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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.
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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. 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
2
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
3
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.
4
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
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