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H0583..............................................................by TRAIL
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM - Amends existing law relating to the
educational support program to eliminate a cap on the amount to be
distributed for property tax relief; to eliminate a cap imposed upon growth
of the experience and education multiplier for instructional salaries; and
to make necessary adjustments in the distribution formula to accomplish
these changes.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 583
                                                                        
                                          BY TRAIL
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO  THE  EDUCATIONAL  SUPPORT  PROGRAM;  REPEALING  SECTIONS  33-907,
  3        33-1018 AND 33-1018A, IDAHO CODE; AMENDING SECTION 33-1002, IDAHO CODE, TO
  4        REVISE  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS' CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION; AMENDING SECTION
  5        33-1002D, IDAHO CODE, TO ELIMINATE A LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT TO BE DISTRIBUTED
  6        FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF; AMENDING SECTION 33-1004A, IDAHO CODE, TO  ELIMI-
  7        NATE  A CAP IMPOSED UPON GROWTH OF THE EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION MULTIPLIER
  8        FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-1009, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  9        REVISE THE METHODOLOGY FOR PAYMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND.
                                                                        
 10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  1.  That  Sections  33-907, 33-1018 and 33-1018A, Idaho Code, be,
 12    and the same are hereby repealed.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 2.  That Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        33-1002.  EDUCATIONAL  SUPPORT PROGRAM. The educational support program is
 16    calculated as follows:
 17        1.  State Educational Support Funds. Add the state appropriation,  includ-
 18    ing  the  moneys available in the public school income fund, together with all
 19    miscellaneous revenues to determine the total state funds.
 20        2.  From the total state funds subtract the following amounts  needed  for
 21    state support of special programs provided by a school district:
 22        a.  Pupil  tuition-equivalency allowances as provided in section 33-1002B,
 23        Idaho Code;
 24        b.  Transportation support program as provided in section  33-1006,  Idaho
 25        Code;
 26        c.  Feasibility  studies  allowance as provided in section 33-1007A, Idaho
 27        Code;
 28        d.  The approved costs for border district allowance, provided in  section
 29        33-1403,  Idaho  Code, as determined by the state superintendent of public
 30        instruction;
 31        e.  The approved costs for exceptional child approved contract  allowance,
 32        provided in subsection 2. of section 33-2004, Idaho Code, as determined by
 33        the state superintendent of public instruction;
 34        f.  Certain  expectant and delivered mothers allowance as provided in sec-
 35        tion 33-2006, Idaho Code;
 36        g.  Salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in sections  33-1004
 37        through 33-1004F, Idaho Code;
 38        h.  Unemployment insurance benefit payments according to the provisions of
 39        section 72-1349A, Idaho Code;
 40        i.  For expenditure as provided by the public school technology program;
 41        j.  For  the  support of provisions that provide a safe environment condu-
 42        cive to student learning and maintain classroom discipline, an  allocation
                                                                        
