HB 273: "An Act relating to school funding, the base student allocation, district cost factors, and the adjustments for intensive services and average daily membership calculations; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 273 01 "An Act relating to school funding, the base student allocation, district cost factors, and 02 the adjustments for intensive services and average daily membership calculations; and 03 providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 14.17.410(b) is amended to read: 06 (b) Public school funding consists of state aid, a required local contribution, 07 and eligible federal impact aid determined as follows: 08 (1) state aid equals basic need minus a required local contribution and 09 90 percent of eligible federal impact aid for that fiscal year; basic need equals the sum 10 obtained under (D) of this paragraph, multiplied by the base student allocation set out 11 in AS 14.17.470; district adjusted ADM is calculated as follows: 12 (A) the ADM of each school in the district is calculated by 13 applying the school size factor to the student count as set out in AS 14.17.450; 14 (B) the number obtained under (A) of this paragraph is
01 multiplied by the district cost factor described in AS 14.17.460; 02 (C) the ADMs of each school in a district, as adjusted 03 according to (A) and (B) of this paragraph, are added; the sum is then 04 multiplied by the special needs factor set out in AS 14.17.420(a)(1); 05 (D) the number obtained for intensive services under 06 AS 14.17.420(a)(2) and the number obtained for correspondence study under 07 AS 14.17.430 are added to the number obtained under (C) of this paragraph; 08 (E) notwithstanding (A) - (C) of this paragraph, if a school 09 district's ADM adjusted for school size under (A) of this paragraph 10 decreases by five percent or more from one fiscal year to the next fiscal 11 year, the school district may use the last fiscal year before the decrease as 12 a base fiscal year to offset the decrease, according to the following method: 13 (i) for the first fiscal year after the base fiscal year 14 determined under this subparagraph, the school district's ADM 15 adjusted for school size determined under (A) of this paragraph is 16 calculated as the district's ADM adjusted for school size, plus 75 17 percent of the difference in the district's ADM adjusted for school 18 size between the base fiscal year and the first fiscal year after the 19 base fiscal year; 20 (ii) for the second fiscal year after the base fiscal 21 year determined under this subparagraph, the school district's 22 ADM adjusted for school size determined under (A) of this 23 paragraph is calculated as the district's ADM adjusted for school 24 size, plus 50 percent of the difference in the district's ADM 25 adjusted for school size between the base fiscal year and the second 26 fiscal year after the base fiscal year; 27 (iii) for the third fiscal year after the base fiscal year 28 determined under this subparagraph, the school district's ADM 29 adjusted for school size determined under (A) of this paragraph is 30 calculated as the district's ADM adjusted for school size, plus 25 31 percent of the difference in the district's ADM adjusted for school
01 size between the base fiscal year and the third fiscal year after the 02 base fiscal year; 03 (F) the method established in (E) of this paragraph is 04 available to a school district for the three fiscal years following the base 05 fiscal year determined under (E) of this paragraph only if the district's 06 ADM adjusted for school size determined under (A) of this paragraph for 07 each fiscal year is less than the district's ADM adjusted for school size in 08 the base fiscal year; 09 (G) the method established in (E) of this paragraph does 10 not apply to a decrease in the district's ADM adjusted for school size 11 resulting from a loss of enrollment that occurs as a result of a boundary 12 change under AS 29; 13 (2) the required local contribution of a city or borough school district is 14 the equivalent of a four mill tax levy on the full and true value of the taxable real and 15 personal property in the district as of January 1 of the second preceding fiscal year, as 16 determined by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic 17 Development under AS 14.17.510 and AS 29.45.110, not to exceed 45 percent of a 18 district's basic need for the preceding fiscal year as determined under (1) of this 19 subsection. 20 * Sec. 2. AS 14.17.420(a) is amended to read: 21 (a) As a component of public school funding, a district is eligible for special 22 needs funding and may be eligible for intensive services funding as follows: 23 (1) special needs funding is available to a district to assist the district 24 in providing special education, gifted and talented education, vocational education, 25 and bilingual education services to its students; a special needs funding factor of 1.20 26 shall be applied as set out in AS 14.17.410(b)(1); 27 (2) in addition to the special needs funding for which a district is 28 eligible under (1) of this subsection, a district is eligible for intensive services funding 29 for each special education student who needs and receives intensive services and is 30 enrolled on the last day of the count period; for each such student, intensive services 31 funding is equal to the intensive student count multiplied by nine [FIVE].
