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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Nava

 

DATE TYPED:

1-28-02

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

Change Program Unit Calculation

 

SB

205

 

 

ANALYST:

Segura

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

NFI

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

State Department of Education (SDE)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 205 proposes to amend section 22-8-25 of the Public School Code by changing the program unit calculation under the State Equalization Guarantee (SEG) for certain school districts.

 

     Significant Issues

 

The majority of school districts are now funded based on the average membership of the 40th, 80th, and 120th days of the prior year.  Senate Bill 205 proposes to amend the Public School Code so that all school districts will be funded based on prior year average membership.  With the proposed language, school districts operating under an approved year-round school calendar will be funded on an average of the membership on appropriate dates established by the State Board of Education.

 

School districts with a membership of 200 or less will be funded on an average of the membership on the 40th, 80th and 120th days of the prior year or the 40th day of the current year, whichever is greater, preserving the save harmless provision of very small school districts.

 

 

 

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The SDE indicates that enactment of the legislation will not have a fiscal impact.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

The  legislation will allow the funding of all public school districts to be calculated by the department’s Accountability Data System (ADS), alleviating the administrative burden of calculating  the funding for some school districts outside of ADS.

 

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