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  1        of $300 per support unit;
  2        k.  For  expenditure  necessary  to  support the Idaho student information
  3        management system (ISIMS) as provided  in  section  33-120A,  Idaho  Code,
  4        beginning  with  fiscal  year  2005-2006  and  each year thereafter, at an
  5        amount not less than that expended  by the state and the J.A. and  Kathryn
  6        Albertson  foundation combined, on operation of the project in fiscal year
  7        2004-2005; and
  8        l.  Any additional amounts as required by statute to effect administrative
  9        adjustments or as specifically required by the provisions of any  bill  of
 10        appropriation;
 11    to secure the state educational support funds.
 12        3.  Local  Districts'  Contribution  Calculation.  Without  including  any
 13    allowance  as a credit for prepaid taxes as provided by section 63-1607, Idaho
 14    Code, the local districts' contribution shall be the amount appropriated  pur-
 15    suant  to  section  33-1002D, Idaho Code, plus threefour-tenths percent (.34%)
 16    during fiscal year 2003-04 and  each  year  thereafter,  of  the  total  state
 17    adjusted  market value for assessment purposes for the previous year with such
 18    value being determined by the provisions of section 63-315,  Idaho  Code,  and
 19    four-tenths percent (.4%) during fiscal year 1994-95 and each year thereafter,
 20    of  the  cooperative  electrical  associations' property values that have been
 21    derived from the taxes paid in lieu of ad valorem taxes for the previous  year
 22    as provided in section 63-3502, Idaho Code.
 23        4.  Educational  Support  Program  Distribution  Funds. Add the local dis-
 24    tricts' contribution, subsection 3. of this section, and the state educational
 25    support program funds, subsection 1. of this section, together to  secure  the
 26    total educational support program distribution funds.
 27        5.  Average  Daily  Attendance.  The  total state average daily attendance
 28    shall be the sum of the average daily attendance of all  of  the  school  dis-
 29    tricts  of  the state. The state board of education shall establish rules set-
 30    ting forth the procedure to determine average daily attendance  and  the  time
 31    for, and method of, submission of such report. Average daily attendance calcu-
 32    lation  shall  be carried out to the nearest hundredth. Computation of average
 33    daily attendance shall also be governed by the provisions of section 33-1003A,
 34    Idaho Code.
 35        6.  Support Units. The total state support units shall  be  determined  by
 36    using  the tables set out hereafter called computation of kindergarten support
 37    units, computation of elementary support units, computation of secondary  sup-
 38    port  units,  computation of exceptional education support units, and computa-
 39    tion of alternative school secondary support units. The  sum  of  all  of  the
 40    total  support  units  of all school districts of the state shall be the total
 41    state support units.
 42                      COMPUTATION OF KINDERGARTEN SUPPORT UNITS
 43    Average Daily
 44    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Units Allowed
 45    41 or more     ....   40.......................  1 or more as computed
 46    31 -  40.99 ADA....    -.......................  1
 47    26 -  30.99 ADA....    -.......................   .85
 48    21 -  25.99 ADA....    -.......................   .75
 49    16 -  20.99 ADA....    -.......................   .6
 50     8 -  15.99 ADA....    -.......................   .5
 51     1 -   7.99 ADA....    -.......................  count as elementary
                                                                        
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  1                       COMPUTATION OF ELEMENTARY SUPPORT UNITS
  2    Average Daily
  3    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
  4    300 or more ADA........................................  15
  5                        ..23...grades 4,5 & 6....
  6                        ..22...grades 1,2 & 3....1994-95
  7                        ..21...grades 1,2 & 3....1995-96
  8                        ..20...grades 1,2 & 3....1996-97
  9                              and each year thereafter.
 10    160   to  299.99 ADA... 20.....................         8.4
 11    110   to  159.99 ADA... 19.....................         6.8
 12     71.1 to  109.99 ADA... 16.....................         4.7
 13     51.7 to   71.0  ADA... 15.....................         4.0
 14     33.6 to   51.6  ADA... 13.....................         2.8
 15     16.6 to   33.5  ADA... 12.....................         1.4
 16      1.0 to   16.5  ADA... n/a....................         1.0
                                                                        
 17                        COMPUTATION OF SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
 18    Average Daily
 19    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 20    750 or more      .... 18.5.....................        47
 21    400 -  749.99 ADA.... 16.......................        28
 22    300 -  399.99 ADA.... 14.5.....................        22
 23    200 -  299.99 ADA.... 13.5.....................        17
 24    100 -  199.99 ADA.... 12.......................         9
 25     99.99 or fewer       Units allowed as follows:
 26             Grades 7-12  .........................         8
 27             Grades 9-12  .........................         6
 28             Grades 7- 9  .........................         1 per 14 ADA
 29             Grades 7- 8  .........................         1 per 16 ADA
                                                                        
 30                  COMPUTATION OF EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT UNITS
 31    Average Daily
 32    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 33    14 or more ....       14.5.....................  1 or more as computed
 34    12 -  13.99....        -.......................  1
 35     8 -  11.99....        -.......................   .75
 36     4 -   7.99....        -.......................   .5
 37     1 -   3.99....        -.......................   .25
                                                                        
 38              COMPUTATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
 39    Pupils in Attendance  Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 40    12 or more..........  12......................   1 or more as computed
                                                                        
 41        In applying these tables to any given separate attendance unit, no  school
 42    district  shall  receive  less  total  money than it would receive if it had a
 43    lesser average daily attendance in such separate attendance unit. In  applying
 44    the  kindergarten  table  to  a  kindergarten program of less days than a full
 45    school year, the support unit allowance shall be in ratio  to  the  number  of
 46    days  of a full school year. The tables for exceptional education and alterna-
 47    tive school secondary support units shall  be  applicable  only  for  programs
 48    approved  by  the state department of education following rules established by
 49    the state board of education. Moneys generated  from  computation  of  support
 50    units  for  alternative  schools shall be utilized for alternative school pro-
 51    grams. School district administrative and facility costs may  be  included  as
                                                                        
