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S1139..........................................................by EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM - Adds to existing law relating to the
educational support program to specify special programs which qualify for
state support; and to provide an additional distribution of funds to
qualifying school districts based on increases in student population
accruing after the first Monday in November.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1139
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 33-1002, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO SPECIFY SPECIAL PROGRAMS WHICH QUALIFY FOR STATE SUPPORT; AND
4 AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SEC-
5 TION 33-1004H, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
6 TO QUALIFYING SCHOOL DISTRICTS BASED ON INCREASES IN STUDENT POPULATION
7 ACCRUING AFTER THE FIRST FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 33-1002. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM. The educational support program is
12 calculated as follows:
13 (1) State Educational Support Funds. Add the state appropriation, includ-
14 ing the moneys available in the public school income fund, together with all
15 miscellaneous revenues to determine the total state funds.
16 (2) From the total state funds subtract the following amounts needed for
17 state support of special programs provided by a school district:
18 (a) Pupil tuition-equivalency allowances as provided in section 33-1002B,
19 Idaho Code;
20 (b) Transportation support program as provided in section 33-1006, Idaho
21 Code;
22 (c) Feasibility studies allowance as provided in section 33-1007A, Idaho
23 Code;
24 (d) The approved costs for border district allowance, provided in section
25 33-1403, Idaho Code, as determined by the state superintendent of public
26 instruction;
27 (e) The approved costs for exceptional child approved contract allowance,
28 provided in subsection 2. of section 33-2004, Idaho Code, as determined by
29 the state superintendent of public instruction;
30 (f) Certain expectant and delivered mothers allowance as provided in sec-
31 tion 33-2006, Idaho Code;
32 (g) Salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in sections 33-1004
33 through 33-1004F, Idaho Code;
34 (h) Early retirement incentive payments as provided in section 33-1004G,
35 Idaho Code;
36 (i) Adjustment for increases in school district student population as
37 provided in section 33-1004H, Idaho Code;
38 (j) Unemployment insurance benefit payments according to the provisions
39 of section 72-1349A, Idaho Code;
40 (ik) For expenditure as provided by the public school technology program;
41 (jl) For the support of provisions that provide a safe environment condu-
42 cive to student learning and maintain classroom discipline, an allocation
43 of $300 per support unit; and
2
1 (km) Any additional amounts as required by statute to effect administra-
2 tive adjustments or as specifically required by the provisions of any bill
3 of appropriation;
4 to secure the total educational support distribution funds.
5 (3) Average Daily Attendance. The total state average daily attendance
6 shall be the sum of the average daily attendance of all of the school dis-
7 tricts of the state. The state board of education shall establish rules set-
8 ting forth the procedure to determine average daily attendance and the time
9 for, and method of, submission of such report. Average daily attendance calcu-
10 lation shall be carried out to the nearest hundredth. Computation of average
11 daily attendance shall also be governed by the provisions of section 33-1003A,
12 Idaho Code.
13 (4) Support Units. The total state support units shall be determined by
14 using the tables set out hereafter called computation of kindergarten support
15 units, computation of elementary support units, computation of secondary sup-
16 port units, computation of exceptional education support units, and computa-
17 tion of alternative school secondary support units. The sum of all of the
18 total support units of all school districts of the state shall be the total
19 state support units.
20 COMPUTATION OF KINDERGARTEN SUPPORT UNITS
21 Average Daily
22 Attendance Attendance Divisor Units Allowed
23 41 or more .... 40....................... 1 or more as computed
24 31 - 40.99 ADA.... -....................... 1
25 26 - 30.99 ADA.... -....................... .85
26 21 - 25.99 ADA.... -....................... .75
27 16 - 20.99 ADA.... -....................... .6
28 8 - 15.99 ADA.... -....................... .5
29 1 - 7.99 ADA.... -....................... count as elementary
30 COMPUTATION OF ELEMENTARY SUPPORT UNITS
31 Average Daily
32 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
33 300 or more ADA........................................ 15
34 ..23...grades 4,5 & 6....
35 ..22...grades 1,2 & 3....1994-95
36 ..21...grades 1,2 & 3....1995-96
37 ..20...grades 1,2 & 3....1996-97
38 and each year thereafter.
