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S1234............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - ADMINISTRATORS DIVISION - Appropriates
$85,240,200 to the Public Schools, Division of Administrators, for fiscal
year 2008; provides intent regarding public school employee benefits;
amends existing law to increase the base salary for administrative staff;
to revise payments from the Public School Income Fund; and to revise public
charter school financial support.
03/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/19 Rpt prt - to Fin
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/26 3rd rdg - PASSED - 27-7-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Broadsword, Cameron, Coiner,
Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hammond,
Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Keough, Little, Lodge, McGee, McKague,
McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Siddoway, Stegner
NAYS -- Bilyeu, Burkett(Cronin), Kelly, Langhorst, Schroeder,
Stennett, Werk(Douglas)
Absent and excused -- Malepeai
Floor Sponsor - Hammond
Title apvd - to House
03/27 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 49-20-1
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crane,
Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henderson, Kren,
Labrador, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Patrick, Raybould, Ring, Roberts, Schaefer,
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Vander
Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Bock, Boe, Chavez, Chew, Durst, Henbest, Jaquet, Killen,
King, LeFavour, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler,
Shepherd(2), Shively, Smith(30), Trail
Absent and excused -- Lake
Floor Sponsor - Bayer
Title apvd - to Senate
03/28 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
To Governor
04/02 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 350
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1234
BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ADMINISTRA-
3 TORS; PROVIDING FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ADMIN-
4 ISTRATORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND MONEYS FOR
5 TRANSFER TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND; APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE EDU-
6 CATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM/DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008;
7 EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT CERTAIN STATE FUNDED BENEFITS BE PAID;
8 AMENDING SECTION 33-1004E, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE BASE SALARIES FOR
9 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF; AMENDING SECTION 33-1009, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PAY-
10 MENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-5208,
11 IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
13 SECTION 1. The following amount shall be expended for the Public Schools
14 Division of Administrators for the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008:
15 FROM:
16 General Fund $83,089,900
17 Federal Grant Fund 2,150,300
18 TOTAL $85,240,200
19 SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated the following amount to be trans-
20 ferred to the Public School Income Fund for the period July 1, 2007, through
21 June 30, 2008:
22 FROM:
23 General Fund $83,089,900
24 SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Educational Support
25 Program/Division of Administrators, pursuant to law and the provisions of this
26 act, the following amount to be expended from the listed funds for the period
27 July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008:
28 FROM:
29 Public School Income Fund $83,089,900
30 Federal Grant Fund 2,150,300
31 TOTAL $85,240,200
32 SECTION 4. It is legislative intent that public school employee benefits
33 paid by the state, pursuant to Section 33-1004F, Idaho Code, be paid for all
34 eligible employees that a school district or public charter school actually
35 employs with its salary-based apportionment allotment, regardless of whether
36 such employees are categorized as administrative, instructional or classified
37 staff.
38 SECTION 5. That Section 33-1004E, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
39 amended to read as follows:
2
1 33-1004E. DISTRICT'S SALARY-BASED APPORTIONMENT. Each district shall be
2 entitled to a salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in this sec-
3 tion.
4 1. To determine the apportionment for instructional staff, first deter-
5 mine the district average experience and education index by placing all eligi-
6 ble district certificated instructional employees on the statewide index pro-
7 vided in section 33-1004A, Idaho Code. The resulting average is the district
8 index. Districts with an index above the state average index shall receive
9 their actual index but not more than the state average plus .03 for the
10 1994-95 school year, and shall receive their actual index but not more than
11 the state average plus .06 for the 1995-96 school year, and thereafter shall
12 receive their actual district index. The district instructional staff index
13 shall be multiplied by the instructional base salary of $23,906. The amount so
14 determined shall be multiplied by the district staff allowance for instruc-
15 tional staff determined as provided in section 33-1004 2., Idaho Code. The
16 instructional salary allocation shall be increased by the amount necessary for
17 each full-time equivalent instructional staff member placed on the experience
18 and education index to be allocated at least the minimum salary mandated by
19 this section. Full-time instructional staff salaries shall be determined from
20 a salary schedule developed by each district and submitted to the state
21 department of education. No full-time instructional staff member shall be paid
22 less than $30,000. If an instructional staff member has been certified by the
23 national board for professional teaching standards, the staff member shall be
24 designated as a master teacher and receive $2,000 per year for five (5) years.
