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H0867..........................................................by EDUCATION
COMMUNITY COLLEGES - STATE - Amends, repeals and adds to existing law to
provide for the establishment of state community colleges by the State
Board of Education; to provide for establishment and duties of community
college advisory boards; to provide for residency and tuition; and to
create the Community College Equalization Fund and to provide for
distribution of the moneys in the fund.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 867
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES; PROVIDING  LEGISLATIVE  FINDINGS  AND  INTENT;
  3        AMENDING THE HEADING OF CHAPTER 21, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE; AMENDING CHAPTER
  4        21,  TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-2101, IDAHO
  5        CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGES BY  THE
  6        STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 21, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY
  7        THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-2101A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR  ESTAB-
  8        LISHMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE ADVISORY BOARDS AND TO PROVIDE POWERS OF THE
  9        BOARDS;  AMENDING SECTION 33-2101, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION,
 10        TO PROVIDE PROPER TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS;  AMENDING
 11        SECTION  33-2101A,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO DELETE
 12        CODE REFERENCES; REPEALING SECTIONS 33-2110, 33-2110A AND 33-2110B,  IDAHO
 13        CODE, RELATING TO TUITION AND RESIDENCY FOR STUDENTS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF A
 14        COMMUNITY  COLLEGE DISTRICT; AMENDING CHAPTER 21, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY
 15        THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-2110, IDAHO CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  RESIDENCY
 16        AND TUITION; AMENDING SECTION 33-2139, IDAHO CODE, TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY
 17        COLLEGE  EQUALIZATION   FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY AND TO PROVIDE FOR DIS-
 18        TRIBUTION OF MONEYS IN THE FUND;  AMENDING CHAPTER  21,  TITLE  33,  IDAHO
 19        CODE,  BY  THE  ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-2141A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
 20        FOR DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR
 21        STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGES; AMENDING SECTION 23-404, IDAHO CODE, AS  AMENDED
 22        BY  SECTION 1, SENATE BILL NO. 1388, AS ENACTED BY THE SECOND REGULAR SES-
 23        SION OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO REVISE STATE LIQUOR ACCOUNT
 24        DISTRIBUTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 33-2141, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE A CODE REF-
 25        ERENCE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND  AMENDING  SECTION  33-4306,
 26        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A CORRECT CODE REFERENCE.
                                                                        
 27    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 28        SECTION  1.  LEGISLATIVE  FINDINGS  AND INTENT. (1) The state of Idaho and
 29    the nation are being challenged by a mix of demographic, economic and  techno-
 30    logical  changes.  Combined,  these  changes  are  driving  the state toward a
 31    skilled workforce deficit in both new and  experienced  workers.  A  workforce
 32    deficit  threatens  the  competitiveness of our state and acts as a barrier to
 33    individual opportunities for all citizens. Increased  community  college  ser-
 34    vices,  accessible  to  all  citizens and designed to address new and emerging
 35    employment needs, will address the growing deficits in the workforce and  pro-
 36    vide increased access to educational opportunities for Idaho citizens.
 37        (2)  The purpose of this act is to establish a statewide network of commu-
 38    nity colleges to meet demands across the state, and to allow the four (4) year
 39    academic institutions to concentrate on baccalaureate, graduate and postgradu-
 40    ate level students.
 41        (3)  A  community  college  established pursuant to the provisions of this
 42    act shall give instruction in academic subjects,  professional-technical  pro-
 43    grams, workforce training programs, adult and other remedial and developmental
 44    subjects,  and  in  such other subjects as shall be authorized by the advisory
                                                                        
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  1    board of the community college. The academic courses offered and the  instruc-
  2    tion  of the courses shall be of the same standard as the same are offered and
  3    taught in the first two (2) years of any other  state  institution  of  higher
  4    education,  and credits therefor shall be accepted by other state institutions
  5    for credit toward a baccalaureate degree.
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 2.  That the Heading for Chapter 21, Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and
  7    the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8                                      CHAPTER 21
  9                              JUNIOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
                                                                        
