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S1409..........................................................by EDUCATION
ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SUPPORT UNITS - Amends existing law to provide for
alternative school elementary and secondary support units; and to provide
for computation for alternative school elementary and secondary support
units.
02/08 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/29 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/03 3rd rdg - FAILED - 14-19-2
AYES -- Andreason, Bastian, Bilyeu, Burkett, Coiner, Darrington,
Davis, Heinrich, Kelly, Langhorst, Malepeai(Sagness), Schroeder,
Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- Bair, Broadsword, Cameron, Corder, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Hill, Jorgenson, Keough, Little, Lodge, McGee, McKague,
McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Siddoway
Absent and excused -- Gannon, Stegner
Floor Sponsor - Acting Senator Sagness
Filed in Office of the Secretary of Senate
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1409 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM; PROVIDING LEGISLA- 3 TIVE INTENT; AMENDING SECTION 33-1002, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ALTERNA- 4 TIVE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS AND COMPUTATION OF 5 ALTERNATIVE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL 6 CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 33-1002C, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ALTER- 7 NATIVE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND TO PROVIDE FOR 8 CALCULATION FOR THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SUPPORT 9 UNITS; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-1002F, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR A REPORT 10 DETAILING ALTERNATIVE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS BY THE 11 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVING 12 MONEYS PURSUANT TO THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SUPPORT 13 UNITS FACTOR SHALL FILE A REPORT. 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 15 SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The purpose of this act is to address the 16 intensifying need of Idaho school districts to provide quality alternative 17 education programs for at-risk students in kindergarten through grade 6. Cur- 18 rently the state of Idaho funds alternative programs which are conducive to 19 learning for at-risk students in grades 7-12. Idaho school districts and sec- 20 ondary students in those districts benefit from the alternative program fund- 21 ing that supports program flexibility at the local level. For a thorough edu- 22 cation, elementary students should also have access to, and receive benefit 23 from, programs designed to support the various academic, social and emotional 24 needs of younger students. 25 SECTION 2. That Section 33-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 26 amended to read as follows: 27 33-1002. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM. The educational support program is 28 calculated as follows: 29 (1) State Educational Support Funds. Add the state appropriation, includ- 30 ing the moneys available in the public school income fund, together with all 31 miscellaneous revenues to determine the total state funds. 32 (2) From the total state funds subtract the following amounts needed for 33 state support of special programs provided by a school district: 34 (a) Pupil tuition-equivalency allowances as provided in section 33-1002B, 35 Idaho Code; 36 (b) Transportation support program as provided in section 33-1006, Idaho 37 Code; 38 (c) Feasibility studies allowance as provided in section 33-1007A, Idaho 39 Code; 40 (d) The approved costs for border district allowance, provided in section 41 33-1403, Idaho Code, as determined by the state superintendent of public 42 instruction; 2 1 (e) The approved costs for exceptional child approved contract allowance, 2 provided in subsection 2. of section 33-2004, Idaho Code, as determined by 3 the state superintendent of public instruction; 4 (f) Certain expectant and delivered mothers allowance as provided in sec- 5 tion 33-2006, Idaho Code; 6 (g) Salary-based apportionment calculated as provided in sections 33-1004 7 through 33-1004F, Idaho Code; 8 (h) Unemployment insurance benefit payments according to the provisions 9 of section 72-1349A, Idaho Code; 10 (i) For expenditure as provided by the public school technology program; 11 (j) For employee severance payments as provided in section 33-521, Idaho 12 Code; 13 (k) For distributions to the Idaho digital learning academy as provided 14 in section 33-1020, Idaho Code; 15 (kl) For the support of provisions that provide a safe environment condu- 16 cive to student learning and maintain classroom discipline, an allocation 17 of $300 per support unit; and 18 (lm) Any additional amounts as required by statute to effect administra- 19 tive adjustments or as specifically required by the provisions of any bill 20 of appropriation; 21 to secure the total educational support distribution funds. 22 (3) Average Daily Attendance. The total state average daily attendance 23 shall be the sum of the average daily attendance of all of the school dis- 24 tricts of the state. The state board of education shall establish rules set- 25 ting forth the procedure to determine average daily attendance and the time 26 for, and method of, submission of such report. Average daily attendance calcu- 27 lation shall be carried out to the nearest hundredth. Computation of average 28 daily attendance shall also be governed by the provisions of section 33-1003A, 29 Idaho Code. 30 (4) Support Units. The total state support units shall be determined by 31 using the tables set out hereafter called computation of kindergarten support 32 units, computation of elementary support units, computation of secondary sup- 33 port units, computation of exceptional education support units, and computa- 34 tion of alternative school elementary and secondary support units. The sum of 35 all of the total support units of all school districts of the state shall be 36 the total state support units. 