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SENATE BILL NO. 1223

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S1223............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - OPERATIONS DIVISION  - Appropriates
$283,113,100 for the Educational Support Program/Division of Operations for
fiscal year 2006; provides for expenditures for certain technology and
remediation programs; appropriates moneys for property tax replacement;
provides an estimate of discretionary funds per support unit; and amends
and repeals existing law to reduce minimum support guaranteed to a
district; and to remove the requirement that funding be approved for the
Idaho Student Information Management System.
                                                                        
03/18    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/21    Rpt prt - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/22    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/23    3rd rdg - PASSED - 24-10-0, 1 vacancy
      AYES -- Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner,
      Compton, Corder, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson,
      Keough, Little, Lodge, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Stegner,
      Sweet, Williams
      NAYS -- Andreason, Burkett, Darrington, Kelly, Langhorst, Malepeai,
      Marley, Schroeder, Stennett, Werk
      Absent and excused -- (District 21 seat vacant)
    Floor Sponsor - Cameron
    Title apvd - to House
03/24    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 51-17-2
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
      Bilbao, Black, Block, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark,
      Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson(Barker), Eskridge, Field(18),
      Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henderson, Kemp, Lake, Loertscher,
      Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Raybould, Ring, Roberts, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd(8),
      Shirley, Skippen, Smith(24)(Frost), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Wood, Mr.
      Speaker
      NAYS -- Boe, Ellsworth, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, LeFavour, Martinez,
      Mitchell, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Ringo, Rusche, Sayler, Shepherd(2),
      Smith(30), Smylie, Trail
      Absent and excused -- Barrett, Wills
    Floor Sponsor - Bedke
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/25    To enrol
03/29    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/30    Sp signed - To Governor
04/05    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 257
         Effective: 07/01/06 Section 10;
         07/01/05 All other sections

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1223
                                                                        
                                    BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISION  OF  OPERATIONS;
  3        PROVIDING  FOR  EXPENDITURES FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISION OF OPERATIONS
  4        FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND MONEYS  FOR  TRANSFER  TO
  5        THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND; APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE EDUCATIONAL SUP-
  6        PORT  PROGRAM/DIVISION  OF OPERATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006; DIRECTING THAT
  7        $9,500,000 BE EXPENDED FOR TECHNOLOGY AND REMEDIATION PROGRAMS;  APPROPRI-
  8        ATING  THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND MONEY NECESSARY AS DETERMINED BY SECTION
  9        33-1002D, IDAHO CODE, FOR PROPERTY TAX REPLACEMENT; PROVIDING AN  ESTIMATE
 10        OF  DISCRETIONARY FUNDS PER SUPPORT UNIT; REPEALING SECTION 33-120A, IDAHO
 11        CODE; AMENDING SECTION 33-1002, IDAHO CODE, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT
 12        FUNDING BE PROVIDED FOR THE IDAHO STUDENT INFORMATION  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM;
 13        AMENDING SECTION 33-1003A, IDAHO CODE, AS ADDED BY SECTION 1, CHAPTER 321,
 14        LAWS  OF  1995,  TO  REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REDUCE MINIMUM SUPPORT
 15        GUARANTEED TO A DISTRICT; REPEALING SECTION 33-1003B, IDAHO CODE; AND PRO-
 16        VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SECTION 10 OF THIS ACT.
                                                                        
 17    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 1.  The following amount shall be expended from state sources  for
 19    the Public Schools Division of Operations for the period July 1, 2005, through
 20    June 30, 2006:
 21    FROM:
 22    General Fund                                                      $250,479,500
 23    Public School Endowment Earnings Reserve Fund Transfer              23,087,100
 24    Federal Mineral Royalties                                            1,500,000
 25    Liquor Control Fund                                                  1,200,000
 26    Miscellaneous Receipts/Balances                                      1,295,700
 27    Federal Grant Fund                                                   5,550,800
 28      TOTAL                                                           $283,113,100
                                                                        