 10        SECTION 3.  That Chapter 21, Title 33, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 11    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 12    ignated as Section 33-2101, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        33-2101.  ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. For the  purposes  of
 14    this  chapter,  a state community college shall be an institution that is only
 15    established or approved by the state board of education. The  state  board  of
 16    education shall have the authority to:
 17        (1)  Establish a network of community colleges in the state of Idaho;
 18        (2)  Establish  community  colleges  outside the boundaries of an existing
 19    community college district;
 20        (3)  Approve departments or divisions within existing public  institutions
 21    of higher education as community colleges; and
 22        (4)  Approve  the  establishment of  community colleges within a community
 23    college district pursuant to the process  outlined  in  sections  33-2103  and
 24    33-2104, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION  4.  That  Chapter  21,  Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 26    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 27    ignated as Section 33-2101A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        33-2101A.  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  ADVISORY BOARDS. (1) The
 29    state board of education shall have the authority to establish advisory boards
 30    for any community college, except those created pursuant to the provisions  of
 31    sections  33-2103 and 33-2104, Idaho Code, or those created as a department or
 32    division of a public institution of higher education recognized as a community
 33    college.
 34        (2)  The state board of education shall appoint all members of an advisory
 35    board. Each advisory board shall consist of five (5) members who are residents
 36    of the community college area, as provided in section  33-2101B,  Idaho  Code,
 37    and  each  member  shall  serve  a  term of four (4) years. Whenever a vacancy
 38    occurs, the state board of education shall appoint a qualified person to  fill
 39    the  vacancy  for  the  unexpired  portion of the term or until a successor is
 40    appointed by the state board of education. Advisory board members  shall  take
 41    and  subscribe  the  oath of office required in the case of state officers and
 42    said oath shall be filed with the secretary of state.
 43        (3)  Each community college advisory board shall have the power:
 44        (a)  To adopt rules for its own government and the government of the  col-
 45        lege;
 46        (b)  To  submit  three (3) names to the state board of education who shall
 47        appoint a president of the community college from the three (3)  nominees.
 48        The  president shall serve at the pleasure of the state board of education
 49        and may be removed for cause.
                                                                        
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  1        (c)  To employ legal counsel and other  professional  and  nonprofessional
  2        persons, and prescribe their qualifications;
  3        (d)  To  acquire  and hold, and to dispose of, real and personal property,
  4        and to construct, repair, remodel and remove buildings;
  5        (e)  To contract for the acquisition, purchase or repair of buildings,  in
  6        a manner prescribed by the state board of education;
  7        (f)  To  dispose of real and personal property in the manner prescribed by
  8        the state board of education;
  9        (g)  To issue general obligation or revenue bonds in the manner now, or as
 10        may be, prescribed by law;
 11        (h)  To convey and transfer real property of the  community  college  upon
 12        which no college buildings used for instruction are situated, to nonprofit
 13        corporations,  school  districts,  community  college housing commissions,
 14        counties or municipalities, with or without consideration; to rent real or
 15        personal property for the use of the community college,  its  students  or
 16        faculty,  for  such  terms  as may be determined by the advisory board; to
 17        lease real property of the community college not actually in use for  com-
 18        munity  college instructional purposes for such terms as may be determined
 19        by the advisory board; and to lease real property and improvements to  the
 20        Idaho state building authority, for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years,
 21        with or without consideration, and to enter into agreements with the Idaho
 22        state building authority for the Idaho state building authority to provide
 23        a facility, pursuant to section 67-6410, Idaho Code;
 24        (i)  To acquire, hold, and dispose of, water rights;
 25        (j)  To accept grants or gifts of money, materials or property of any kind
 26        from  any governmental agency, or from any person, firm or association, on
 27        such terms as may be determined by the granter and the advisory board;
 28        (k)  To cooperate with any governmental agency, or  any  person,  firm  or
 29        association  in  the  conduct of any educational program; to accept grants
 30        from any source to conduct such program; and to conduct such  program  on,
 31        or off, campus;
 32        (l)  To  invest any funds of the community college in such securities, and
 33        apply the interest or profits from such investment, as prescribed for  the
 34        investment of the funds, and the application of the interest or profits by
 35        the state board of education.
                                                                        