37 COMPUTATION OF KINDERGARTEN SUPPORT UNITS 38 Average Daily 39 Attendance Attendance Divisor Units Allowed 40 41 or more .... 40....................... 1 or more as computed 41 31 - 40.99 ADA.... -....................... 1 42 26 - 30.99 ADA.... -....................... .85 43 21 - 25.99 ADA.... -....................... .75 44 16 - 20.99 ADA.... -....................... .6 45 8 - 15.99 ADA.... -....................... .5 46 1 - 7.99 ADA.... -....................... count as elementary 3 1 COMPUTATION OF ELEMENTARY SUPPORT UNITS 2 Average Daily 3 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed 4 300 or more ADA........................................ 15 5 ..23...grades 4,5 & 6.... 6 ..22...grades 1,2 & 3....1994-95 7 ..21...grades 1,2 & 3....1995-96 8 ..20...grades 1,2 & 3....1996-97 9 and each year thereafter. 10 160 to 299.99 ADA... 20..................... 8.4 11 110 to 159.99 ADA... 19..................... 6.8 12 71.1 to 109.99 ADA... 16..................... 4.7 13 51.7 to 71.0 ADA... 15..................... 4.0 14 33.6 to 51.6 ADA... 13..................... 2.8 15 16.6 to 33.5 ADA... 12..................... 1.4 16 1.0 to 16.5 ADA... n/a.................... 1.0 17 COMPUTATION OF SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS 18 Average Daily 19 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed 20 750 or more .... 18.5..................... 47 21 400 - 749.99 ADA.... 16....................... 28 22 300 - 399.99 ADA.... 14.5..................... 22 23 200 - 299.99 ADA.... 13.5..................... 17 24 100 - 199.99 ADA.... 12....................... 9 25 99.99 or fewer Units allowed as follows: 26 Grades 7-12 ......................... 8 27 Grades 9-12 ......................... 6 28 Grades 7- 9 ......................... 1 per 14 ADA 29 Grades 7- 8 ......................... 1 per 16 ADA 30 COMPUTATION OF EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT UNITS 31 Average Daily 32 Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed 33 14 or more .... 14.5..................... 1 or more as computed 34 12 - 13.99.... -....................... 1 35 8 - 11.99.... -....................... .75 36 4 - 7.99.... -....................... .5 37 1 - 3.99.... -....................... .25 38 COMPUTATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SUPPORT UNITS 39 Pupils in Attendance Attendance Divisor Minimum Units Allowed 40 12 or more.......... 12...................... 1 or more as computed 41 In applying these tables to any given separate attendance unit, no school 42 district shall receive less total money than it would receive if it had a 43 lesser average daily attendance in such separate attendance unit. In applying 44 the kindergarten table to a kindergarten program of less days than a full 45 school year, the support unit allowance shall be in ratio to the number of 46 days of a full school year. The tables for exceptional education and alterna- 47 tive school elementary and secondary support units shall be applicable only 48 for programs approved by the state department of education following rules 49 established by the state board of education. Moneys generated from computation 50 of support units for alternative schools shall be utilized for alternative 51 school programs. School district administrative and facility costs may be 4 1 included as part of the alternative school expenditures. 2 (5) State Distribution Factor per Support Unit. Divide educational sup- 3 port program distribution funds, after subtracting the amounts necessary to 4 pay the obligations specified in subsection (2) of this section, by the total 5 state support units to secure the state distribution factor per support unit. 6 (6) District Support Units. The number of support units for each school 7 district in the state shall be determined as follows: 8 (a) (i) Divide the actual average daily attendance, excluding students 9 approved for inclusion in the exceptional child educational program, 10 for the administrative schools and each of the separate schools and 11 attendance units by the appropriate divisor from the tables of sup- 12 port units in this section, then add the quotients to obtain the 13 district's support units allowance for regular students, kindergarten 14 through grade 12 including alternative school elementary and second- 15 ary students. Calculations in application of this subsection shall be 16 carried out to the nearest tenth. 17 (ii) Divide the combined totals of the average daily attendance of 18 all preschool, handicapped, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and 19 juvenile detention center students approved for inclusion in the 20 exceptional child program of the district by the appropriate divisor 21 from the table for computation of exceptional education support units 22 to obtain the number of support units allowed for the district's 23 approved exceptional child program. Calculations for this subsection 24 shall be carried out to the nearest tenth when more than one (1) unit 25 is allowed. 26 (iii) The total number of support units of the district shall be the 27 sum of the total support units for regular students, subsection 28 (6)(a)(i) of this section, and the support units allowance for the 29 approved exceptional child program, subsection (6)(a)(ii) of this 30 section. 