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S1555............................................................by
FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Provides legislative intent regarding
the
expenditures for the public schools; appropriates $741,660,000 to the
Public School Income Fund for fiscal year 1999; appropriates $795,860,000
for the Educational Support Program for fiscal year 1999; appropriates
the
amount necessary for the Unemployment Insurance Program; amends existing
law to provide an increase in the base salary for salary-based
apportionment; provides legislative intent that the Department of Education
monitor and evaluate use of funds for enhancement programs; provides
legislative intent regarding reading improvement; provides legislative
intent with regard to certain technology expenditures, including Libraries
Linking Idaho Program; provides legislative intent regarding expenses
related to the Idaho Council for Technology in Learning; provides
legislative intent regarding grants to teachers for development of
creative
and innovative instruction methods or curriculum; provides legislative
intent regarding non-English and limited English proficiency programs;
provides legislative intent regarding the teacher-mentor program; provides
legislative intent regarding moneys received pursuant to Sections 63-2506,
63-2552A and 67-7439, Idaho Code; provides legislative intent regarding
the
Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program; provides legislative intent
regarding training of teachers in working with children with disabilities;
providing legislative intent regarding education of gifted/talented
students; providing legislative intent that the Reading Study Committee
be
continued; and providing legislative intent that moneys be expended
to
provide educational programs to special needs students.
03/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/17 Rpt prt - to Finance
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17 Rls susp - PASSED - 27-2-6
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch,
Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Ingram, Keough,
King, Lee, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs,
Risch, Sandy, Sorensen,
Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler
NAYS--Schroeder, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Darrington, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ipsen, McLaughlin,
Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - Thorne
Title apvd - to House
03/18 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 Rls susp - PASSED - 68-1-1
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett,
Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel,
Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd,
Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher,
Mader, Marley, McKague,
Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer,
Stevenson, Stone,
Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets,
Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Stoicheff
Absent and excused -- Hansen,
Floor Sponsor - Black(23)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/20 To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
Sp signed
03/23 To Governor
03/25 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter
363
Effective: 07/01/98
Bill Text
S1555
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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
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Fifty-fourth Legislature
Second Regular Session - 1998
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1555
BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1
AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOL SUPPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999;
3 EXPRESSING
LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO EXPENDITURES
FROM STATE
4 SOURCES; APPROPRIATING
GENERAL FUND MONEYS FOR TRANSFER TO THE PUBLIC
5 SCHOOL INCOME
FUND; APPROPRIATING A TOTAL AMOUNT FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
6 INCOME FUND; APPROPRIATING
MONEYS FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM;
7 AMENDING SECTION
33-1004E, IDAHO CODE, INCREASING THE BASE SALARY FOR
8 SALARY-BASED APPORTIONMENT;
PROVIDING THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
9 TION SHALL
HAVE CERTAIN AUTHORITY, EXPRESSING THAT $1,000,000 BE DISTRIB-
10 UTED FOR READING
IMPROVEMENT; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT
11 $3,135,000 FOR
ONGOING EXPENDITURES AND $7,000,000 FOR ONE-TIME EXPENDI-
12 TURES BE EXPENDED FOR
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM, $265,000
