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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.