 29        SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated the following amount to be trans-
 30    ferred  to  the Public School Income Fund for the period July 1, 2005, through
 31    June 30, 2006:
 32    FROM:
 33    General Fund                                                      $250,479,500
                                                                        
 34        SECTION 3.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the  Educational  Support
 35    Program/Division  of  Operations,  pursuant  to law and the provisions of this
 36    act, the following amounts to be expended from the listed funds for the period
 37    July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006:
 38    FROM:
 39    Public School Income Fund                                         $277,562,300
 40    Federal Grant Fund                                                   5,550,800
 41      TOTAL                                                           $283,113,100
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  4.  Of  the  moneys  appropriated  in  Section  3  of  this  act,
  2    $9,500,000 shall be expended by the Superintendent of  Public  Instruction  as
  3    follows:
  4        (1)  The  Idaho  Council  for  Technology  in  Learning  shall  distribute
  5        $4,050,000  for  ongoing  school district technology expenditures, through
  6        the Public School Technology Grant Program, pursuant to  Section  33-4806,
  7        Idaho  Code.  Such expenditures may include the personnel costs associated
  8        with school district information technology staff support. Of this amount,
  9        up to $160,000 may be expended by the Superintendent of Public Instruction
 10        for staff support and various expenses related to the  Idaho  Council  for
 11        Technology  in  Learning,  as  approved  by  the State Board of Education,
 12        including the cost of providing one (1) copy of the Office of  Performance
 13        Evaluations'  Report 05-01 on Public School Technology Initiatives to each
 14        school district and public charter school;
 15        (2)  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall transfer  $350,000  to
 16        the  Library  Services  Improvement  Fund for the ongoing costs associated
 17        with State Library's "Libraries Linking Idaho" (LiLI)  statewide  database
 18        licensing project;
 19        (3)  The  Superintendent of Public Instruction shall distribute $5,100,000
 20        to school districts in a like manner as equalized, ongoing  state  discre-
 21        tionary  funds,  with  seventy-five percent (75%) of such funds being dis-
 22        tributed by August 31, and twenty-five percent (25%) of such funds in  the
 23        final  payment  of  the  fiscal year. Such funds shall be expended, at the
 24        discretion of the school district board of trustees, on either  purchasing
 25        technology equipment and software, or defraying costs associated with pro-
 26        viding  remedial  instruction for students that fail to attain proficiency
 27        in one (1) or more sections of the Idaho Standards  Achievement  Test,  or
 28        both.  The  Superintendent  of Public Instruction shall submit a report on
 29        the usage of such funds to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, the
 30        House Education Committee, and the Senate Education Committee by  February
 31        1, 2007.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  5.  Of the moneys appropriated in Section 3 of this act, there is
 33    hereby appropriated the amount necessary for property tax replacement, subject
 34    to the limitations of law, to be expended according to Section 33-1002D, Idaho
 35    Code, for the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006.
                                                                        
 36        SECTION 6.  Pursuant to the provisions of Section 33-1018, Idaho Code,  it
 37    is  estimated that the appropriation of state funds to the Educational Support
 38    Program/Division of Operations will result in  total  discretionary  funds  of
 39    $24,695 per support unit.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION  7.  That  Section 33-120A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 41    repealed.
                                                                        
 42        SECTION 8.  That Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 43    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 44        33-1002.  EDUCATIONAL  SUPPORT PROGRAM. The educational support program is
 45    calculated as follows:
 46        1.  State Educational Support Funds. Add the state appropriation,  includ-
 47    ing  the  moneys available in the public school income fund, together with all
 48    miscellaneous revenues to determine the total state funds.
 49        2.  From the total state funds subtract the following amounts  needed  for
 50    state support of special programs provided by a school district:
                                                                        