01 * Sec. 3. AS 14.17.420(a), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, is amended to read: 02 (a) As a component of public school funding, a district is eligible for special 03 needs funding and may be eligible for intensive services funding as follows: 04 (1) special needs funding is available to a district to assist the district 05 in providing special education, gifted and talented education, vocational education, 06 and bilingual education services to its students; a special needs funding factor of 1.20 07 shall be applied as set out in AS 14.17.410(b)(1); 08 (2) in addition to the special needs funding for which a district is 09 eligible under (1) of this subsection, a district is eligible for intensive services funding 10 for each special education student who needs and receives intensive services and is 11 enrolled on the last day of the count period; for each such student, intensive services 12 funding is equal to the intensive student count multiplied by 11 [NINE]. 13 * Sec. 4. AS 14.17.420(a), as amended by secs. 2 and 3 of this Act, is amended to read: 14 (a) As a component of public school funding, a district is eligible for special 15 needs funding and may be eligible for intensive services funding as follows: 16 (1) special needs funding is available to a district to assist the district 17 in providing special education, gifted and talented education, vocational education, 18 and bilingual education services to its students; a special needs funding factor of 1.20 19 shall be applied as set out in AS 14.17.410(b)(1); 20 (2) in addition to the special needs funding for which a district is 21 eligible under (1) of this subsection, a district is eligible for intensive services funding 22 for each special education student who needs and receives intensive services and is 23 enrolled on the last day of the count period; for each such student, intensive services 24 funding is equal to the intensive student count multiplied by 13 [11]. 25 * Sec. 5. AS 14.17.460(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 26 (a) For purposes of calculating a district's adjusted ADM under 27 AS 14.17.410(b)(1), the district cost factor for a school district is (1) for the fiscal year 28 ending June 30, 2009, the factor set out under column (A) of this subsection, (2) for 29 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the factor set out under column (B) of this 30 subsection, (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, the factor set out under 31 column (C) of this subsection, (4) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, the factor
01 set out under column (D) of this subsection, and (5) for fiscal years ending on or after 02 June 30, 2013, the factor set out under column (E) of this subsection: 03 DISTRICT COST FACTOR 04 DISTRICT (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 05 Alaska Gateway 1.443 1.481 1.519 1.557 1.594 06 Aleutians East 1.707 1.778 1.849 1.920 1.991 07 Aleutians Region 1.838 1.864 1.890 1.916 1.939 08 Anchorage 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 09 Annette Island 1.175 1.216 1.257 1.298 1.338 10 Bering Strait 1.762 1.821 1.880 1.939 1.998 11 Bristol Bay 1.370 1.397 1.424 1.451 1.478 12 Chatham 1.348 1.405 1.462 1.519 1.576 13 Chugach 1.395 1.420 1.445 1.470 1.496 14 Copper River 1.246 1.264 1.282 1.300 1.316 15 Cordova 1.165 1.182 1.199 1.216 1.234 16 Craig 1.108 1.133 1.158 1.183 1.206 17 Delta/Greely 1.174 1.191 1.208 1.225 1.241 18 Denali 1.323 1.326 1.329 1.332 1.332 19 Dillingham 1.300 1.312 1.324 1.336 1.346 20 Fairbanks 1.055 1.059 1.063 1.067 1.070 21 Galena 1.370 1.376 1.382 1.388 1.391 22 Haines 1.104 1.128 1.152 1.176 1.200 23 Hoonah 1.227 1.270 1.313 1.356 1.399 24 Hydaburg 1.295 1.348 1.401 1.454 1.504 25 Iditarod 1.658 1.705 1.752 1.799 1.846 26 Juneau 1.075 1.093 1.111 1.129 1.145 27 Kake 1.242 1.296 1.350 1.404 1.459 28 Kashunamiut 1.504 1.533 1.562 1.591 1.619 29 Kenai Peninsula 1.088 1.109 1.130 1.151 1.171 30 Ketchikan 1.085 1.106 1.127 1.148 1.170 31 Klawock 1.160 1.196 1.232 1.268 1.302
01 Kodiak Island 1.191 1.216 1.241 1.266 1.289 02 Kuspuk 1.584 1.622 1.660 1.698 1.734 03 Lake and Peninsula 1.776 1.831 1.886 1.941 1.994 04 Lower Kuskokwim 1.577 1.599 1.621 1.643 1.663 05 Lower Yukon 1.650 1.703 1.756 1.809 1.861 06 Matanuska-Susitna 1.040 1.048 1.056 1.064 1.070 07 Mt. Edgecumbe 1.098 1.123 1.148 1.173 1.195 08 Nenana 1.304 1.313 1.322 1.331 1.338 09 Nome 1.385 1.402 1.419 1.436 1.450 10 North Slope 1.648 1.684 1.720 1.756 1.791 11 Northwest Arctic 1.686 1.720 1.754 1.788 1.823 12 Pelican 1.384 1.408 1.432 1.456 1.477 13 Petersburg 1.122 1.153 1.184 1.215 1.244 14 Pribilof 1.555 1.589 1.623 1.657 1.691 15 Sitka 1.098 1.123 1.148 1.173 1.195 16 Skagway 1.159 1.163 1.167 1.171 1.174 17 Southeast Island 1.264 1.299 1.334 1.369 1.403 18 Southwest Region 1.554 1.587 1.620 1.653 1.685 19 St. Mary's 1.488 1.522 1.556 1.590 1.624 20 Tanana 1.641 1.677 1.713 1.749 1.786 21 Unalaska 1.343 1.368 1.393 1.418 1.441 22 Valdez 1.133 1.143 1.153 1.163 1.170 23 Wrangell 1.080 1.100 1.120 1.140 1.159 24 Yakutat 1.229 1.275 1.321 1.367 1.412 25 Yukon Flats 1.892 1.948 2.004 2.060 2.116 26 Yukon/Koyukuk 1.669 1.711 1.753 1.795 1.835 27 Yupiit 1.596 1.628 1.660 1.692 1.723. 28 * Sec. 6. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read: 29 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $5,480 30 [$5,380]. 31 * Sec. 7. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 6 of this Act, is amended to read:
01 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $5,580 02 [$5,480]. 03 * Sec. 8. AS 14.17.470, as amended by secs. 6 and 7 of this Act, is amended to read: 04 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $5,680 05 [$5,580]. 06 * Sec. 9. Sections 1, 2, 5, and 6 of this Act take effect July 1, 2008. 07 * Sec. 10. Sections 3 and 7 of this Act take effect July 1, 2009. 08 * Sec. 11. Sections 4 and 8 of this Act take effect July 1, 2010.