25 The instructional salary shall be increased by $2,000 for each master teacher.
26 The resulting amount is the district's salary-based apportionment for instruc-
27 tional staff. For purposes of this section, teachers qualifying for the salary
28 increase as master teacher shall be those who have been recognized as national
29 board certified teachers as of July 1 of each year.
30 2. To determine the apportionment for district administrative staff,
31 first determine the district average experience and education index by placing
32 all eligible certificated administrative employees on the statewide index pro-
33 vided in section 33-1004A, Idaho Code. The resulting average is the district
34 index. Districts with an index above the state average index shall receive
35 their actual index but not more than the state average plus .03 for the school
36 year 1994-95, and shall receive their actual index but not more than the state
37 average index plus .06 for the 1995-96 school year, and thereafter shall
38 receive their actual district index. The district administrative staff index
39 shall be multiplied by the base salary of $34,77335,816. The amount so deter-
40 mined shall be multiplied by the district staff allowance for administrative
41 staff determined as provided in section 33-1004 3., Idaho Code. The resulting
42 amount is the district's salary-based apportionment for administrative staff.
43 3. To determine the apportionment for classified staff, multiply $19,207
44 by the district classified staff allowance determined as provided in section
45 33-1004 4., Idaho Code. The amount so determined is the district's apportion-
46 ment for classified staff.
47 4. The district's salary-based apportionment shall be the sum of the
48 apportionments calculated in subsections 1., 2. and 3., of this section, plus
49 the benefit apportionment as provided in section 33-1004F, Idaho Code.
50 SECTION 6. That Section 33-1009, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
51 amended to read as follows:
52 33-1009. PAYMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND.
53 1. a. Payments of the state general account appropriation for public
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1 school support shall be made each year by the state board of education to
2 the public school districts of the state in five (5) payments. Payments to
3 the districts shall be made not later than the fifteenth day of August,
4 the first day of October, the fifteenth day of November, the fifteenth day
5 of February, and the fifteenth day of May each year. Each The first two
6 payments by the state board of education shall be approximately twenty
7 thirty percent (230%) of the total general account appropriation for the
8 fiscal year, while the third, fourth and fifth payments shall be approxi-
9 mately twenty percent (20%), ten percent (10%) and ten percent (10%),
10 respectively. Amounts apportioned due to a special transfer to the public
11 school income fund to restore or reduce a deficiency in the prior year's
12 transfer pursuant to subsection 4. of this section shall not be subject to
13 this limitation.
14 b. Payments of moneys, other than the state general account appropria-
15 tion, that accrue to the public school income fund shall be made by the
16 state board of education to the school districts of the state on the fif-
17 teenth day of November, February, May and July each year. The total amount
18 of such payments shall be determined by the state department of education
19 and shall not exceed the amount of moneys available and on deposit in the
20 public school income fund at the time such payment is made.
21 c. Amounts apportioned due to a special transfer to the public school
22 income fund to restore or reduce a deficiency in the prior year's transfer
23 pursuant to subsection 4. of this section shall not be subject to the lim-
24 itation imposed by paragraphs a. and b.
25 2. Payments made to the school districts in August, October and November
26 are advance payments for the current year and will be based upon payments from
27 the public school income fund for the preceding school year. Each school dis-
28 trict shall receive its proportionate share of the advance payments in the
29 same ratio that its total payment for the preceding year was to the total pay-
30 ments to all school districts for the preceding year.
31 3. No later than the fifteenth day of February in each year, the state
32 department of education shall compute the state distribution factor based on
33 the total average daily attendance through the first Friday in November. The
34 factor will be used in payments of state funds in February and May. Attendance
35 shall be reported in a format and at a time specified by the state department
36 of education.
37 As of the thirtieth day of June of each year the state department of edu-
38 cation shall determine final payments to be made on July fifteenth next suc-
39 ceeding to the several school districts from the public school income fund for
40 the school year ended June 30. The July payments shall take into consider-
41 ation:
42 a. the average daily attendance of the several school districts for the
43 twenty-eight (28) best weeks of the school year completed not later than
44 the thirtieth of June,
45 b. all funds available in the public school income fund for the fiscal
46 year ending on the thirtieth of June,
47 c. all payments distributed for the current fiscal year to the several
48 school districts,
49 d. the adjustment based on the actual amount of discretionary funds per
50 support unit required by the provisions of section 33-1018, Idaho Code,
51 e. payments made or due for the transportation support program and the
52 exceptional education support program. The state department of education
53 shall apportion and direct the payment to the several school districts the
54 moneys in the public school income fund in each year, taking into account
55 the advance made under subsection 2. of this section, in such amounts as
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1 will provide in full for each district its support program, and not more
2 than therefor required, and no school district shall receive less than
3 fifty dollars ($50.00).