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  1        a.  Pupil  tuition-equivalency allowances as provided in section 33-1002B,
  2        Idaho Code;
  3        b.  Transportation support program as provided in section  33-1006,  Idaho
  4        Code;
  5        c.  Feasibility  studies  allowance as provided in section 33-1007A, Idaho
  6        Code;
  7        d.  The approved costs for border district allowance, provided in  section
  8        33-1403,  Idaho  Code, as determined by the state superintendent of public
  9        instruction;
 10        e.  The approved costs for exceptional child approved contract  allowance,
 11        provided in subsection 2. of section 33-2004, Idaho Code, as determined by
 12        the state superintendent of public instruction;
 13        f.  Certain  expectant and delivered mothers allowance as provided in sec-
 14        tion 33-2006, Idaho Code;
 15        g.  Salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in sections  33-1004
 16        through 33-1004F, Idaho Code;
 17        h.  Unemployment insurance benefit payments according to the provisions of
 18        section 72-1349A, Idaho Code;
 19        i.  For expenditure as provided by the public school technology program;
 20        j.  For  the  support of provisions that provide a safe environment condu-
 21        cive to student learning and maintain classroom discipline, an  allocation
 22        of $300 per support unit; and
 23        k.  For  expenditure  necessary  to  support the Idaho student information
 24        management system (ISIMS) as provided  in  section  33-120A,  Idaho  Code,
 25        beginning  with  fiscal  year  2005-2006  and  each year thereafter, at an
 26        amount not less than that expended by the state and the J.A.  and  Kathryn
 27        Albertson  foundation combined, on operation of the project in fiscal year
 28        2004-2005; and
 29        l.  Any additional amounts as required by statute to effect administrative
 30        adjustments or as specifically required by the provisions of any  bill  of
 31        appropriation;
 32    to secure the state educational support funds.
 33        3.  Local  Districts'  Contribution  Calculation.  Without  including  any
 34    allowance  as a credit for prepaid taxes as provided by section 63-1607, Idaho
 35    Code, the local districts' contribution shall be the amount appropriated  pur-
 36    suant  to section 33-1002D, Idaho Code, plus three-tenths percent (.3%) during
 37    fiscal year 2003-04 and each year thereafter, of the total state adjusted mar-
 38    ket value for assessment purposes for the previous year with such value  being
 39    determined  by  the  provisions of section 63-315, Idaho Code, and four-tenths
 40    percent (.4%) during fiscal year 1994-95 and  each  year  thereafter,  of  the
 41    cooperative  electrical  associations'  property values that have been derived
 42    from the taxes paid in lieu of ad valorem taxes for the previous year as  pro-
 43    vided in section 63-3502, Idaho Code.
 44        4.  Educational  Support  Program  Distribution  Funds. Add the local dis-
 45    tricts' contribution, subsection 3. of this section, and the state educational
 46    support program funds, subsection 1. of this section, together to  secure  the
 47    total educational support program distribution funds.
 48        5.  Average  Daily  Attendance.  The  total state average daily attendance
 49    shall be the sum of the average daily attendance of all  of  the  school  dis-
 50    tricts  of  the state. The state board of education shall establish rules set-
 51    ting forth the procedure to determine average daily attendance  and  the  time
 52    for, and method of, submission of such report. Average daily attendance calcu-
 53    lation  shall  be carried out to the nearest hundredth. Computation of average
 54    daily attendance shall also be governed by the provisions of section 33-1003A,
 55    Idaho Code.
                                                                        
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  1        6.  Support Units. The total state support units shall  be  determined  by
  2    using  the tables set out hereafter called computation of kindergarten support
  3    units, computation of elementary support units, computation of secondary  sup-
  4    port  units,  computation of exceptional education support units, and computa-
  5    tion of alternative school secondary support units. The  sum  of  all  of  the
  6    total  support  units  of all school districts of the state shall be the total
  7    state support units.
  8                      COMPUTATION OF KINDERGARTEN SUPPORT UNITS
  9    Average Daily
 10    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Units Allowed
 11    41 or more     ....   40.......................  1 or more as computed
 12    31 -  40.99 ADA....    -.......................  1
 13    26 -  30.99 ADA....    -.......................   .85
 14    21 -  25.99 ADA....    -.......................   .75
 15    16 -  20.99 ADA....    -.......................   .6
 16     8 -  15.99 ADA....    -.......................   .5
 17     1 -   7.99 ADA....    -.......................  count as elementary
                                                                        
