SSSB 301: "An Act relating to the calculation of instructional units used in determining state aid for education and increasing elementary and secondary instructional units for certain school districts with 800 or fewer students in average daily membership; and providing for an effective date."
00SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 301 01 "An Act relating to the calculation of instructional units used in determining state 02 aid for education and increasing elementary and secondary instructional units for 03 certain school districts with 800 or fewer students in average daily membership; 04 and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 14.17.031(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) If the total elementary and secondary instructional units that a school 08 district is eligible to receive under (a) of this section decrease by five [10] percent or 09 more from one fiscal year to the next, the school district may use the last fiscal year 10 before the reduction as a base fiscal year and offset its reduction according to the 11 following schedule: (1) for the first fiscal year after the base fiscal year, the school 12 district is eligible to receive the total elementary and secondary instructional units 13 determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 75 percent of the difference in total 14 elementary and secondary instructional units between the base fiscal year and the first
01 fiscal year after the base fiscal year; (2) for the second fiscal year after the base fiscal 02 year, the school district is eligible to receive the total elementary and secondary 03 instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 50 percent of the 04 difference in total elementary and secondary instructional units between the base fiscal 05 year and the second fiscal year after the base fiscal year; (3) for the third fiscal year 06 after the base fiscal year, the school district is eligible to receive the total elementary 07 and secondary instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 25 08 percent of the difference in total elementary and secondary instructional units between 09 the base fiscal year and the third fiscal year after the base fiscal year. The schedule 10 established in this subsection is available to a school district for the three fiscal years 11 following the base fiscal year only if the total elementary and secondary instructional 12 units received by the school district under (a)(1) of this section for each fiscal year are 13 less than the total elementary and secondary instructional units received by the school 14 district in the base fiscal year. This subsection does not apply to a decrease in total 15 elementary and secondary instructional units resulting from a loss of enrollment that 16 occurs as a result of a boundary change under AS 29. 17 * Sec. 2. AS 14.17.041 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 18 (e) In a district that consists of a single funding community with an average 19 daily membership of 800 or fewer students, the elementary and secondary 20 instructional units received under (a) or (b) of this section shall be multiplied by the 21 factor determined under the following table: 22 ADM Factor 23 1 - 250 1.12 24 251 - 525 1.08 25 526 - 800 1.06. 26 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 1994.