4 4. If the full amount appropriated to the public school income fund from
5 the general account by the legislature is not transferred to the public school
6 income fund by the end of the fiscal year, the deficiency resulting therefrom
7 shall either be restored or reduced through a special transfer from the gen-
8 eral account in the first sixty (60) days of the following fiscal year, or
9 shall be calculated in computing district levies, and any additional levy
10 shall be certified by the state superintendent of public instruction to the
11 board of county commissioners and added to the district's maintenance and
12 operation levy. If the deficiency is restored or reduced by special transfer,
13 the amount so transferred shall be in addition to the amount appropriated to
14 be transferred in such following fiscal year, and shall be apportioned to each
15 school district in the same amount as each would have received had the trans-
16 fer been made in the year the deficiency occurred. The state department of
17 education shall distribute to the school district the full amount of the spe-
18 cial transfer as soon as practical after such transfer is made. In making the
19 levy computations required by this subsection the state department of educa-
20 tion shall take into account and consider the full amount of money receipted
21 into the public school income fund from all sources for the given fiscal year.
22 Deficits in the transfer of the appropriated amount of general account revenue
23 to the public school income fund shall be reduced by the amount, if any, that
24 the total amount receipted from other sources into the public school income
25 fund exceeds the official estimated amount from those sources. The official
26 estimate of receipts from other sources shall be the total amount stated by
27 the legislature in the appropriation bill. The provisions of this subsection
28 shall not apply to any transfers to or from the public education stabilization
29 fund.
30 5. Any apportionments in any year, made to any school district, which may
31 within the succeeding three (3) year period be found to have been in error
32 either of computation or transmittal, may be corrected during the three (3)
33 year period by reduction of apportionments to any school district to which
34 over-apportionments may have been made or received, and corresponding addi-
35 tions to apportionments to any school district to which under-apportionments
36 may have been made or received.
37 SECTION 7. That Section 33-5208, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
38 amended to read as follows:
39 33-5208. PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Except as provided in
40 subsection (8) of this section, from the state educational support program the
41 state department of education shall make the following apportionment to each
42 public charter school for each fiscal year based on attendance figures submit-
43 ted in a manner and time as required by the department of education:
44 (1) Per student support. Computation of support units for each public
45 charter school shall be calculated as if it were a separate school according
46 to the schedules in section 33-1002(4), Idaho Code, except that public charter
47 schools with fewer than one hundred (100) secondary ADA shall use a divisor of
48 twelve (12) and the minimum units shall not apply, and no public charter
49 school shall receive an increase in support units that exceeds the support
50 units it received in the prior year by more than twenty thirty (230). Funding
51 from the state educational support program shall be equal to the total distri-
52 bution factor, plus the salary-based apportionment provided in chapter 10,
53 title 33, Idaho Code. Provided however, any public charter school that is
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1 formed by the conversion of an existing traditional public school shall be
2 assigned divisors, pursuant to section 33-1002, Idaho Code, that are no lower
3 than the divisors of the school district in which the traditional public
4 school is located, for each category of pupils listed.
5 (2) Special education. For each student enrolled in the public charter
6 school who is entitled to special education services, the state and federal
7 funds from the exceptional child education program for that student that would
8 have been apportioned for that student to the school district in which the
9 public charter school is located.
10 (3) Alternative school support. Public charter schools may qualify under
11 the provisions of sections 33-1002 and 33-1002C, Idaho Code, provided the pub-
12 lic charter school meets the necessary statutory requirements, and students
13 qualify for attendance at an alternative school as provided by rule of the
14 state board of education.
15 (4) Transportation support. Support shall be paid to the public charter
16 school as provided in chapter 15, title 33, Idaho Code, and section 33-1006,
17 Idaho Code. Each public charter school shall furnish the department with an
18 enrollment count as of the first Friday in November, of public charter school
19 students living more than one and one-half (1 1/2) miles from the school. For
20 charter schools in the initial year of operation, the petition shall include a
21 proposal for transportation services with an estimated first year cost. The
22 state department of education is authorized to include in the annual appropri-
23 ation to the charter school eighty percent (80%) of the estimated transporta-
24 tion cost. The final appropriation payment in July shall reflect eighty-five
25 percent (85%) of the actual cost.