39 160 to 299.99 ADA... 20..................... 8.4
40 110 to 159.99 ADA... 19..................... 6.8
41 71.1 to 109.99 ADA... 16..................... 4.7
42 51.7 to 71.0 ADA... 15..................... 4.0
43 33.6 to 51.6 ADA... 13..................... 2.8
44 16.6 to 33.5 ADA... 12..................... 1.4
45 1.0 to 16.5 ADA... n/a.................... 1.0
46 COMPUTATION OF SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
47 Average Daily
48 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
49 750 or more .... 18.5..................... 47
50 400 - 749.99 ADA.... 16....................... 28
51 300 - 399.99 ADA.... 14.5..................... 22
52 200 - 299.99 ADA.... 13.5..................... 17
53 100 - 199.99 ADA.... 12....................... 9
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1 99.99 or fewer Units allowed as follows:
2 Grades 7-12 ......................... 8
3 Grades 9-12 ......................... 6
4 Grades 7- 9 ......................... 1 per 14 ADA
5 Grades 7- 8 ......................... 1 per 16 ADA
6 COMPUTATION OF EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT UNITS
7 Average Daily
8 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
9 14 or more .... 14.5..................... 1 or more as computed
10 12 - 13.99.... -....................... 1
11 8 - 11.99.... -....................... .75
12 4 - 7.99.... -....................... .5
13 1 - 3.99.... -....................... .25
14 COMPUTATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS
15 Pupils in Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed
16 12 or more.......... 12...................... 1 or more as computed
17 In applying these tables to any given separate attendance unit, no school
18 district shall receive less total money than it would receive if it had a
19 lesser average daily attendance in such separate attendance unit. In applying
20 the kindergarten table to a kindergarten program of less days than a full
21 school year, the support unit allowance shall be in ratio to the number of
22 days of a full school year. The tables for exceptional education and alterna-
23 tive school secondary support units shall be applicable only for programs
24 approved by the state department of education following rules established by
25 the state board of education. Moneys generated from computation of support
26 units for alternative schools shall be utilized for alternative school pro-
27 grams. School district administrative and facility costs may be included as
28 part of the alternative school expenditures.
29 (5) State Distribution Factor per Support Unit. Divide educational sup-
30 port program distribution funds, after subtracting the amounts necessary to
31 pay the obligations specified in subsection (2) of this section, by the total
32 state support units to secure the state distribution factor per support unit.
33 (6) District Support Units. The number of support units for each school
34 district in the state shall be determined as follows:
35 (a) (i) Divide the actual average daily attendance, excluding students
36 approved for inclusion in the exceptional child educational program,
37 for the administrative schools and each of the separate schools and
38 attendance units by the appropriate divisor from the tables of sup-
39 port units in this section, then add the quotients to obtain the
40 district's support units allowance for regular students, kindergarten
41 through grade 12 including alternative school secondary students.
42 Calculations in application of this subsection shall be carried out
43 to the nearest tenth.
44 (ii) Divide the combined totals of the average daily attendance of
45 all preschool, handicapped, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and
46 juvenile detention center students approved for inclusion in the
47 exceptional child program of the district by the appropriate divisor
48 from the table for computation of exceptional education support units
49 to obtain the number of support units allowed for the district's
50 approved exceptional child program. Calculations for this subsection
51 shall be carried out to the nearest tenth when more than one (1) unit
52 is allowed.
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1 (iii) The total number of support units of the district shall be the
2 sum of the total support units for regular students, subsection
3 (6)(a)(i) of this section, and the support units allowance for the
4 approved exceptional child program, subsection (6)(a)(ii) of this
5 section.
6 (b) Total District Allowance Educational Program. Multiply the district's
7 total number of support units, carried out to the nearest tenth, by the
8 state distribution factor per support unit and to this product add the
9 approved amount of programs of the district provided in subsection (2) of
10 this section to secure the district's total allowance for the educational
11 support program.
12 (c) District Share. The district's share of state apportionment is the
13 amount of the total district allowance, subsection (6)(b) of this section.
14 (d) Adjustment of District Share. The contract salary of every noncerti-
15 ficated teacher shall be subtracted from the district's share as calcu-
16 lated from the provisions of subsection (6)(c) of this section.