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  1    part of the alternative school expenditures.
  2        7.  State Distribution Factor per Support Unit. Divide educational support
  3    program distribution funds, after subtracting the amounts necessary to pay the
  4    obligations  specified  in  subsection  2. of this section, by the total state
  5    support units to secure the state distribution factor per support unit.
  6        8.  District Share of State Funds for Educational Support Program.  Ascer-
  7    tain  a district's share of state funds for the educational support program as
  8    follows:
  9        a.  District Contribution Calculation. Without including any allowance as
 10        a credit for prepaid taxes, as provided in section  63-1607,  Idaho  Code,
 11        the  district  contribution calculation shall be the rate determined under
 12        subsection 3. of this section.
 13        b.  District Support Units. The number of support units  for  each  school
 14        district in the state shall be determined as follows:
 15             (1)  Divide  the  actual average daily attendance, excluding students
 16             approved for inclusion in the exceptional child educational  program,
 17             for  the  administrative schools and each of the separate schools and
 18             attendance units by the appropriate divisor from the tables  of  sup-
 19             port  units  in  this  section,  then add the quotients to obtain the
 20             district's support units allowance for regular students, kindergarten
 21             through grade 12 including  alternative  school  secondary  students.
 22             Calculations  in  application of this subsection shall be carried out
 23             to the nearest tenth.
 24             (2)  Divide the combined totals of the average  daily  attendance  of
 25             all  preschool,  handicapped, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and
 26             juvenile detention center students  approved  for  inclusion  in  the
 27             exceptional  child program of the district by the appropriate divisor
 28             from the table for computation of exceptional education support units
 29             to obtain the number of support  units  allowed  for  the  district's
 30             approved  exceptional child program. Calculations for this subsection
 31             shall be carried out to the nearest tenth when more than one (1) unit
 32             is allowed.
 33             (3)  The total number of support units of the district shall  be  the
 34             sum  of  the  total  support  units  for regular students, subsection
 35             8.b.(1) of this section, and the  support  units  allowance  for  the
 36             approved  exceptional  child program, subsection 8.b.(2) of this sec-
 37             tion.
 38        c.  Total District Allowance Educational Program. Multiply the  district's
 39        total  number  of  support units, carried out to the nearest tenth, by the
 40        state distribution factor per support unit and to  this  product  add  the
 41        approved  amount  of programs of the district provided in subsection 2. of
 42        this section to secure the district's total allowance for the  educational
 43        support program.
 44        d.  District Share. To secure the district's share of state apportionment,
 45        subtract  the  amount of the local district contribution calculation, sub-
 46        section 3. of this section, from the amount of the total  district  allow-
 47        ance, subsection 8.c. of this section.
 48        e.  Adjustment of District Share. The contract salary of every noncertifi-
 49        cated  teacher shall be subtracted from the district's share as calculated
 50        from the provisions of subsection 8.d. of this section.
                                                                        
 51        SECTION 3.  That Section 33-1002D, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 52    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 53        33-1002D.  PROPERTY  TAX  REPLACEMENT.  The  purpose of this section is to
                                                                        