13 FOR THE STATE LIBRARY,
AND THAT THE IDAHO COUNCIL FOR TECHNOLOGY IN LEARN-
14 ING WILL DEVELOP STATEWIDE
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE
15 INTENT THAT
NOT MORE THAN $140,000 BE EXPENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
16 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION; EXPRESSING
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT $250,000 BE DIS-
17 TRIBUTED AS GRANTS
TO TEACHERS OR GROUPS OF TEACHERS; EXPRESSING LEGISLA-
18 TIVE INTENT THAT $3,000,000
BE DISTRIBUTED FOR SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS FOR
19 STUDENTS WITH NON-ENGLISH
OR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; EXPRESSING LEG-
20 ISLATIVE INTENT THAT $375,000
BE DISTRIBUTED FOR A TEACHER-MENTOR PROGRAM;
21 EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT $5,000,000 OF THE MONEYS ACCRUING PUR-
22 SUANT TO SECTIONS
63-2506 AND 63-2552A, IDAHO CODE, PLUS $500,000 OF THE
23 INCOME TAXES COLLECTED
FROM LOTTERY WINNINGS BE EXPENDED FOR THE IDAHO
24 SAFE AND DRUG-FREE
SCHOOLS PROGRAM; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH
25 REGARD TO THE DISTRIBUTION
OF FUNDS FOR THE IDAHO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE
26 SCHOOLS PROGRAM;
EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO FEATURES OF
27 THE IDAHO SAFE AND
DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS PROGRAM; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE
28 INTENT WITH
REGARD TO THE EXPENDITURE OF $1,000,000; EXPRESSING LEGISLA-
29 TIVE INTENT THAT $500,000
BE DISTRIBUTED FOR TRAINING TO SERVE THE NEEDS
30 OF GIFTED/TALENTED
STUDENTS AND PROVIDING HOW THE FUNDS SHALL BE ALLO-
31 CATED; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT $30,000 BE EXPENDED TO CONTINUE
32 THE WORK OF
THE READING STUDY COMMITTEE; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT
33 THAT $200,000 BE EXPENDED
TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SPECIAL NEEDS
34 STUDENTS FOR THE 1997-98
AND THE 1998-99 SCHOOL YEARS.
35 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
36 SECTION 1. It is
legislative intent that the following amounts shall be
37 expended from state sources
for public schools for the period July 1, 1998,
38 through June 30, 1999:
39 FROM:
40 General Fund
$741,660,000
41 Dedicated Funds:
42 Endowment Funds/Lands
Receipts
$39,900,000
43 Mineral Royalties
2,000,000
44 Liquor Fund
1,200,000
2
1 Cigarette Tax
5,000,000
2 Lottery Income Tax
500,000
3 Miscellaneous Receipts
2,100,000
4 Fund Balance
3,500,000
5
Total Dedicated Funds
$ 54,200,000
6
TOTAL
$795,860,000
7 SECTION 2. There
is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for public
8 schools, the following
amount to be transferred to the Public School Income
9 Fund for the period July 1, 1998, through
June 30, 1999:
10 FROM:
11 General Fund $741,660,000
12 SECTION 3. There
is hereby appropriated from the Public School Income
13 Fund to be expended for the
Educational Support Program pursuant to law and
14 the provisions of this act, not to exceed $795,860,000
for the period July 1,
15 1998, through June 30, 1999.
16 SECTION 4.
There is hereby appropriated from the Public School Income
17 Fund the amount necessary for
the Unemployment Insurance Program to be
18 expended according to Section
72-1349A, Idaho Code, for the period July 1,
19 1998, through June 30, 1999.
20 SECTION 5. That Section
33-1004E, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
21 amended to read as follows:
22
33-1004E. DISTRICT'S SALARY-BASED APPORTIONMENT. Each
district shall be
23 entitled to a salary-based apportionment calculated
as provided in this sec-
24 tion.
25 1. To determine
the apportionment for instructional staff, first deter-
26 mine the district average experience and education
index by placing all eligi-
27 ble district certificated instructional employees
on the statewide index pro-
28 vided in section 33-1004A, Idaho Code.
The resulting average is the district
29 index. Districts with an index above the state
average index shall receive
30 their actual index but
not more than the state average plus .03 for the
31 1994-95 school year, and shall receive their actual
index but not more than
32 the state average plus .06 for the
1995-96 school year, and thereafter shall
33 receive their actual district index. The district
instructional staff index
34 shall be multiplied by
the instructional base salary of $
19,715
35 20,306 . The
amount so determined shall be multiplied by the
36 district staff allowance for instructional staff
determined as provided in
37 section 33-1004 2., Idaho Code. The resulting
amount is the district's salary-
38 based apportionment for instructional staff.