 36        SECTION  5.  That  Section 33-2101, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 37    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 38        33-2101B.  JUNIOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS,  APPROVALS,  BOUNDARIES  OF
 39    JUNIOR  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE  AREAS.  Junior  Community college districts may be
 40    formed and organized in accordance with the provisions of  this  chapter,  and
 41    junior  community  colleges  maintained therein shall be intermediate institu-
 42    tions of higher education above grade twelve (12).
 43        To provide for the orderly establishment and growth  of  junior  community
 44    colleges,  a  statewide  system  of  six junior (6) community college areas is
 45    hereby created, as hereafter described. The Sstate Bboard of Eeducation  shall
 46    only approve the existence of one (1) centrally located district in  any  area
 47    until  the  enrollment  of  such  junior community college therein exceeds one
 48    thousand (1,000) full-time day students a year from within the area.
 49        The boundaries of junior community college areas  hereby  created  may  be
 50    changed  by  the Sstate Bboard of Eeducation upon  thirty (30) days' notice to
 51    the boards of trustees of each school district in each of the junior community
 52    college areas affected and upon public hearing. No change  shall  be  made  to
 53    place  more  than one (1) existing junior community college in an area. Notice
                                                                        
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  1    of any boundary change shall forthwith be filed with the board of county  com-
  2    missioners of each county affected.
  3        Area  No.  1 shall comprise the territory of the counties of Benewah, Bon-
  4    ner, Boundary, Kootenai and Shoshone.
  5        Area No. 2 shall comprise the territory of  the  counties  of  Clearwater,
  6    Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce.
  7        Area  No.  3  shall  comprise the territory of the counties of Ada, Adams,
  8    Boise, Canyon, Gem,  Payette,  Valley,  Washington,  that  portion  of  Elmore
  9    Ccounty lying generally west of a line described as follows:
 10        Beginning  at  the  junction of the boundary line common to Blaine, Boise,
 11        Custer and Elmore counties,  thence  proceeding  in  a  general  southerly
 12        direction  along  the  boundaries of Blaine and Elmore counties and Blaine
 13        and Camas counties to the northeast corner of Section 1, T. 1  S.,  R.  11
 14        E.,  B.M.;  thence west 3 miles to the northwest corner of Section 3, same
 15        township and range; thence south 4 miles to the southwest corner  of  Sec-
 16        tion  22, T. 1 S., R. 11 E., B.M.; thence west a distance of 15 miles more
 17        or less to the southwest corner of Section 19, T. 1 S.,  R.  9  E.,  B.M.;
 18        thence  south 2 miles to the southwest corner of Section 31, T. 1 S., R. 9
 19        E., B.M.; thence west a distance of one and  three-fourths  (1 3/4)  miles
 20        more  or  less to a point where the south section line of Section 35, T. 1
 21        S., R. 8 E., B.M., intersects Bennett Creek;  thence  in  a  southwesterly
 22        direction  down  said  Bennett Creek approximately 8 miles more or less to
 23        the southwest corner of Section 27, T. 2 S., R. 8 E., B.M.;  thence  south
 24        along  the section lines 5 miles to the southwest corner of Section 22, T.
 25        3 S., R. 8 E., B.M.; thence west 3 miles to the northwest corner  of  Sec-
 26        tion  30,  T.  3 S., R. 8 E., B.M.; thence south along the section lines a
 27        distance of 14 miles more or less to the Snake River  which  is  also  the
 28        boundary between Elmore and Owyhee counties;
 29    and that portion of Owyhee Ccounty lying generally west of a line described as
 30    follows:
 31        Beginning  at  the northwest corner of Section 33, T. 5 S., R. 7 E., B.M.,
 32        which is on the boundary of Elmore and Owyhee counties, thence south along
 33        the section lines 7 miles more or less to the southwest corner of  Section
 34        33, T. 6 S., R. 7 E., B.M.; thence west to the northwest corner of Section
 35        4,  T.  7  S.,  R. 7 E., B.M.; thence south one and one-half (1 1/2) miles
 36        more or less to the southwest corner of Section 9, T. 7 S., R. 7 E., B.M.;
 37        thence east along the section lines 10 miles more or less to the northeast
