CSHB 317(FIN): "An Act increasing the special needs funding and base student allocation for public schools, and extending the adjustment for student transportation funding; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 317(FIN) 01 "An Act increasing the special needs funding and base student allocation for public 02 schools, and extending the adjustment for student transportation funding; and 03 providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 14.17.420(a), as amended by sec. 6, ch. 9, SLA 2008, is amended to read: 06 (a) As a component of public school funding, a district is eligible for special 07 needs funding and may be eligible for intensive services funding as follows: 08 (1) special needs funding is available to a district to assist the district 09 in providing special education, gifted and talented education, vocational education, 10 and bilingual education services to its students; a special needs funding factor of 1.215 11 [1.20] shall be applied as set out in AS 14.17.410(b)(1); 12 (2) in addition to the special needs funding for which a district is 13 eligible under (1) of this subsection, a district is eligible for intensive services funding 14 for each special education student who needs and receives intensive services and is
01 enrolled on the last day of the count period; for each such student, intensive services 02 funding is equal to the intensive student count multiplied by 13. 03 * Sec. 2. AS 14.17.420(a), as amended by sec. 6, ch. 9, SLA 2008, and by sec. 1 of this Act, 04 is amended to read: 05 (a) As a component of public school funding, a district is eligible for special 06 needs funding and may be eligible for intensive services funding as follows: 07 (1) special needs funding is available to a district to assist the district 08 in providing special education, gifted and talented education, vocational education, 09 and bilingual education services to its students; a special needs funding factor of 1.23 10 [1.215] shall be applied as set out in AS 14.17.410(b)(1); 11 (2) in addition to the special needs funding for which a district is 12 eligible under (1) of this subsection, a district is eligible for intensive services funding 13 for each special education student who needs and receives intensive services and is 14 enrolled on the last day of the count period; for each such student, intensive services 15 funding is equal to the intensive student count multiplied by 13. 16 * Sec. 3. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 10, ch. 9, SLA 2008, is amended to read: 17 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $5,805 18 [$5,680]. 19 * Sec. 4. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 10, ch. 9, SLA 2008, and by sec. 3 of this Act, 20 is amended to read: 21 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $5,930 22 [$5,805]. 23 * Sec. 5. Section 11, ch. 9, SLA 2008, is amended to read: 24 Sec. 11. AS 14.09.010(c), added by sec. 2, ch. 9, SLA 2008 [OF THIS ACT], 25 is repealed June 30, 2013 [2011]. 26 * Sec. 6. Sections 1 and 3 of this Act take effect July 1, 2011. 27 * Sec. 7. Sections 2 and 4 of this Act take effect July 1, 2012.