Legislature(1999 - 2000)
2000-04-18 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2000-04-18 Senate Journal Page 3242 SB 290 Senator Taylor requested that the reconsideration on CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 290(FIN) am be taken up. The bill was before the Senate on reconsideration. 2000-04-18 Senate Journal Page 3243 SB 290 Senator Taylor moved that the bill be returned to second reading for the purpose of a specific amendment, that being Amendment No. 5. Senator Ellis objected, then withdrew his objection. There being no further objections, the bill was returned to second reading. Senator Taylor called the Senate. The call was satisfied. Senators Taylor, Halford offered Amendment No. 5 : Page 1, line 1, through page 3, last line: Delete all material and insert: ""An Act imposing limits on state funding for transportation of school students; requiring that a minimum amount expended by school districts for instruction does not include expenditures for school administration, assistant principals, or other assistants employed to generally supervise administrative operations of a school, and defining school administration; providing that, for purposes of public school funding, a community with an average daily membership of at least 101 but not more than 450 shall be counted as one elementary and one secondary school and, in a community with an average daily membership of greater than 450, each facility that is administered as a separate school shall be counted as one school, except for certain alternative schools; and providing for an effective date." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: * Section 1. AS14.09.010(b) is amended to read: (b) Except as otherwise provided in (d) of this section, a ¦Aá school district that enters into a contract described under (a)(1) of this section shall be reimbursed for (1) at least 90 percent of the cost of operating the student transportation system if the transportation is provided by the school district; and (2) 100 percent of the cost of operating the student transportation system when the transportation is provided under a contract with the school district. 2000-04-18 Senate Journal Page 3244 SB 290 * Sec. 2. AS14.09.010(d) is repealed and reenacted to read: (d) Transportation costs eligible for reimbursement under this section are subject to the following adjustments: (1) transportation costs may not exceed the amount received by the school district for student transportation reimbursement in state fiscal year 2001; (2) costs resulting from new school facilities, an increase in enrollment, or costs incurred to meet a requirement imposed by state or federal law are exempt from the limit imposed under (d) of this subsection; (3) the sum calculated under (1) of this subsection shall be increased for each state fiscal year following state fiscal year 2001 by the lesser of the following: (A) four percent; or (B) any increases in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the Anchorage metropolitan area compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor; the index for January of 2001 is the reference base index; and (4) only 50 percent of those costs reimbursable under this section that are in excess of the sum calculated under (1) - (3) of this subsection shall be reimbursed to a school district. * Sec. 3. AS14.17.520(f) is amended to read: (f) In this section, (1) "instructional component" means ¦INCLUDESá expenditures for teachers and ¦FORá pupil support services, but does not include expenditures for school administration or for assistant principals or other assistants employed to generally supervise administrative operations of a school; (2) "school administration" means expenditures related to managing a school, including expenditures for supplies, materials, and travel. 2000-04-18 Senate Journal Page 3245 SB 290 * Sec. 4. AS14.17.905 is amended to read: Sec. 14.17.905. Facilities constituting a school. For purposes of this chapter, the determination of the number of schools in a district is subject to the following: (1) a community with an ADM of at least 10, but not more than 100, shall be counted as one school; (2) a community with an ADM of at least 101, but not more than 450 ¦750á, shall be counted as (A) one elementary school, which includes those students in grades kindergarten through six ¦6á; and (B) one secondary school, which includes students in grades seven ¦7á through 12; (3) in a community with an ADM of greater than 450 ¦750á, each facility that is administered as a separate school shall be counted as one school, except that each alternative school with an ADM of less than 200 shall be counted as a part of the school in the district with the highest ADM. * Sec. 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this Act take effect July 1, 2000. * Sec. 6. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect July 1, 2001." Senator Taylor moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 5. Objections were heard. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSSB 290(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 8 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Green, Halford, Kelly Pete, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell, Pearce, Taylor, Ward, Wilken Nays: Adams, Donley, Ellis, Elton, Hoffman, Kelly Tim, Phillips, Torgerson and so, Amendment No. 5 was adopted. 2000-04-18 Senate Journal Page 3246 SB 290 The question to be reconsidered: Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 290(FIN) am An Act imposing limits on state funding for transportation of school students; requiring that a minimum amount expended by school districts for instruction does not include expenditures for school administration, assistant principals, or other assistants employed to generally supervise administrative operations of a school, and defining school administration; providing that, for purposes of public school funding, a community with an average daily membership of at least 101 but not more than 450 shall be counted as one elementary and one secondary school and, in a community with an average daily membership of greater than 450, each facility that is administered as a separate school shall be counted as one school, except for certain alternative schools; and providing for an effective date pass the Senate? The roll was taken with the following result: CSSB 290(FIN) am Third Reading - On Reconsideration YEAS: 12 NAYS: 8 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Donley, Green, Halford, Kelly Pete, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell, Pearce, Taylor, Ward Nays: Adams, Ellis, Elton, Hoffman, Kelly Tim, Phillips, Torgerson, Wilken and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 290(FIN) am passed the Senate on reconsideration. Senator Mackie moved the effective date clauses. 2000-04-18 Senate Journal Page 3247 SB 290 The question being: Shall the effective date clauses be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSSB 290(FIN) am Effective Date Clauses YEAS: 20 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Adams, Donley, Ellis, Elton, Green, Halford, Hoffman, Kelly Pete, Kelly Tim, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell, Pearce, Phillips, Taylor, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken and so, the effective date clauses were adopted and the bill was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.