 38        corner of Section 13, T. 7 S., R. 8 E., B.M.; thence south 4 miles to  the
 39        southeast  corner  of  Section  36,  T.  7  S., R. 8 E., B.M.; thence east
 40        twenty-one and one-half (21 1/2) miles more or  less  to  the  north-south
 41        center  line  of  Section  3,  T.  8 S., R. 12 E., B.M.; which is also the
 42        boundary line of Twin Falls and Owyhee counties; thence south  along  said
 43        boundary  lines  36  miles to the township line between Townships 13 South
 44        and 14 South, R. 12 E., B.M.; thence west along said township line twenty-
 45        seven and one-half (27 1/2) miles more or less to the southwest corner  of
 46        Section  31, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., B.M.; thence south along the section lines
 47        17 miles more or less to the southwest corner of Section 30, T. 16 S.,  R.
 48        8 E., B.M.; which is also the Nevada Sstate Lline.
 49        Area  No. 4 shall comprise the territory of the counties of Blaine, Camas,
 50    Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Twin Falls, and those portions  of
 51    the  counties of Elmore and Owyhee not included in the description of Area No.
 52    3.
 53        Area No. 5 shall comprise the territory of the counties of  Bannock,  Bear
 54    Lake,  Caribou,  Franklin,  Oneida, Power, and that portion of Bingham Ccounty
 55    lying west of a line described as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 1, T. 3 N., R. 33  E.,  B.M.;
  2        which  is  also  a point common to Jefferson, Bonneville and Bingham coun-
  3        ties; thence due south on the section line a  distance  of  eighteen  (18)
  4        miles  to  the  southeast  corner  of Section 36, T. 1 N., R. 33 E., B.M.;
  5        thence east on the township line a distance of five and  one-half  (5 1/2)
  6        miles  more  or less to the north-south center line of Section 6, T. 1 S.,
  7        R. 35 E., B.M.; thence south on the center section line a distance of  six
  8        (6)  miles  more  or less to a point where said center line intersects the
  9        east-west section line common to Section 6, T. 2 S., R. 35  E.,  B.M.  and
 10        Section 31, T. 1 S., R. 35 E., B.M.; thence east along said section line a
 11        distance  of five and one-half (5 1/2) miles more or less to the northeast
 12        corner of Section 1, T. 2 S., R. 35 E., B.M.; thence south  one  and  one-
 13        half  (1 1/2)  miles  to  the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of
 14        Section 7, T. 2 S., R. 36 E., B.M.; thence east six (6) miles more or less
 15        to the Range line common to Ranges 36 and 37 E.,  B.M.;  thence  south  on
 16        said  Range  line  two  and  one-quarter (2 1/4) miles more or less to its
 17        point of intersection with  the  Blackfoot  River;  thence  following  the
 18        Blackfoot  River in a northeasterly and southeasterly direction to a point
 19        where said river intersects the township line common to Bingham and  Cari-
 20        bou counties.
 21        Area  No.  6  shall  comprise the territory of the counties of Bonneville,
 22    Butte, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Teton, and that por-
 23    tion of Bingham Ccounty not included in the description of Area No. 5.
                                                                        
 24        SECTION 6.  That Section 33-2101A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 25    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 26        33-2101AC.  JUNIOR  COLLEGE  SHALL MEAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Notwithstanding
 27    any other provision of  law,  in  sections  21-805,  21-806,  21-809,  23-404,
 28    31-808,  33-101,  33-107, 33-107B, 33-601, 33-1252, 33-2101, 33-2102, 33-2103,
 29    33-2104, 33-2105, 33-2106, 33-2107,  33-2107A,  33-2107B,  33-2107C,  33-2108,
 30    33-2109A,  33-2110,  33-2110A,  33-2110B,  33-2111, 33-2112, 33-2113, 33-2114,
 31    33-2115,  33-2116,  33-2117,  33-2118,  33-2119,  33-2121,  33-2122,  33-2123,
 32    33-2124,  33-2125,  33-2126,  33-2130,  33-2135,  33-2137,  33-2138,  33-2139,
 33    33-2141,  33-2142,  33-2143,  33-2144,  33-2211,  33-3716,  33-3717,  33-4001,
 34    33-4003,  33-4004,  33-4006,  33-4201,  33-4306,  33-4315,  46-314,   50-1721,
 35    57-1105A,  59-1324,  59-1371, 59-1374, 67-2320, 67-2322, 67-5309C and 67-5332,
 36    Idaho Code, the term "junior college" shall  mean  and  shall  be  denoted  as
 37    "community college."
                                                                        