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  1    replace a portion of the authorized school maintenance and operation  property
  2    tax  levy  with  state  sales  tax receipts. As used in this section, the term
  3    "property tax computation ratio" shall mean a ratio determined by dividing the
  4    district's certified property tax maintenance  and  operation  budget  by  the
  5    actual or adjusted market value for assessment purposes as such values existed
  6    on December 31 of the previous calendar year.
  7        (1)  (a) In the case of a school district that had a property tax computa-
  8        tion  ratio  of not less than four-tenths of one percent (.4%) in tax year
  9        1994, that school district shall receive from the appropriations made  for
 10        that  purpose, an amount equal to the greater  of the district's actual or
 11        adjusted market value for assessment purposes as such valuation existed on
 12        December 31 of the previous calendar year multiplied by one-tenth  of  one
 13        percent (.1%).
 14        (b)  In  the case of a school district that had a property tax computation
 15        ratio of less than four-tenths of one percent (.4%) in tax year 1994,  the
 16        greater of the 1992, 1993 or 1994 property  tax  computation  ratio   less
 17        three-tenths  of one percent (.3%) shall be designated the district's base
 18        multiplier. In no case shall the base multiplier be less  than  zero  (0).
 19        Four-tenths of one percent (.4%) less the greater of the district's  1992,
 20        1993  or  1994  property  tax  computation  ratio  shall be designated the
 21        district's adjustment factor. In no case shall the  adjustment  factor  be
 22        greater  than  one-tenth  of one percent (.1%) or less than zero (0). Each
 23        school district's actual multiplier shall be the base multiplier plus one-
 24        fifth (1/5) of the adjustment factor in tax year 1995, the base multiplier
 25        plus two-fifths (2/5) of the adjustment factor in tax year 1996, the  base
 26        multiplier  plus  three-fifths  (3/5) of the adjustment factor in tax year
 27        1997, the base multiplier plus four-fifths (4/5) of the adjustment  factor
 28        in  tax  year  1998, and the base multiplier plus the adjustment factor in
 29        tax year 1999 and beyond. Each school district  shall  receive,  from  the
 30        appropriations  made  for  that purpose, an amount equal to the district's
 31        actual or adjusted market value for assessment purposes as such  valuation
 32        existed  on  December  31  of the previous calendar year multiplied by the
 33        district's actual multiplier.
 34        (c)  The preceding provisions of this subsection  notwithstanding,  appro-
 35        priations  from  the state for the value of one-tenth of one percent (.1%)
 36        of the greater of the district's  actual  or  adjusted  market  value  for
 37        assessment purposes as such valuation existed on December 31 of the previ-
 38        ous   calendar   year   shall  not  exceed  seventy-five  million  dollars
 39        ($75,000,000) in any fiscal year. If the  amount  school  districts  would
 40        otherwise  be  entitled to receive pursuant to the preceding provisions of
 41        this subsection exceeds seventy-five million dollars  ($75,000,000),  then
 42        each  school district shall receive its share of seventy-five million dol-
 43        lars ($75,000,000) based on the formulas contained in this section.
 44        (2)  (a) Participation in this property tax reduction program is voluntary
 45        for a charter district. If a charter district participates, in addition to
 46        the provisions of subsection (1) of this section it shall not have a prop-
 47        erty tax computation ratio  that is  above  three-tenths  of  one  percent
 48        (.3%)  or the district's property tax computation ratio  in tax year 1994,
 49        less one-tenth of one percent (.1%), whichever is greater.
 50        (b)  If in any year the charter district's property tax computation  ratio
 51        used  to calculate its maintenance and operation budget is increased above
 52        the limit specified in this subsection the district  shall not be eligible
 53        for the distribution pursuant to subsection (1) of this section  for  that
 54        year.
 55        (3)  Limitations imposed upon a school district's property tax computation
                                                                        
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  1    ratio  under  the provisions of this section do not apply to any levy approved
  2    by electors of the school district as provided by law.
  3        (4)  Distributions calculated as provided in this section shall be made to
  4    school districts of this state in two (2) equal installments on the due  dates
  5    as  specified  in  section 63-903(1), Idaho Code, for the property taxes being
  6    replaced.
  7        (5)  For purposes of section 33-1002, Idaho Code, moneys distributed  pur-
  8    suant to this section shall not be included in determining total state funds.
                                                                        
  9        SECTION  4.  That Section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        33-1004A.  EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION  MULTIPLIER.  Each  instructional  and
 12    administrative  staff  position  shall  be  assigned an appropriate multiplier
 13    based upon the following table:
 14                               EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
                                                                        