31 (b) Total District Allowance Educational Program. Multiply the district's 32 total number of support units, carried out to the nearest tenth, by the 33 state distribution factor per support unit and to this product add the 34 approved amount of programs of the district provided in subsection (2) of 35 this section to secure the district's total allowance for the educational 36 support program. 37 (c) District Share. The district's share of state apportionment is the 38 amount of the total district allowance, subsection (6)(b) of this section. 39 (d) Adjustment of District Share. The contract salary of every noncerti- 40 ficated teacher shall be subtracted from the district's share as calcu- 41 lated from the provisions of subsection (6)(c) of this section. 42 (7) Property Tax Computation Ratio. In order to receive state funds pur- 43 suant to this section a charter district shall utilize a school maintenance 44 and operation property tax computation ratio for the purpose of calculating 45 its maintenance and operation levy, that is no greater than that which it uti- 46 lized in tax year 1994, less four-tenths of one percent (.4%). As used herein, 47 the term "property tax computation ratio" shall mean a ratio determined by 48 dividing the district's certified property tax maintenance and operation bud- 49 get by the actual or adjusted market value for assessment purposes as such 50 values existed on December 31, l993. Such maintenance and operation levy shall 51 be based on the property tax computation ratio multiplied by the actual or 52 adjusted market value for assessment purposes as such values existed on Decem- 53 ber 31 of the prior calendar year. 54 SECTION 3. That Section 33-1002C, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 5 1 amended to read as follows: 2 33-1002C. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM SUPPORT UNITS -- ALTERNATIVE ELEMENTARY 3 AND SECONDARY SCHOOL -- JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY. (1) Alternative elemen- 4 tary and secondary summer school programs of not less than two hundred twenty- 5 five (225) hours of instruction, which shall be included in the educational 6 support units calculated as provided in section 33-1002, Idaho Code, may be 7 established as approved by the state board of education. The average daily 8 attendance divided by forty (40) shall determine the number of allowable sup- 9 port units which shall be included in the alternative school elementary and 10 secondary support units calculated for the school district for the succeeding 11 school term. 12 (2) Districts which educate pupils placed by court order in a juvenile 13 detention facility may establish a summer school program which shall be 14 included in the educational support units calculated as provided in section 15 33-1002, Idaho Code. The average daily attendance divided by forty (40) shall 16 determine the number of allowable support units which shall be included in the 17 exceptional education school support units calculated for the school district 18 for the succeeding school term. 19 (3) Average daily attendance and the support units so generated by this 20 section shall not be included in or subject to the provisions of section 21 33-1003, Idaho Code, and shall be included as an addition to any other support 22 units generated pursuant to Idaho Code. 23 SECTION 4. That Section 33-1002F, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 24 amended to read as follows: 25 33-1002F. ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL REPORT. Annually, prior to the tenth legis- 26 lative day, the department of education shall file with the legislature a 27 report detailing the alternative elementary and secondary school programs 28 within the state. On July 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as feasible, 29 each school district receiving moneys pursuant to the alternative school ele- 30 mentary and secondary support units factor in section 33-1002, Idaho Code, or 31 section 33-1002C, Idaho Code, shall file with the state department a compre- 32 hensive report of the amount of money received in the district, the expendi- 33 ture on alternative school programs, and the programs provided. This informa- 34 tion shall be compiled by the department for transmission to the legislature.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17810
In providing a thorough education, elementary students should
have access to and receive benefit from programs designed to
support the various academic, social and emotional needs of
younger students. This legislation recognizes that there is
increasing emphasis on standards, accountability, and excellence,
demanding better outcomes for students in classrooms and schools,
and that a significant number of students struggle with
traditional school organization and culture. It further
acknowledges the logical connection between early treatment,
increased student success for at risk students, and fewer school
discipline disruptions. This bill addresses the intensifying
needs of Idaho school districts to provide alternative education
programs for at-risk students in grades K-6. Currently the State
of Idaho funds alternative programs which are conducive to
learning for at-risk students in grades 7-12. Idaho school
districts and secondary students in those districts benefit from
the alternative program funding that provides program flexibility
at the local level.
FISCAL NOTE
This legislation would have an estimated fiscal impact of an
additional $1,098,284 a year needed in the Department of
Education budget. These funds over time, may well be offset by
the decrease in the number of students served at the secondary
level by addressing these barriers to learning at an earlier age.
Contact
Name: Senator Richard Dick' Sagness
Phone: 332-1390
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1409