26 (5) Payment schedule. The state department of education is authorized to
27 make an advance payment of twenty-five percent (25%) of a public charter
28 school's estimated annual apportionment for its first year of operation, and
29 each year thereafter, provided the public charter school has an increase of
30 student population in any given year of twenty (20) students or more, to
31 assist the school with initial start-up costs or payroll obligations.
32 (a) For a state public charter school to receive the advance payment, the
33 school shall submit its anticipated fall membership for each grade level
34 to the state department of education by June 1.
35 (b) Using the figures provided by the public charter school, the state
36 department of education shall determine an estimated annual apportionment
37 from which the amount of the advance payment shall be calculated. Advance
38 payment shall be made to the school on or after July 1 but no later than
39 July 31.
40 (c) All subsequent payments, taking into account the one-time advance
41 payment made for the first year of operation, shall be made to the public
42 charter school in the same manner as other traditional public schools in
43 accordance with the provisions of section 33-1009, Idaho Code.
44 A public charter school shall comply with all applicable fiscal requirements
45 of law, except that the following provisions shall not be applicable to public
46 charter schools: section 33-1003B, Idaho Code, relating to guaranteed minimum
47 support; that portion of section 33-1004, Idaho Code, relating to reduction of
48 the administrative and instructional staff allowance when there is a discrep-
49 ancy between the number allowed and the number actually employed; and section
50 33-1004E, Idaho Code, for calculation of district staff indices.
51 (6) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any private
52 person or organization from providing funding or other financial assistance to
53 the establishment or operation of a public charter school.
54 (7) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a public charter school from
55 applying for federal grant moneys.
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1 (8) (a) For the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2005, all public
2 virtual schools shall be assigned divisors, pursuant to section 33-1002,
3 Idaho Code, that are no higher than the median divisor shown for each
4 respective category of pupils, among the possible divisors listed, for
5 each respective category of pupils that contains more than one (1) divi-
6 sor. If there is an even number of possible divisors listed for a particu-
7 lar category of pupils, then the lesser of the two (2) median divisors
8 shall be used. For the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007, all
9 public virtual schools shall be assigned divisors, pursuant to section
10 33-1002, Idaho Code, that are no higher than the second highest divisor
11 shown, among the possible divisors listed, for each respective category of
12 pupils that contains more than one (1) divisor. The divisor provisions
13 contained herein shall only be applicable to the number of pupils in aver-
14 age daily attendance in such public virtual schools for the period July 1,
15 2003, through June 30, 2004. If the number of pupils in average daily
16 attendance in any particular category of pupils increases, during the
17 period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, to a number above that which
18 existed in the prior fiscal year, then those additional pupils in average
19 daily attendance shall be assigned the divisor, pursuant to section
20 33-1002, Idaho Code, that would have otherwise been assigned to the school
21 district or public charter school had this section not been in force.
22 (b) Each student in attendance at a public virtual school shall be funded
23 based upon either the actual hours of attendance in the public virtual
24 school on a flexible schedule, or the percentage of coursework completed,
25 whichever is more advantageous to the school, up to the maximum of one (1)
26 full-time equivalent student.
27 (c) All federal educational funds shall be administered and distributed
28 to public charter schools, including public virtual schools, that have
29 been designated by the state board of education as a local education
30 agency (LEA), as provided in section 33-5203(7), Idaho Code.
31 (9) Nothing in this section prohibits separate face-to-face learning
32 activities or services.
| STATEMENT OF PURPOSE |
| RS16425 |
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This is the Fiscal Year 2008 appropriation for the Division of Administrators portion of the Public Schools budget. The pieces of the Public Schools budget that are part of this division's appropriation include: 1.) The administrators' portion of the salary-based apportionment formula; 2.) State paid employee benefits for administrators, which include PERSI and FICA; and 3.) The administrators' portion of federal pass-through funding to local school districts.