39 2. To determine
the apportionment for district administrative staff,
40 first determine the district average experience
and education index by placing
41 all eligible certificated administrative employees
on the statewide index pro-
42 vided in section 33-1004A, Idaho Code. The resulting
average is the district
43 index. Districts with an
index above the state average index shall receive
44 their actual index but not more than the state
average plus .03 for the school
45 year 1994-95, and shall receive their actual index
but not more than the state
46 average index plus .06 for the 1995-96
school year, and thereafter shall
47 receive their actual district index.
The district administrative staff index
48 shall be multiplied by the base salary of
$28,843 $29,708
49 . The amount so determined
shall be multiplied by the district staff
50 allowance for administrative staff determined
as provided in section 33-1004
3
1 3., Idaho Code. The resulting amount is the
district's salary-based apportion-
2 ment for administrative staff.
3 3. To
determine the apportionment for classified
staff, multiply
4 $15, 300 $15,759
by the district classified staff allow-
5 ance determined as provided in
section 33-1004 4., Idaho Code. The amount so
6 determined is the district's apportionment
for classified staff.
7 4. The district's
salary-based apportionment shall be the sum of
the
8 apportionments calculated in subsections
1., 2. and 3., of this section, plus
9 the benefit apportionment as provided in
section 33-1004F, Idaho Code.
10 SECTION 6. The Department
of Education shall have the authority to moni-
11 tor and evaluate the use of funds appropriated
to public school districts for
12 enhancement programs.
13 SECTION 7. It is
legislative intent that $1,000,000 of the moneys appro-
14 priated in Section 3 of this act shall be distributed
for reading improvement.
15 The $1,000,000 for reading improvement is
to be used as follows: $500,000 for
16 K-6 reading training for teachers which includes
phonics, and $500,000 for
17 reading recovery K-6 or
other locally developed programs which address
18 improvements in reading skills for students. The
reading improvement shall be
19 distributed pro rata based on each
district's prior year K-6 student enroll-
20 ment compared to the total prior year K-6 student
enrollment statewide.
21 SECTION 8. It is
legislative intent that $10,400,000 of the moneys appro-
22 priated in Section 3 of this act shall be expended
by the Superintendent of
23 Public Instruction as follows:
$3,135,000 for ongoing expenditures and
24 $7,000,000 for one-time expenditures
for the Public School Technology Grant
25 Program and $265,000 for the State Library to
negotiate a statewide license
26 through the Libraries Linking Idaho (LiLI) program
upon direction of the Idaho
27 Council for Technology in Learning, in accordance
with Section 33-4806, Idaho
28 Code. The Idaho Council on Technology in Learning
will develop statewide per-
29 formance indicators to address the legislative
intent of the impact, costs and
30 benefits of the projects funded by the Idaho
Council for Technology in Learn-
31 ing. The performance indicators will be used to
track progress and funds spent
32 to achieve the performance indicators. A report
of the costs to attain the
33 performance indicators will be provided to the
Legislature and the State Board
34 of Education annually.
35 SECTION 9. It is
legislative intent that an amount not to exceed $140,000
36 of the $10,400,000 referenced
in Section 8 of this act shall be expended by
37 the Superintendent of Public
Instruction for staff support and various
38 expenses related to the Idaho Council
for Technology in Learning as approved
39 by the State Board of Education.
40 SECTION 10. It is
legislative intent that $250,000 of the moneys appro-
41 priated in Section 3 of this act be distributed
by the Superintendent of Pub-
42 lic Instruction as grants to teachers or groups
of teachers for the develop-
43 ment of creative and innovative instructional
methods or curriculum.