 38        SECTION 7.  That Sections 33-2110, 33-2110A and 33-2110B,  Idaho Code, be,
 39    and the same are hereby repealed.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION  8.  That  Chapter  21,  Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 41    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 42    ignated as Section 33-2110, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 43        33-2110.  RESIDENCY -- TUITION. The state board of education shall promul-
 44    gate rules for residency and tuition purposes for students attending community
 45    colleges. The rules shall be consistent with statute and board rules for resi-
 46    dents and nonresidents for purposes of state university attendance.
                                                                        
 47        SECTION  9.  That  Section 33-2139, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 48    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        33-2139.  STATE JUNIOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCOUNT EQUALIZATION   FUND  CRE-
  2    ATED.  There is hereby created a the state junior community college account in
  3    the state operating equalization fund in the state treasurer's office treasury
  4    to which shall be credited all moneys which may be appropriated,  apportioned,
  5    gifted  or  allocated to that account the fund. The state treasurer shall make
  6    such disbursements from the account fund as may be ordered by the state  board
  7    of education in accordance with the provisions of this act chapter.  Each com-
  8    munity  college  shall  be reimbursed five hundred dollars ($500) per semester
  9    for each full-time student who resides outside a  community  college  district
 10    and  is  enrolled  in  the  community  college. Liability shall be for six (6)
 11    semesters or the term of the curriculum for which  the  student  is  enrolled,
 12    whichever  is  less,  with  a  maximum payment to a community college of three
 13    thousand dollars ($3,000) during the lifetime of a student.  For  purposes  of
 14    this   section, the state board of education shall determine the definition of
 15    a full-time student. Reimbursement shall be by order of  the  state  board  of
 16    education.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION  10.  That  Chapter  21, Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 18    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 19    ignated as Section 33-2141A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        33-2141A.  DISBURSEMENT  OF  FUNDS TO STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. (1)  Funds
 21    appropriated to the state board of education  for  the  request  for  proposal
 22    (RFP) process in support of community colleges shall be apportioned equally to
 23    each  community  college  area. If more than one (1) institution in an area is
 24    eligible to receive funds, the state board of education shall distribute  that
 25    area's funds directly to the community colleges in that area.
 26        (2)  Funds  not  disbursed  as  an  award through the RFP process shall be
 27    returned to the state board of education and such funds shall only be used for
 28    community colleges established or approved by the state board of education.
                                                                        
 29        SECTION 11.  That Section 23-404, Idaho Code, as  amended  by  Section  1,
 30    Senate  Bill  No.  1388,  as  enacted  by  the  Second  Regular Session of the
 31    Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, be, and the same is hereby amended to read  as
 32    follows:
                                                                        
 33        23-404.  DISTRIBUTION OF MONEYS IN LIQUOR ACCOUNT. (1) The moneys received
 34    into the liquor account shall be transferred or appropriated as follows:
 35        (a)  An  amount of money equal to the actual cost of purchase of alcoholic
 36        liquor and payment of expenses of administration and operation of the dis-
 37        pensary, as determined by the superintendent and  certified  quarterly  to
 38        the  state  controller,  shall be transferred back to the dispensary; pro-
 39        vided, that the amount so transferred back for administration  and  opera-
 40        tion  of  the  dispensary  shall  not  exceed  the amount authorized to be
 41        expended by regular appropriation authorization.
 42        (b)  From fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2009, forty  percent  (40%)
 43        of  the  balance  remaining  after  transferring the amounts authorized by
 44        paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be transferred or appropriated pur-
 45        suant to this paragraph (b). Beginning in fiscal year 2010 the  percentage
 46        transferred  pursuant  to  this  paragraph (b) shall increase to forty-two
 47        percent (42%) with an increase of two percent  (2%)  for  each  subsequent
 48        fiscal  year  thereafter until fiscal year 2014 when such percentage shall
 49        be fifty percent (50%).
 50             (i)   For fiscal year 2006 and through fiscal year 2009, one  million
 51             eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) shall be appropriated and
                                                                        