This budget adds funds for an increase of 250 new midterm and full-term support units, and an increase in available federal pass-through funds. The budget also includes a 3% base salary increase for administrators, which is implemented in Section 5 of the bill, which amends Section 33-1004E, Idaho Code. Section 6 of the bill amends Section 33-1009, Idaho Code, to provide for a more rapid distribution of funds to public schools, while Section 7 amends Section 33-5208, Idaho Code, to increase the annual limit on support unit growth for each individual public charter school, from 20 to 30. |
FISCAL NOTE |
| FY 2007 Approp. |
FY 2008 Approp. |
Div. of Administrators | ||
| I. | STATE APPROPRIATION | |||
| A. | Sources of Funds | |||
| 1. | General Fund | $1,291,587,000 | $1,367,363,800 | $83,089,900 |
| 2. | Dedicated Funds | $51,366,800 | $62,334,600 | $0 |
| 3. | Federal Funds | $175,000,000 | $215,000,000 | $2,150,300 |
| 4. | TOTAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS | $1,517,953,800 | $1,644,698,400 | $85,240,200 |
General Fund Percent Increase: |
30.8% | 5.9% | 4.3% | |
Total Funds Percent Increase: |
26.8% | 8.3% | 4.7% | |
| II. | PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION | |||
| A. | Statutory Requirements | |||
| 1. | Transportation | $64,316,700 | $67,032,300 | $0 |
| 2. | Border Contracts | $800,000 | $1,000,000 | $0 |
| 3. | Exceptional Contracts/Tuition Equivalents | $5,750,000 | $6,075,000 | $0 |
| 4. | Program Adjustments | $435,000 | $480,000 | $0 |
| 5. | Salary-based Apportionment | $740,842,100 | $774,788,600 | $70,391,300 |
| 6. | Teacher Incentive Award | $313,200 | $166,100 | $0 |
| 7. | State Paid Employee Benefits | $133,897,900 | $139,771,900 | $12,698,600 |
| 8. | Early Retirement Program | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $0 |
| 9. | Bond Levy Equalization | $6,300,000 | $11,200,000 | $0 |
| 10. | Idaho Safe & Drug-Free Schools | $5,500,000 | $7,000,000 | $0 |
| 11. | Sub-total -- Statutory Requirements | $962,904,900 | $1,012,263,900 | $83,089,900 |
| B. | Other Program Distributions | |||
1. |
Technology | $9,800,000 | $9,800,000 | $0 |
| 2. | Idaho Reading Initiative | $2,800,000 | $2,800,000 | $0 |
| 3. | Limited English Proficiency (LEP) | $6,040,000 | $6,040,000 | $0 |
| 4. | High School Redesign (Gifted & Talented) | $500,000 | $1,000,000 | $0 |
| 5. | High School Redesign (IDLA) | $1,100,000 | $2,800,000 | $0 |
| 6. | School Facilities Funding (Lottery) | $10,772,900 | $19,122,600 | $0 |
| 7. | School Facilities Maintenance Match | $5,650,000 | $2,300,000 | $0 |
| 8. | Classroom Supplies | $0 | $5,180,000 | $0 |
| 9. | Textbook Allowance | $0 | $9,950,000 | $0 |
| 10. | ISAT Remediation | $0 | $5,000,000 | $0 |
| 11. | Dual Credit Class Allowance | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 12. | Math Initiative | $0 | $350,000 | $0 |
| 13. | Ag Replacement Phase-out | $0 | $3,017,000 | $0 |
| 14. | Safe School Study | $0 | $150,000 | $0 |
| 15. | Rural School Initiative | $0 | $100,000 | $0 |
| 16. | Federal Funds for Local School Districts | $175,000,000 | $215,000,000 | $2,150,300 |
| 17. | Sub-total -- Other Program Distributions | $211,662,900 | $282,609,600 | $2,150,300 |
| TOTAL CATEGORICAL EXPENDITURES | $1,174,567,800 | $1,294,873,500 | $85,240,200 | |
| III. | EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUNDS | $0 | $0 | |
| IV. | STATE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS | $343,386,000 | $349,824,900 | |
| V. | ESTIMATED SUPPORT UNITS | 13,500 | 13,750 | |
| VI. | STATE DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT | $25,436 | $25,442 | |
| VII. | LOCAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPOR | $0 | $0 | |
| VIII. | TOTAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT | $25,436 | $25,442 |
Contact:Jason Hancock
LegislativeServices Office
Budgetand Policy Analysis
Telephone:334-3531
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