45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION; CHANGING DATES AND PERCENTAGES ON THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATION CALCULATION; REPEALING THE DELAYED REPEAL ON THE SECTION OF LAW PERTAINING TO TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 22-8-29.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 208, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:

"22-8-29.1. CALCULATION OF TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATION.--

A. As used in this section:

(1) "annual variables" means the coefficients calculated by regressing the total operational expenditures from two years prior to the current school year for each school district using the number of students transported and the numerical value of site characteristics;

(2) "base amount" means the fixed amount that is the same for all school districts;

(3) "total operational expenditures" means the sum of all to-and-from school transportation expenditures, excluding expenditures incurred in accordance with the provisions of Section 22-8-27 NMSA 1978; and

(4) "variable amount" means the sum of the product of the annual variables multiplied by each school district's numerical value of the school district's site characteristics multiplied by the number of days of operation for each school district.

B. The department shall calculate the transportation allocation for each school district.

C. The base amount is designated as product A. Product A is the constant calculated by regressing the total operations expenditures from the two years prior to the current school year for school district operations using the numerical value of site characteristics approved by the state board. The legislative education study committee and the legislative finance committee may review the site characteristics developed by the state transportation director prior to approval by the state board.

D. The variable amount is designated as product B. Product B is the predicted additional expenditures for each school district based on the regression analysis using the site characteristics as predictor variables multiplied by the number of days.

E. The allocation to each school district shall be equal to product A plus product B.

F. For the [1999-2000, 2000-2001 and] 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years, the transportation allocation for each school district shall not be less than [one hundred] ninety-five percent or more than one hundred [fifteen] five percent of the [1998-1999] prior school year's transportation expenditure.

G. The adjustment factor shall be applied to the allocation amount determined pursuant to Subsections E and F of this section."

Section 2. REPEAL.--Laws 1999 (1st S.S.), Chapter 11, Section 7 is repealed.