 15                                        MA      MA + 12   MA + 24  MA + 36
 16    Years    BA     BA + 12  BA + 24  BA + 36   BA + 48   BA + 60   ES/DR
 17      0    1.00000  1.03750  1.07640  1.11680   1.15870   1.20220  1.24730
 18      1    1.03750  1.07640  1.11680  1.15870   1.20220   1.24730  1.29410
 19      2    1.07640  1.11680  1.15870  1.20220   1.24730   1.29410  1.34260
 20      3    1.11680  1.15870  1.20220  1.24730   1.29410   1.34260  1.39290
 21      4    1.15870  1.20220  1.24730  1.29410   1.34260   1.39290  1.44510
 22      5    1.20220  1.24730  1.29410  1.34260   1.39290   1.44510  1.49930
 23      6    1.24730  1.29410  1.34260  1.39290   1.44510   1.49930  1.55550
 24      7    1.29410  1.34260  1.39290  1.44510   1.49930   1.55550  1.61380
 25      8    1.34260  1.39290  1.44510  1.49930   1.55550   1.61380  1.67430
 26      9    1.39290  1.44510  1.49930  1.55550   1.61380   1.67430  1.73710
 27     10    1.39290  1.49930  1.55550  1.61380   1.67430   1.73710  1.80220
 28     11    1.39290  1.49930  1.55550  1.61380   1.73710   1.80220  1.86980
 29     12    1.39290  1.49930  1.55550  1.61380   1.73710   1.86980  1.93990
 30    13 or
 31    more   1.39290  1.49930  1.55550  1.61380   1.73710   1.86980  2.01260
                                                                        
 32        In determining the experience factor, the  actual  years  of  teaching  or
 33    administrative service in an accredited public school or in an accredited pri-
 34    vate or parochial school shall be credited.
 35        In  determining  the  education  factor, only credits earned after initial
 36    certification, based upon a transcript on file with the teacher  certification
 37    office  of  the  state  department  of  education, earned at an institution of
 38    higher education accredited by the state board  of  education  or  a  regional
 39    accrediting  association,  shall be allowed. Instructional staff whose initial
 40    certificate is an occupational specialist certificate shall be treated  as  BA
 41    degree  prepared instructional staff. Credits earned by such occupational spe-
 42    cialist instructional staff after  initial  certification  shall  be  credited
 43    toward the education factor.
 44        In  determining  the statewide average multiplier for instructional staff,
 45    no multiplier in excess of 1.58513 shall be  used.  If  the  actual  statewide
 46    average  multiplier  for  instructional  staff, as determined by this section,
 47    exceeds 1.58513, then each school district's  instructional  staff  multiplier
 48    shall  be  multiplied by the result of 1.58513 divided by the actual statewide
 49    average multiplier for instructional staff.
 50        In determining the statewide average multiplier for administrative  staff,
 51    no  multiplier  in  excess  of  1.86643 shall be used. If the actual statewide
                                                                        
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  1    average multiplier for administrative staff, as determined  by  this  section,
  2    exceeds  1.86643,  then each school district's administrative staff multiplier
  3    shall be multiplied by the result of 1.86643 divided by the  actual  statewide
  4    average multiplier for administrative staff.
                                                                        
  5        SECTION  5.  That  Section 33-1009, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  6    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  7        33-1009.  PAYMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND.
  8        1.  a. Payments of the state  general  account  appropriation  for  public
  9        school  support shall be made each year by the state board of education to
 10        the public school districts of the state in five (5) payments. Payments to
 11        the districts shall be made not later than the fifteenth  day  of  August,
 12        the first day of October, the fifteenth day of November, the fifteenth day
 13        of  February,  and the fifteenth day of May each year. Each payment by the
 14        state board of education shall be approximately twenty  percent  (20%)  of
 15        the  total  general  account  appropriation  for  the fiscal year. Amounts
 16        apportioned due to a special transfer to the public school income fund  to
 17        restore  or  reduce  a deficiency in the prior year's transfer pursuant to
 18        subsection 4. of this section shall not be subject to this limitation.
 19        b.  Payments of moneys, other than the state  general  account  appropria-
 20        tion,  that  accrue  to the public school income fund shall be made by the
 21        state board of education to the school districts of the state on the  fif-
 22        teenth day of November, February, May and July each year. The total amount
 23        of  such payments shall be determined by the state department of education
 24        and shall not exceed the amount of moneys available and on deposit in  the
 25        public school income fund at the time such payment is made.
 26        c.  Amounts  apportioned  due  to  a special transfer to the public school
 27        income fund to restore or reduce a deficiency in the prior year's transfer
 28        pursuant to subsection 4. of this section shall not be subject to the lim-
 29        itation imposed by paragraphs a. and b.
 30        2.  Payments made to the school districts in August, October and  November
 31    are advance payments for the current year and will be based upon payments from
 32    the  public school income fund for the preceding school year. Each school dis-
 33    trict shall receive its  proportionate share of the advance  payments  in  the
 34    same ratio that its total payment for the preceding year was to the total pay-
 35    ments to all school districts for the preceding year.
 36        3.  No  later  than  the fifteenth day of February in each year, the state
 37    department of education shall compute the state distribution factor  based  on
 38    the  total  average daily attendance through the first Friday in November. The
 39    factor will be used in payments of state funds in February and May. Attendance
 40    shall be reported in a format and at a time specified by the state  department
 41    of education.
 42        As  of the thirtieth day of June of each year the state department of edu-
 43    cation shall determine final payments to be made on July fifteenth  next  suc-
 44    ceeding to the several school districts from the public school income fund for
 45    the  school  year  ended  June 30. The July payments shall take into consider-
 46    ation:
 47        a.  the average daily attendance of the several school districts  for  the
 48        twenty-eight  (28)  best weeks of the school year completed not later than
 49        the thirtieth of June,
 50        b.  all funds available in the public school income fund  for  the  fiscal
 51        year ending on the thirtieth of June,
 52        c.  all  payments  distributed  for the current fiscal year to the several
 53        school districts,
                                                                        
