CSSSSB 301(HES): "An Act relating to the calculation of instructional units used in determining state aid for education; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 301(HES) 01 "An Act relating to the calculation of instructional units used in determining state 02 aid for education; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.17.031(b) is amended to read: 05 (b) If the total elementary and secondary instructional units that a school 06 district is eligible to receive under (a) of this section decrease by at least five but less 07 than 25 [10] percent [OR MORE] from one fiscal year to the next, the school district 08 may use the last fiscal year before the reduction as a base fiscal year and offset its 09 reduction according to the following schedule: (1) for the first fiscal year after the base 10 fiscal year, the school district is eligible to receive the total elementary and secondary 11 instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 75 percent of the 12 difference in total elementary and secondary instructional units between the base fiscal 13 year and the first fiscal year after the base fiscal year; (2) for the second fiscal year 14 after the base fiscal year, the school district is eligible to receive the total elementary
01 and secondary instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 50 02 percent of the difference in total elementary and secondary instructional units between 03 the base fiscal year and the second fiscal year after the base fiscal year; (3) for the 04 third fiscal year after the base fiscal year, the school district is eligible to receive the 05 total elementary and secondary instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this 06 section plus 25 percent of the difference in total elementary and secondary instructional 07 units between the base fiscal year and the third fiscal year after the base fiscal year. 08 The schedule established in this subsection is available to a school district for the three 09 fiscal years following the base fiscal year only if the total elementary and secondary 10 instructional units received by the school district under (a)(1) of this section for each 11 fiscal year are less than the total elementary and secondary instructional units received 12 by the school district in the base fiscal year. This subsection does not apply to a 13 decrease in total elementary and secondary instructional units resulting from a loss of 14 enrollment that occurs as a result of a boundary change under AS 29. 15 * Sec. 2. AS 14.17.031 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 16 (c) If the total elementary and secondary instructional units that a school 17 district is eligible to receive under (a) of this section decrease by at least 25 percent 18 but less than 50 percent from one fiscal year to the next, the school district may use 19 the last fiscal year before the reduction as a base fiscal year and offset its reduction 20 according to the following schedule: (1) for the first fiscal year after the base fiscal 21 year, the school district is eligible to receive the total elementary and secondary 22 instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 67 percent of the 23 difference in total elementary and secondary instructional units between the base fiscal 24 year and the first fiscal year after the base fiscal year; (2) for the second fiscal year 25 after the base fiscal year, the school district is eligible to receive the total elementary 26 and secondary instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 33 27 percent of the difference in total elementary and secondary instructional units between 28 the base fiscal year and the second fiscal year after the base fiscal year. The schedule 29 established in this subsection is available to a school district for the two fiscal years 30 following the base fiscal year only if the total elementary and secondary instructional 31 units received by the school district under (a)(1) of this section for each fiscal year are
01 less than the total elementary and secondary instructional units received by the school 02 district in the base fiscal year. This subsection does not apply to a decrease in total 03 elementary and secondary instructional units resulting from a loss of enrollment that 04 occurs as a result of a boundary change under AS 29. 05 (d) If the total elementary and secondary instructional units that a school 06 district is eligible to receive under (a) of this section decrease by 50 percent or more 07 from one fiscal year to the next, the school district may use the last fiscal year before 08 the reduction as a base fiscal year and offset its reduction. For the first fiscal year 09 after the base fiscal year, the school district is eligible to receive the total elementary 10 and secondary instructional units determined under (a)(1) of this section plus 50 11 percent of the difference in total elementary and secondary instructional units between 12 the base fiscal year and the first fiscal year after the base fiscal year. The schedule 13 established in this subsection is available to a school district for one fiscal year 14 following 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. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 1994.