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  1             paid to the cities and counties as set forth in paragraphs (c)(i) and
  2             (c)(ii) of this subsection;
  3             (ii)  One  million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) shall be
  4             transferred annually to  the  alcoholism  treatment  fund,  which  is
  5             hereby created in the trust and agency fund;
  6             (iii) Three  hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) shall be transferred
  7             annually to the community college account equalization fund,  created
  8             by section 33-2139, Idaho Code;
  9             (iv)  One  million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) shall be
 10             transferred annually to the public school income fund, as defined  in
 11             section 33-903, Idaho Code;
 12             (v)   Six  hundred  fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) shall be trans-
 13             ferred annually to the cooperative welfare account in  the  dedicated
 14             fund; and
 15             (vi)  The balance shall be transferred to the general fund.
 16        (c)  The  remainder  of the moneys received in the liquor account shall be
 17        appropriated and paid as follows:
 18             (i)  Forty percent (40%) of the balance remaining after the transfers
 19             authorized by paragraphs (a) and (b) of  this  subsection  have  been
 20             made is hereby appropriated to and shall be paid to the several coun-
 21             ties.  Each  county  shall be entitled to an amount in the proportion
 22             that liquor sales through the dispensary in that  county  during  the
 23             state's  previous  fiscal year bear to total liquor sales through the
 24             dispensary in the state during  the  state's  previous  fiscal  year,
 25             except  that  no county shall be entitled to an amount less than that
 26             county received in distributions from the liquor account  during  the
 27             state's fiscal year 1981. Of the amount owing to the several counties
 28             pursuant  to this paragraph, the state liquor dispensary shall trans-
 29             fer  forty  percent  (40%)  of  those  funds  under  this  subsection
 30             (1)(c)(i) to the community college equalization fund created in  sec-
 31             tion 33-2139, Idaho Code, for each county outside of a community col-
 32             lege district.
 33             (ii) Sixty percent (60%) of the balance remaining after the transfers
 34             authorized  by  paragraphs  (a)  and (b) of this subsection have been
 35             made is hereby appropriated to and shall be paid to the several  cit-
 36             ies as follows:
 37                  1.  Ninety  percent (90%) of the amount appropriated to the cit-
 38                  ies shall be distributed to those cities  which  have  a  liquor
 39                  store  or distribution station located within the corporate lim-
 40                  its of the city. Each such city shall be entitled to  an  amount
 41                  in  the  proportion  that liquor sales through the dispensary in
 42                  that city during the state's previous fiscal year bear to  total
 43                  liquor  sales  through  the  dispensary  in the state during the
 44                  state's previous fiscal year, except that no city shall be enti-
 45                  tled to an amount less than that city received in  distributions
 46                  from the liquor account during the state's fiscal year 1981;
 47                  2.  Ten  percent  (10%) of the amount appropriated to the cities
 48                  shall be distributed to those cities which do not have a  liquor
 49                  store  or distribution station located within the corporate lim-
 50                  its of the city. Each such city shall be entitled to  an  amount
 51                  in the proportion that that city's population bears to the popu-
 52                  lation  of  all  cities in the state which  do not have a liquor
 53                  store or distribution station located within the corporate  lim-
 54                  its  of  the  city,  except that no city shall be entitled to an
 55                  amount less than that city received in  distributions  from  the
                                                                        
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  1                  liquor account during the state's fiscal year 1981.
  2        (2)  All  transfers  and distributions shall be made periodically, but not
  3    less frequently than quarterly but, the apportionments made to any  county  or
  4    city,  which  may during the succeeding three (3) year period be found to have
  5    been in error either of computation or transmittal, shall be corrected  during
  6    the  fiscal  year of discovery by a reduction of apportionments in the case of
  7    over-apportionment or by an increase of apportionments in the case  of  under-
  8    apportionment.  The decision of the superintendent on entitlements of counties
  9    and cities shall be final, and shall not be subject to judicial review.
                                                                        
