 30, 2004:
 37    FROM:
 38    General Fund                                                       $12,875,000
                                                                        
 39        SECTION  3.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the  Educational Support
 40    Program/Division of Children's Programs, pursuant to law and the provisions of
 41    this act, the following amounts to be expended from the listed funds  for  the
 42    period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004:
                                                                        
                                       2
                                                                        
  1    FROM:
  2    Public School Income Fund                                         $ 17,575,000
  3    Federal Grant Fund                                                  96,630,000
  4      TOTAL                                                           $114,205,000
                                                                        
  5        SECTION  4.  Of  the  moneys  appropriated  in  Section  3  of  this  act,
  6    $4,700,000  shall  be expended by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for
  7    the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, from funds determined by  avail-
  8    able  revenues accruing pursuant to Sections 63-2506 and 63-2552A, Idaho Code,
  9    and other such moneys which may become available pursuant to Section  67-7439,
 10    Idaho Code, for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  5.  The  funds allocated for the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools
 12    Program in Section 4 of this act shall be  distributed  as  follows:  $250,000
 13    shall  be  remitted to the Idaho State Police pursuant to Section 63-2552A(3),
 14    Idaho Code; $100,000 may be utilized by the Superintendent of Public  Instruc-
 15    tion  for  program administration, technical assistance and evaluation. Of the
 16    remaining amount, ninety-five percent  (95%)  shall  be  distributed  to  each
 17    school  district  through  a combination of a base amount of $1,500 and a pro-
 18    rated amount based on the  prior  year's  average  daily  attendance.  Of  the
 19    remaining  five percent (5%), $80,000 shall be distributed on a one-time basis
 20    to the Commission on Hispanic Affairs and used to encourage  and  direct  His-
 21    panic youth away from the habitual use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs by
 22    developing  programs for schools, families and communities, with the remainder
 23    used to make discretionary grants as determined by the Drug-Free  Schools  and
 24    Communities Advisory Board.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION  6.  It  is  legislative  intent that the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free
 26    Schools Program shall include the following:
 27        (1)  Districts will develop a policy and plan which will provide  a  guide
 28        for their substance abuse program.
 29        (2)  Districts will have an advisory board to assist each district in mak-
 30        ing decisions relating to the program.
 31        (3)  The districts' substance abuse programs will be comprehensive to meet
 32        the  needs of all students. This will include prevention programs, student
 33        assistance programs that address early identification  and  referral,  and
 34        aftercare.
 35        (4)  Districts  shall  submit an annual evaluation of their program to the
 36        State Department of Education as to the effectiveness of their program.
                                                                        
 37        SECTION  7.  Of  the  moneys  appropriated  in  Section  3  of  this  act,
 38    $3,300,000 shall be used  for  literacy  programs,  as  outlined  in  Sections
 39    33-1614,  33-1615  and  33-1207A(2), Idaho Code. It is legislative intent that
 40    the State Board of Education and State Department of Education coordinate fed-
 41    erally funded literacy programs, such as the Reading First program, with state
 42    literacy  programs,  resulting  in  well-coordinated,  complementary  literacy
 43    efforts.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION  8.  Of  the  moneys  appropriated  in  Section  3  of  this  act,
 45    $4,475,000 shall be distributed for support of programs for students with non-
 46    English or limited-English proficiency, allocated to school districts pro rata
 47    based upon the population of limited-English proficient students under  crite-
 48    ria established by the State Department of Education.
                                                                        
 49        SECTION  9.  The  State  Department  of  Education  is  hereby granted the
                                                                        
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  1    authority to transfer funds between the five (5) divisions of the  Educational
  2    Support  Program  budget,  in  any amount necessary, to comply with the public
  3    school funding provisions of appropriations and the Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

RS13301C1

FISCAL NOTE

Public Schools Budget Breakout

This is the FY 2004 appropriation
for the Division Children’s Programs portion of the Public Schools budget.

   FY 2003
Approp.
 FY 2004
$943 Budget

Div. of
Children’s Programs

I.

STATE APPROPRIATION 

A.

Sources of Funds

1.

General Fund

$920,000,000

$943,000,800

$12,875,000

   percent change:

1.1%

2.5%

 

2.

Dedicated Funds

$65,513,000

$55,650,000

$4,700,000

   percent change:

1.1%

-15.1%

 

3.

Federal Funds

$0

$153,980,000

$96,630,000

   percent change:

 

4.

TOTAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$985,513,000

$1,152,630,800

$114,205,000

 

percent change*:

1.1%

17.0%

 

II.

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

A.

Statutory Requirements 

1.

Property Tax Replacement 

$68,935,700

$73,022,700

$0

2.

Transportation 

$57,654,500

$57,773,000

$0

3.

Border Contracts 

$1,000,000

$800,000

$800,000

4.

Exceptional Contracts/Tuition Equivalents

$3,500,000

$4,000,000

$4,000,000

5.

Floor 

$1,300,000

$1,300,000

$0

6.

Program Adjustments 

$300,000

$300,000

$300,000

7.

Salary-based Apportionment

$660,086,500

$666,616,200

$0

8.

Teacher Incentive Award 

$560,000

$654,000

$0

9.

State Paid Employee Benefits

$116,084,600

$117,238,500

$0

10.

Early Retirement Program

$5,500,000

$4,500,000

$0

11.

Bond Levy Equalization 

$0

$825,000

$0

12.

Idaho Safe & Drug-Free Schools

$4,700,000

$4,700,000

$4,700,000

13.

Sub-total — Statutory Requirements

$919,621,300

$931,729,400

$9,800,000

B.

Other Program Distributions

1.

Technology Grants

$8,400,000

$7,300,000

$0

2.

Idaho Reading Initiative

$3,300,000

$3,300,000

$3,300,000

3.

Limited English Proficiency (LEP)

$4,475,000

$4,475,000

$4,475,000

4.

Least Restrictive Environment (teacher
trainin

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$0

5.

Gifted & Talented 

$500,000

$500,000

$0

6.

Achievement Standards Implementation

$4,000,000

$4,000,000

$0

7.

Beginning Teacher Support Program

$2,000,000

$0

$0

8.

Idaho Digital Learning Academy

$0

$0

$0

9.

Classroom Supplies 

$2,000,000

$0

$0

10.

School Facilities Funding (Lottery)

$0

$8,425,000

$0

11.

Federal Funds for Local School Districts

$0

$150,980,000

$96,630,000

12.

Sub-total — Other Program Distributions

$25,675,000

$179,980,000

$104,405,000

 

TOTAL CATEGORICAL EXPENDITURES

$945,296,300

$1,111,709,400

$114,205,000

III.

EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUNDS

$0

$12,025,000

IV.

STATE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS

$40,216,700

$28,896,400

V.

ESTIMATED SUPPORT UNITS

12,545

12,670

VI.

STATE DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT

$3,206

$2,281

VII.

LOCAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPOR

$21,241

$22,166

VIII.

TOTAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT

$24,447

$24,447

* Overall percent change would be
1.3% without the transfer of federal pass-through funds to this budget, and 0.4%
without the addition of Lottery funds.

Contact:
Jason Hancock

Legislative
Services Office

Budget
and Policy Analysis

Telephone:
334-3531