 18                       COMPUTATION OF ELEMENTARY SUPPORT UNITS
 19    Average Daily
 20    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 21    300 or more ADA........................................  15
 22                        ..23...grades 4,5 & 6....
 23                        ..22...grades 1,2 & 3....1994-95
 24                        ..21...grades 1,2 & 3....1995-96
 25                        ..20...grades 1,2 & 3....1996-97
 26                              and each year thereafter.
 27    160   to  299.99 ADA... 20.....................         8.4
 28    110   to  159.99 ADA... 19.....................         6.8
 29     71.1 to  109.99 ADA... 16.....................         4.7
 30     51.7 to   71.0  ADA... 15.....................         4.0
 31     33.6 to   51.6  ADA... 13.....................         2.8
 32     16.6 to   33.5  ADA... 12.....................         1.4
 33      1.0 to   16.5  ADA... n/a....................         1.0
                                                                        
 34                        COMPUTATION OF SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
 35    Average Daily
 36    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 37    750 or more      .... 18.5.....................        47
 38    400 -  749.99 ADA.... 16.......................        28
 39    300 -  399.99 ADA.... 14.5.....................        22
 40    200 -  299.99 ADA.... 13.5.....................        17
 41    100 -  199.99 ADA.... 12.......................         9
 42     99.99 or fewer       Units allowed as follows:
 43             Grades 7-12  .........................         8
 44             Grades 9-12  .........................         6
 45             Grades 7- 9  .........................         1 per 14 ADA
 46             Grades 7- 8  .........................         1 per 16 ADA
                                                                        
 47                  COMPUTATION OF EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT UNITS
 48    Average Daily
 49    Attendance            Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
 50    14 or more ....       14.5.....................  1 or more as computed
 51    12 -  13.99....        -.......................  1
 52     8 -  11.99....        -.......................   .75
                                                                        
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  1     4 -   7.99....        -.......................   .5
  2     1 -   3.99....        -.......................   .25
                                                                        
  3              COMPUTATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
  4    Pupils in Attendance  Attendance Divisor         Minimum Units Allowed
  5    12 or more..........  12......................   1 or more as computed
                                                                        
  6        In applying these tables to any given separate attendance unit, no  school
  7    district  shall  receive  less  total  money than it would receive if it had a
  8    lesser average daily attendance in such separate attendance unit. In  applying
  9    the  kindergarten  table  to  a  kindergarten program of less days than a full
 10    school year, the support unit allowance shall be in ratio  to  the  number  of
 11    days  of a full school year. The tables for exceptional education and alterna-
 12    tive school secondary support units shall  be  applicable  only  for  programs
 13    approved  by  the state department of education following rules established by
 14    the state board of education. Moneys generated  from  computation  of  support
 15    units  for  alternative  schools shall be utilized for alternative school pro-
 16    grams. School district administrative and facility costs may  be  included  as
 17    part of the alternative school expenditures.
 18        7.  State Distribution Factor per Support Unit. Divide educational support
 19    program distribution funds, after subtracting the amounts necessary to pay the
 20    obligations  specified  in  subsection  2. of this section, by the total state
 21    support units to secure the state distribution factor per support unit.
 22        8.  District Share of State Funds for Educational Support Program.  Ascer-
 23    tain  a district's share of state funds for the educational support program as
 24    follows:
 25        a.  District Contribution Calculation. Without including any allowance  as
 26        a  credit  for  prepaid taxes, as provided in section 63-1607, Idaho Code,
 27        the district contribution calculation shall be the rate  determined  under
 28        subsection 3. of this section.
 29        b.  District  Support  Units.  The number of support units for each school
 30        district in the state shall be determined as follows:
 31             (1)  Divide the actual average daily attendance,  excluding  students
 32             approved  for inclusion in the exceptional child educational program,
 33             for the administrative schools and each of the separate  schools  and
 34             attendance  units  by the appropriate divisor from the tables of sup-
 35             port units in this section, then add  the  quotients  to  obtain  the
 36             district's support units allowance for regular students, kindergarten
 37             through  grade  12  including  alternative school secondary students.
 38             Calculations in application of this subsection shall be  carried  out
 39             to the nearest tenth.
 40             (2)  Divide  the  combined  totals of the average daily attendance of
 41             all preschool, handicapped, kindergarten, elementary,  secondary  and
 42             juvenile  detention  center  students  approved  for inclusion in the
 43             exceptional child program of the district by the appropriate  divisor
 44             from the table for computation of exceptional education support units
 45             to  obtain  the  number  of  support units allowed for the district's
 46             approved exceptional child program. Calculations for this  subsection
 47             shall be carried out to the nearest tenth when more than one (1) unit
 48             is allowed.
 49             (3)  The  total  number of support units of the district shall be the
 50             sum of the total  support  units  for  regular  students,  subsection
 51             8.b.(1)  of  this  section,  and  the support units allowance for the
 52             approved exceptional child program, subsection 8.b.(2) of  this  sec-
 53             tion.
                                                                        
