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S1270..........................................................by EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOLS - EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION MULTIPLIERS - Amends existing law
relating to the public school foundation program to eliminate the cap
imposed upon the experience and education multiplier factors used to
determine distributions to school districts.
02/04 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/05 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/03 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/04 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08 3rd rdg - FAILED - 11-23-1
AYES -- Andreason, Burkett, Calabretta, Gannon, Kennedy, Malepeai,
Marley, McWilliams, Noh, Schroeder, Werk
NAYS -- Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Compton,
Darrington, Davis, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Keough, Little,
Lodge, McKenzie, Noble, Pearce, Richardson, Sorensen, Stegner, Sweet,
Williams
Absent and excused -- Stennett
Floor Sponsors - Gannon & Werk
Filed in Office of the Secretary of Senate
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1270
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 33-1004A,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO ELIMINATE THE CAP IMPOSED UPON THE EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
4 MULTIPLIER FACTORS.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 33-1004A. EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION MULTIPLIER. Each instructional and
9 administrative staff position shall be assigned an appropriate multiplier
10 based upon the following table:
11 EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
12 MA MA + 12 MA + 24 MA + 36
13 Years BA BA + 12 BA + 24 BA + 36 BA + 48 BA + 60 ES/DR
14 0 1.00000 1.03750 1.07640 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730
15 1 1.03750 1.07640 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410
16 2 1.07640 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260
17 3 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290
18 4 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510
19 5 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930
20 6 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550
21 7 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380
22 8 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.67430
23 9 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.67430 1.73710
24 10 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.67430 1.73710 1.80220
25 11 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.73710 1.80220 1.86980
26 12 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.73710 1.86980 1.93990
27 13 or
28 more 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.73710 1.86980 2.01260
29 In determining the experience factor, the actual years of teaching or
30 administrative service in an accredited public school or in an accredited pri-
31 vate or parochial school shall be credited.
32 In determining the education factor, only credits earned after initial
33 certification, based upon a transcript on file with the teacher certification
34 office of the state department of education, earned at an institution of
35 higher education accredited by the state board of education or a regional
36 accrediting association, shall be allowed. Instructional staff whose initial
37 certificate is an occupational specialist certificate shall be treated as BA
38 degree prepared instructional staff. Credits earned by such occupational spe-
39 cialist instructional staff after initial certification shall be credited
40 toward the education factor.
41 In determining the statewide average multiplier for instructional staff,
2
1 no multiplier in excess of 1.58513 shall be used. If the actual statewide
2 average multiplier for instructional staff, as determined by this section,
3 exceeds 1.58513, then each school district's instructional staff multiplier
4 shall be multiplied by the result of 1.58513 divided by the actual statewide
5 average multiplier for instructional staff.
6 In determining the statewide average multiplier for administrative staff,
7 no multiplier in excess of 1.86643 shall be used. If the actual statewide
8 average multiplier for administrative staff, as determined by this section,
9 exceeds 1.86643, then each school district's administrative staff multiplier
10 shall be multiplied by the result of 1.86643 divided by the actual statewide
11 average multiplier for administrative staff.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13654
This legislation would remove the cap from the experience and
education index that is used in the salary-based apportionment
formula for distributing state money to public schools. The
formula was the product of years of effort and consensus
agreement in 1995 to provide a better and fairer method of
allocating state funds. Even without the cap, schools would not
receive funds for all of the teachers they employ. Schools use
local property tax funds, tax override money and state
discretionary funding to employ 500 teachers and 550 other staff
who are not covered by the formula. With recent state
appropriations more schools are going to override levies. Fifty
two districts enrolling a majority of Idaho public school
students have overrides in place and the override total increased
from $62 to $66 million in 2003.
FISCAL IMPACT
Based on current statute, it would cost $5.5 million in
additional general funds to provide for salary-based
apportionment for schools for FY 2005 if the caps are removed.
However, JFAC approved a FY2005 Public School appropriation that
funds $2.2 million of the $5.5 million as a result of increasing
the instructional index to recognize and fund additional
education of instructional staff.
Contact
Name: Senator Elliot Werk
Senator Tom Gannon
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SB 1270
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