44 SECTION 11. It is
legislative intent that $3,000,000 of the moneys appro-
45 priated in Section 3 of this
act be distributed for support of programs for
46 students with non-English or limited-English
proficiency. The funding for
47 limited-English proficiency programs
shall be allocated to school districts
48 pro rata based upon the population
of limited-English proficient students
49 under criteria established by the State Department
of Education.
4
1 SECTION 12.
It is legislative intent that $375,000 of the moneys appro-
2 priated in Section 3 of this act shall be
distributed by the State Superin-
3 tendent of Public Instruction
for a teacher-mentor program. Payment shall be
4 calculated on the number of first-year teachers
and teachers returning after
5 an absence of five (5) years or more. Funds
may be used to provide mentor sti-
6 pends, release time, and professional development
opportunities.
7 SECTION 13.
It is legislative intent that of the amount appropriated in
8 Section 3 of this act, $5,000,000 of the
moneys accruing pursuant to Sections
9 63-2506 and 63-2552A, Idaho Code, plus
$500,000 of the income taxes collected
10 from lottery winnings, pursuant to section
67-7439, Idaho Code, shall be
11 expended by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction for the Idaho Safe and
12 Drug-Free Schools Program for the period July
1, 1998, through June 30, 1999.
13 SECTION 14. It is
legislative intent that the funds for the Idaho Safe
14 and Drug-Free Schools Program
referenced in Section 13 of this act shall be
15 distributed as follows: $100,000 may be utilized
by the Superintendent of Pub-
16 lic Instruction for program administration, technical
assistance and evalua-
17 tion. Of the remaining amount,
ninety percent (90%) shall be distributed to
18 each school district through a combination of
a base amount of $1,500 and a
19 prorated amount based on
the prior year's average daily attendance. Of the
20 remaining ten percent (10%), $80,000 shall be
distributed on a one-time basis
21 to the Commission on Hispanic
Affairs and used to encourage and direct His-
22 panic youth away from the habitual use of tobacco,
alcohol, and other drugs by
23 developing programs for schools, families and
communities, with the remainder
24 used to make discretionary grants
as determined by the Drug-Free Schools and
25 Communities Advisory Board.
26 SECTION 15. It is
legislative intent that the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free
27 Schools Program shall include the following:
28 (1) Districts
will develop a policy and plan which will provide a guide
29 for their substance abuse program.
30 (2) Districts will
have an advisory board to assist each district in mak-
31 ing decisions relating to the program.
32 (3) The districts'
substance abuse programs will be comprehensive to meet
33 the needs of all students. This will
include prevention programs, student
34 assistance programs that address early identification
and referral, and after-
35 care.
36 (4) Districts
shall submit an annual evaluation of their program to the
37 State Department of Education as to the effectiveness
of their programs.
38 SECTION 16. It is
legislative intent that $1,000,000 of the moneys appro-
39 priated in Section 3 of this act shall be distributed
for the following:
40 (1) Training of
regular classroom teachers in working with children with
41 disabilities;
42 (2) Employing
and training aides to assist regular classroom teachers in
43 working with children with disabilities;
44 (3) Employing substitute
teachers whose employment allows regular class-
45 room teachers to be involved in college
planning, parent contact, Individual
46 Education Plan (IEP) development, curriculum modification,
or other necessary
47 activities directly related to meeting the needs
of students in regular educa-
48 tion classrooms;
49 (4) Moneys in this
section shall be distributed pro rata to the districts
50 as follows: fifty percent
(50%) on the basis of the prior year's December
51 first child count and fifty percent (50%) on the
basis of the prior year's
5
1 average daily attendance.
2 It is
legislative intent that these funds be used to supplement rather
3 than supplant existing efforts in the training
of regular classroom teachers
4 and the employment and
training of aides; and that the State Department of
5 Education shall create a one-page report
to be provided to the Legislature
6 showing current individual
district expenditures in this area, as well as a
7 breakdown of how these appropriated moneys
were spent.