 10        SECTION 12.  That Section 33-2141, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        33-2141.  DISBURSEMENT  OF  FUNDS -- METHOD -- FUNDS DISBURSED NOT CONSID-
 13    ERED IN FIXING TUITION. Funds appropriated to the state junior community  col-
 14    lege  account  equalization  fund  shall be disbursed to the qualifying junior
 15    community college districts as follows: fifty percent (50%) of the  moneys  in
 16    the  account  shall be disbursed on the twentieth day of July of each year and
 17    the remainder of the account shall be disbursed on the first day of  September
 18    of  each  year. Funds disbursed under this act chapter shall not be considered
 19    by the board of trustees of any junior community college in fixing tuition  of
 20    such college. pursuant to section 33-2110, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 21        SECTION  13.  That Section 33-4306, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 22    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 23        33-4306.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this act, unless the  context  otherwise
 24    requires:
 25        (1)  "Eligible  postsecondary  institution"  means  a public postsecondary
 26    organization governed or supervised by the state board of education, the board
 27    of regents of the university of Idaho, a board of trustees of a community col-
 28    lege established pursuant to the provisions of section 33-2106, Idaho Code, or
 29    the state board for professional-technical education or any educational  orga-
 30    nization  which  is operated privately and not for profit under the control of
 31    an independent board and not directly controlled or administered by  a  public
 32    or political subdivision. A public or private educational organization becomes
 33    eligible  to participate in category B grant awards if the organization agrees
 34    to match awards  granted to each eligible category B student. If  an  institu-
 35    tion declines to match awards, an eligible student will receive the state por-
 36    tion of the award to that institution.
 37        (2)  "Educational  costs"  means student costs for tuition, fees, room and
 38    board, or expenses related to  reasonable  commuting,  books  and  such  other
 39    expenses  reasonably  related  to  attendance  at  a postsecondary educational
 40    institution.
 41        (3)  "Student" means an individual resident student as defined in  section
 42    33-3717B or 33-2110B, Idaho Code, enrolled full time and carrying a sufficient
 43    number  of  credit hours, or their equivalent, to secure an individual's first
 44    degree, certificate, diploma or less, toward which the individual is  working,
 45    in  no  more than the number of semesters, or equivalent, normally required by
 46    the eligible postsecondary institution in the program in which the  individual
 47    is  enrolled  and provided that the baccalaureate degree, certificate, diploma
 48    or lesser program requires at least six (6) months or equivalent  of  consecu-
 49    tive  attendance.  A  student engaged in a four (4) year baccalaureate program
 50    shall not be terminated from this scholarship  program  by  having  earned  an
 51    intermediate degree, certificate or diploma.
                                                                        