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  1        d.  the adjustment based on the actual amount of discretionary  funds  per
  2        support unit required by the provisions of section 33-1018, Idaho Code,
  3        e.  payments  made  or  due for the transportation support program and the
  4        exceptional education support program. The state department  of  education
  5        shall apportion and direct the payment to the several school districts the
  6        moneys  in the public school income fund in each year, taking into account
  7        the advance made under subsection 2. of this section, in such  amounts  as
  8        will  provide  in full for each district its support program, and not more
  9        than therefor required, and no school district  shall  receive  less  than
 10        fifty dollars ($50.00).
 11        4.  If  the full amount appropriated to the public school income fund from
 12    the general account by the legislature is not transferred to the public school
 13    income fund by the end of the fiscal year, the deficiency resulting  therefrom
 14    shall  either  be restored or reduced through a special transfer from the gen-
 15    eral account in the first sixty (60) days of the  following  fiscal  year,  or
 16    shall  be  calculated  in  computing  district levies, and any additional levy
 17    shall be certified by the state superintendent of public  instruction  to  the
 18    board  of  county  commissioners  and  added to the district's maintenance and
 19    operation levy. If the deficiency is restored or reduced by special  transfer,
 20    the  amount  so transferred shall be in addition to the amount appropriated to
 21    be transferred in such following fiscal year, and shall be apportioned to each
 22    school district in the same amount as each would have received had the  trans-
 23    fer  been  made  in  the year the deficiency occurred. The state department of
 24    education shall distribute to the school district the full amount of the  spe-
 25    cial  transfer as soon as practical after such transfer is made. In making the
 26    levy computations required by this subsection the state department  of  educa-
 27    tion  shall  take into account and consider the full amount of money receipted
 28    into the public school income fund from all sources for the given fiscal year.
 29    Deficits in the transfer of the appropriated amount of general account revenue
 30    to the public school income fund shall be reduced by the amount, if any,  that
 31    the  total  amount  receipted from other sources into the public school income
 32    fund exceeds the official estimated amount from those  sources.  The  official
 33    estimate  of  receipts  from other sources shall be the total amount stated by
 34    the legislature in the appropriation bill. The provisions of  this  subsection
 35    shall not apply to any transfers to or from the public education stabilization
 36    fund.
 37        5.  Any apportionments in any year, made to any school district, which may
 38    within  the  succeeding  three  (3) year period be found to have been in error
 39    either of computation or transmittal, may be corrected during  the  three  (3)
 40    year  period  by  reduction  of apportionments to any school district to which
 41    over-apportionments may have been made or received,  and  corresponding  addi-
 42    tions  to  apportionments to any school district to which under-apportionments
 43    may have been made or received.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13723
This proposed legislation relates to the educational support
program.  It would repeal Sections 33-907, 33-1018 and 33-1018A,
Idaho Code; amending Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, to revise and
the School Districts' contribution calculation; amending section
33-1000D, Idaho Code 33-1002D, Idaho Code, to eliminate a limit
on the amount to be distributed for property tax relief; amending
Section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, to eliminate a cap imposed upon
growth of the experience and education multiplier for
instructional salaries; and amending Section 33-1009, Idaho Code,
to revise the methodology for payments from the public school
fund.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
There would be a $1.6 million impact on the property tax
replacement in FY05 and a $7.4 million impact with the index in
FY05.


Contact
Name: Representative Tom Trail 
Phone: 332-1000




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