17 (7) Property Tax Computation Ratio. In order to receive state funds pur-
18 suant to this section a charter district shall utilize a school maintenance
19 and operation property tax computation ratio for the purpose of calculating
20 its maintenance and operation levy, that is no greater than that which it uti-
21 lized in tax year 1994, less four-tenths of one percent (.4%). As used herein,
22 the term "property tax computation ratio" shall mean a ratio determined by
23 dividing the district's certified property tax maintenance and operation bud-
24 get by the actual or adjusted market value for assessment purposes as such
25 values existed on December 31, l993. Such maintenance and operation levy shall
26 be based on the property tax computation ratio multiplied by the actual or
27 adjusted market value for assessment purposes as such values existed on Decem-
28 ber 31 of the prior calendar year.
29 SECTION 2. That Chapter 10, Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
30 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
31 ignated as Section 33-1004H, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
32 33-1004H. ADJUSTMENT FOR INCREASES IN SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENT POPULATION.
33 (1) Salary-based apportionment calculations based on average daily attendance
34 through the first Friday in November do not reflect significant increases in
35 school district student populations which may occur after the first Friday in
36 November. In order for a school district to receive additional revenues based
37 on increases in average daily attendance accruing through the third reporting
38 period of a fiscal year, the state department of education shall distribute
39 funds to any school district which meets both of the following criteria:
40 (a) The number of enrolled students in the third reporting period is
41 greater than the number of enrolled students in the first reporting
42 period; and
43 (b) The number of support units generated from the best twenty-eight (28)
44 weeks of average daily attendance is greater than the number of support
45 units generated from the first reporting period.
46 (2) Any school district meeting the criteria in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
47 subsection (1) of this section shall receive a distribution equal to the dif-
48 ference in support units calculated in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this
49 section, multiplied by the statewide average salary-based apportionment funds
50 per support unit, inclusive of all state paid employee benefits. Such funds
51 shall be distributed as part of the final distribution of each fiscal year.
52 (3) Funds so distributed shall only be used to defray one (1) or more of
53 the following costs incurred after the first Friday in November of the fiscal
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1 year for which the distribution is made:
2 (a) Hiring additional certificated instructional staff or increasing the
3 paid weekly hours of such staff, if such staff were part-time;
4 (b) Hiring additional teacher's aides or increasing the weekly hours of
5 such staff, if such staff were part-time;
6 (c) Purchasing equipment and materials for new students;
7 (d) Providing new facilities to accommodate increases in student popula-
8 tions; or
9 (e) Expanding or altering existing facilities to accommodate increases in
10 student populations.
11 (4) In the event a school district qualifies for and receives a distribu-
12 tion under the provisions of this section, but such district does not incur
13 costs which qualify for expenditure of the revenues so distributed, such dis-
14 trict may carry over the funds into future fiscal years, to be used for one-
15 time costs associated with increases in student populations.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16991
The purpose of this legislation is to resolve a funding
gap that exists in the public schools funding formula for
growing school districts and charter schools that continue
to add students throughout the school year. The salary-based
apportionment formula, which provides the bulk of state funding
for public schools, and which is based, in part, on average
daily attendance, only provides funding for those students
attending school through the first Friday in November. This
cut-off date allows the state Department of Education time to
compile the data and calculate the formula payments. And while
fast-growing districts and charters that continue to add new
students throughout the year will receive funding for those
students from the discretionary funds portion of the formula,
no additional salary-based apportionment funds are provided for
students that enroll after the first Friday in November.
This legislation provides for an additional distribution of funds
for districts and charters that increase enrollment and average
daily attendance after the first Friday in November. The distribution
would be equal to the salary-based apportionment funds that would have
been distributed, had the additional students been included. This
money is to be used to defray costs associated with any facilities,
equipment, supplies or additional staffing costs associated with enrolling
additional students after the first Friday in November.
FISCAL IMPACT
Based on FY 2006 data, it is estimated that this legislation will
require an additional $600,000 be appropriated to Public Schools.
Contact
Name: Senator Patti Anne Lodge
Phone: (208) 332-1319
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