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  1        (4)  "Enrollment"   means   the   establishment   and  maintenance  of  an
  2    individual's status as a student in  an  eligible  postsecondary  institution,
  3    regardless of the term used at the institution to describe such status.
  4        (5)  "Eligible  category  A student" means any individual who declares his
  5    intention to matriculate in an eligible postsecondary institution in the state
  6    of Idaho during the educational year immediately following:
  7        (a)  The individual's graduation from an accredited  secondary  school  in
  8        the state of Idaho; or
  9        (b)  The  individual's graduation from an accredited secondary school out-
 10        side of the United States, provided that  the  individual  graduated  from
 11        such  school, and the individual and a parent of the individual were resi-
 12        dents of the state of Idaho, within one (1) year of leaving the state  due
 13        to the military status or job relocation of a parent.
 14        (6)  "Eligible  category  B  student"  means any student, having completed
 15    secondary school or its equivalent in the state of Idaho, or  outside  of  the
 16    United  States if within one (1) year of leaving the state due to the military
 17    status or job relocation of a parent (a) the student completed such  secondary
 18    school or its equivalent, and (b) the student and a parent of the student were
 19    residents  of  the state of Idaho, and who enrolls as a student in an eligible
 20    postsecondary institution in the state of Idaho prior to  reaching  twenty-two
 21    (22) years of age. To maintain eligibility a student must achieve and maintain
 22    a  2.5  cumulative  grade  point  average  while enrolled in an eligible post-
 23    secondary institution. Students meeting the requirements  of  this  subsection
 24    who were not eligible for a grant in the first term of postsecondary education
 25    and  who  achieve and maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average based on a
 26    4.0 system in an eligible postsecondary institution will become  eligible  for
 27    grant payments in subsequent school terms.
 28        (7)  "Grant" means an award to an eligible student for matriculation in an
 29    eligible postsecondary institution in the state of Idaho.
 30        (8)  "Educational  year"  means  the  period from July 1 of a year through
 31    June 30 of the succeeding year.
 32        (9)  "Competitive examination" means standardized examination(s) measuring
 33    achievement administered annually on a voluntary basis on a specified date and
 34    at specified locations announced publicly.
 35        (10) "High school record," for category A students, will be defined by the
 36    state board of education and the board of regents of the university  of  Idaho
 37    and  may include, but need not be limited to, an individual's rank in his sec-
 38    ondary school class, grade point average, and difficulty of course load  taken
 39    as  certified  by  an  official of such secondary school, and the individual's
 40    secondary school deportment as evaluated by at least two (2) officials of such
 41    secondary school.
 42        (11) "High school record," for category B students, shall  be  defined  by
 43    the  state  board  of  education and the board of regents of the university of
 44    Idaho and may include, but need not be limited to, an  individual's  secondary
 45    school  cumulative  grade  point  average or a composite score on the American
 46    college test (ACT).
 47        (12) "Cumulative grade point average" is defined as a student's cumulative
 48    grade point average for all courses taken in grades nine  (9)  through  twelve
 49    (12) and calculated on a grade of A equals 4.0 points, a grade of B equals 3.0
 50    points,  a  grade  of C equals 2.0 points, a grade of D equals 1.0 point and a
 51    grade of F equals 0.0 points.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16315

Today, many Idaho students are taking lower division and remedial courses at
traditional universities and paying the higher tuition rates associated with
universities.  If these students were enrolled in a community college, they
would be paying a significantly lower tuition rate.  Idaho must take steps to
expand access to community college services and ensure affordability of these
services so that every Idahoan has an opportunity for continued learning. 
Currently, community colleges exist in only two areas of the state.

The purpose of this legislation is to update code and empower the State Board
of Education to establish a network of community colleges where there are
postsecondary educational needs.  This legislation does not allow the board to
establish new community colleges in areas where they already exist.  College
of Southern Idaho and North Idaho College will continue to have a local board
of trustees and will maintain their current level of local control.

If adopted, this legislation will rename the statewide community college fund
as the State Community College Equalization Fund.  A portion of the liquor
distribution fund will be assigned to the Community College Equalization
account, and all community colleges will bill the Community College
Equalization account for tuition chargeback.  All counties in Idaho will be
relieved from paying any tuition chargeback in the future.  Those counties
with organized community college districts will not lose any of their current
liquor funds.



                           FISCAL NOTE

This legislation establishes the Idaho Community College Equalization Fund and
provides for the allocation of 40% of the liquor surcharge otherwise
distributed to counties pursuant to Idaho Code 23-404(c)to the Idaho Community
College Equalization Fund.  The remaining 60% of the liquor surcharge pursuant
to Idaho Code 23-404 will be distributed directly to counties.

This legislation also repeals Idaho Code 33-2110A, the county tuition payment
for out-of-district Idaho students attending a state community college.

In FY 2007, under existing code, it is projected that $10,543,600 would be
distributed to the several counties, of which $5,271,800 is dedicated to
county tuition payment for out-of-district Idaho students attending a state
community college.  If this legislation is adopted, $4,217,440 would be
allocated to the Idaho Community College Equity Fund and the balance of
$6,326,160 would be allocated to the several counties without further
obligation to pay any tuition.

This legislation is consistent with the Governor's Idaho College Initiative
Recommendation of $5.0 million in seed money for community colleges. It is
anticipated that if this legislation passes, the FY 2007 fiscal impact could
be $3.5 million ongoing and $1.5 million one-time appropriation from the
Economic Reserve Fund.




Contact
Name: Senator John Goedde and Rep. Ann Rydalch 
Phone: (208) 332-1000


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