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  1        c.  Total  District Allowance Educational Program. Multiply the district's
  2        total number of support units, carried out to the nearest  tenth,  by  the
  3        state  distribution  factor  per  support unit and to this product add the
  4        approved amount of programs of the district provided in subsection  2.  of
  5        this  section to secure the district's total allowance for the educational
  6        support program.
  7        d.  District Share. To secure the district's share of state apportionment,
  8        subtract the amount of the local district contribution  calculation,  sub-
  9        section  3.  of this section, from the amount of the total district allow-
 10        ance, subsection 8.c. of this section.
 11        e.  Adjustment of District Share. The contract salary of every noncertifi-
 12        cated teacher shall be subtracted from the district's share as  calculated
 13        from the provisions of subsection 8.d. of this section.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION  9.  That  Section  33-1003A,  Idaho  Code, as added by Section 1,
 15    Chapter 321, Laws of 1995, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as  fol-
 16    lows:
                                                                        
 17        33-1003AB.  SPECIAL  APPLICATION -- MINIMUM SUPPORT. In the application of
 18    the provisions of the education support program,  no  district's  distribution
 19    shall be less in any year than ninety fifty percent (950%) of the distribution
 20    of  state educational dollars less the special program allocations in sections
 21    33-1002, 33-1007A and 33-2006, Idaho Code, received by that  district  in  the
 22    immediately preceding year.
                                                                        
 23        SECTION 10.  That Section 33-1003B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 24    repealed.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION  11.  Section  10 of this act shall be in full force and effect on
 26    and after July 1, 2006.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact







STATEMENT OF PURPOSE




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

RS14360

This is the Fiscal Year 2006 appropriation for the Division of Operations portion of the Public Schools budget. The pieces of the Public Schools budget that are part of this division's appropriation include: 1.) The classified staff portion of the salary-based apportionment formula; 2.) State paid employee benefits for classified staff, which includes PERSI and FICA; 3.) State funding for property tax replacement; 4.) Pupil transportation costs; 5.) Floor, which guarantees each school district at least 90% of the dollars it received from the state in the previous year; 6.) Technology & Remediation funds; 7.) State discretionary funds; and 8.) The Operations' portion of federal pass-through funding to local school districts.

This budget adds funds for an increase of 185 new midterm support units and 190 new full-term support units, and an increase in available federal pass-through funds. It also increases the amount of funding available for Technology from $8.4 million to $9.5 million, and expands the permitted uses of these funds to include costs associated with providing remedial instruction for students that fail to achieve full ISAT proficiency. School boards will determine, on a district-by-district basis, how to prioritize the use of these funds. Pursuant to a recent study by the Office of Performance Evaluations, this budget increases the portion of these funds that school districts can use for IT staffing from $2.9 million to $3.9 million.