8 It is further legislative
intent that these funds shall not be used in any
9 calculation or report to the federal government
that obligates a future appro-
10 priation of this amount or any other amount.
11 SECTION 17. It is
legislative intent that $500,000 of the moneys appro-
12 priated in Section 3 of
this act be distributed to train general education
13 teachers, gifted/talented (G/T) facilitators,
administrators and/or parents to
14 better meet the need of gifted/talented
students. One-half (1/2) of these
15 funds shall be allocated pro
rata based on each district's prior year total
16 student enrollment compared to the prior year
total statewide enrollment. One-
17 half (1/2) of these funds
shall be allocated based on the number
of
18 gifted/talented students identified
and served as indicated on the prior
19 year's December first child count. No district
will receive less than $300.
20 Funds shall be distributed upon submission and
approval of an application sub-
21 mitted to the State Department
of Education demonstrating how in-service
22 training will establish
or improve identification and
service of
23 gifted/talented students in the five (5) mandated
talent areas.
24 SECTION 18. It is
legislative intent that $30,000 of the moneys appropri-
25 ated in Section 3 of
this act be expended by the Superintendent of Public
26 Instruction to continue the work of
the Reading Study Committee. It is
27 intended that a report and recommendations
be provided to the First Regular
28 Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature.
29 SECTION 19. It is
legislative intent that not more than $200,000 of the
30 moneys appropriated in Section 3 of this act shall
be distributed by the State
31 Department of Education to private nonprofit
agencies for the unfunded educa-
32 tional costs of Idaho
students in state custody. Students
must be
33 residentially placed by state
agencies in a licensed children's treatment
34 facility or group home in Idaho during the 1997-98
and 1998-99 school years,
35 and educated in a nonsectarian accredited
school operated by the same treat-
36 ment facility or group home. The agency's school
must be accredited for the
37 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years. For students
eligible for special education,
38 the school must have a special education program
approved by the State Depart-
39 ment of Education. The per student amount
shall not exceed sixty-five dollars
40 ($65.00) per day for one hundred eighty
(180) days.
Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
SB 1555
THIS IS THE FY 1999 APPROPRIATION FOR
THE STATE SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN IDAHO.
FISCAL NOTE
FTP General
Ded/Other Federal
Total
FY 1998 Total Appropriation
0.00 705,000,000 51,000,000
0 756,000,000
Base Adjustments
0.00 (8,150,000) (1,500,000)
0 (9,650,000)
FY 1999 Base
0.00 696,850,000 49,500,000
0 746,350,000
Inflationary Adjustments
0.00 2,522,000
0
0 2,522,000
Non-Standard Adjustments
0.00 6,700,000
4,200,000
0 10,900,000
FY 1999 Maintenance (MCO)
0.00 706,072,000 53,700,000
0 759,772,000
Enhancements:
Public School Support
1. Salary Base Increase
0.00 19,579,500
0
0 19,579,500
2. Limited English Proficiency
0.00 750,000
0
0
750,000
3. Technology Initiative
0.00 7,000,000
0
0 7,000,000
7. Gifted and Talented Program
0.00 500,000
0
0
500,000
8. Interim Reading Committee
0.00 30,000
0
0
30,000
9. Increased Discretionary Funds
0.00 7,728,500
0
0 7,728,500
11. Substance Abuse Funds
0 .00
0
500,000 0
500,000
FY 1999 Total Appropriation
0.00 741,660,000 54,200,000
0 795,860,000
Chg From Orig Approp.
0.00 36,660,000 3,200,000
0 39,860,000
%Chg From Orig Approp.
0.0% 5.2%
6.3%
0.0% 5.3%
In addition to the increases in the programs as shown above, the estimated
average state
funding per support unit (so-called "discretionary funds") will increase
from $2,794.43
in the current year to $3.407.32 in FY 1999.
Contact:
Gordon Fisher
Legislative Services Office
Budget & Policy Analysis
Telephone: 334-4738