This budget increases the amount of total discretionary funding per classroom (support unit) by 1%, from $24,450 to $24,695. This level of funding per classroom is backed by a guarantee of support from the Public Education Stabilization Fund, which would be automatically tapped, if necessary, to maintain FY 2006 discretionary funds at the level stated in Section 6 of the bill.

Sections 7 and 8 delete requirements in Idaho Code that the state fund the now-defunct Idaho Student Information Management System (ISIMS), further development of which has been abandoned by the Albertson Foundation.

Sections 9, 10 and 11 amend Idaho Code to provide for the phasing out of the "Floor" program, which currently guarantees that each school district will receive at least 90% of the state formula funding that it received in the prior year. This provision has primarily benefited the state's three wealthiest school districts, but has also provided one-time, unanticipated funding windfalls to Other school districts that experience a sudden increase in assessed property values. Sections 9, 10 and 11 phase this support out by providing a 50% Floor in FY 2006, and repealing the program for FY 2007.

FISCAL NOTE

FY 2005
Approp.
FY 2006
$987 Budget
Div of
Operations
I. STATE APPROPRIATION
A. Sources of Funds
1. General Fund $964,706,500 $987,110,000 $250,479,500
2. Dedicated Funds $42,907,800 $45,232,800 $27,082,800
3. Federal Funds $157,980,000 $165,000,000 $5,550,800
4. TOTAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS $1,165,594,300 $1,197,342,800 $283,113,100

General Fund Percent Increase: 

2.3% 2.3% 2.6%

Total Funds Percent Increase:

1.1% 2.7% 2.5%
II. PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
A. Statutory Requirements
1. Property Tax Replacement $75,000,000 $75,000,000 $75,000,000
2. Transportation $57,600,000 $60,521,600 $60,521,600
3. Border Contracts $800,000 $800,000 $0
4. Exceptional Contracts/Tuition Equivalents $5,000,000 $5,750,000 $0
5. Floor $1,300,000 $395,500 $395,500
6. Program Adjustments $300,000 $400,000 $0
7. Salary-based Apportionment $684,339,900 $697,958,200 $92,307,600
8. Teacher Incentive Award $696,400 $696,400 $0
9. State Paid Employee Benefits $124,704,900 $126,161,700 $16,688,200
10. Early Retirement Program $4,000,000 $4,600,000 $0
11. Bond Levy Equalization $2,000,000 $4,527,500 $0
12. Idaho Safe & Drug-Free Schools $4,700,000 $4,700,000 $0
13. Sub-total -- Statutory Requirements $960,441,200 $981,510,900 $244,912,900
B. Other Program Distributions

1.

Technology & Remediation $8,400,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
2. Idaho Reading Initiative $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $0
3. Limited English Proficiency (LEP) $4,850,000 $5,060,000 $0
4. Gifted & Talented $500,000 $500,000 $0
5. Idaho Digital Learning Academy $450,000 $900,000 $0
6. School Facilities Funding (Lottery) $8,922,500 $8,922,500 $0
7. HB 315 Facilities Transfer (Whitepine) $377,500 $0 $0
8. Federal Funds for Local School Districts $157,980,000 $165,000,000 $5,550,800
11. Sub-total -- Other Program Distributions $184,280,000 $192,682,500 $15,050,800
  TOTAL CATEGORICAL EXPENDITURES $1,144,721,200 $1,174,193,400 $259,963,700
III. EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUNDS $0 $0 $0
IV. STATE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS $20,873,100 $23,149,400 $23,149,400
V. ESTIMATED SUPPORT UNITS 12,870 13,150 13,150
VI. STATE DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT $1,622 $1,760 $1,760
VII. LOCAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPOR $22,828 $22,935 $22,935
VIII. TOTAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT $24,450 $24,695 $24,695

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Budget and Policy Analysis

Telephone: 334-3531