68th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1995 Regular Session
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LC 979
House Bill 2838
Sponsored by Representative SHIELDS; Representatives BRIAN,
BROWN, FEDERICI, GORDLY, JOSI, MINNIS, NAITO, SCHOON, THOMPSON,
UHERBELAU, WYLIE
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Adds to State School Fund distribution an amount for student
enrolled in full-time kindergarten.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to funding of kindergarten; amending ORS 327.013.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 327.013 is amended to read:
327.013. The State School Fund distributions shall be computed
as follows:
(1) General Purpose Grant = Funding Percentagev Target Grantv
District ADMw.
(2) The funding percentage shall be calculated by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to distribute as nearly as
practicable the total sum available for distribution of money.
(3) Target Grant = Statewide Target per ADMw Grant + Teacher
Experience Factor.
(4) Statewide Target per ADMw Grant = $4,500.
(5) Teacher Experience Factor = $25v {District average teacher
experience� statewide average teacher experience}. ' Average
teacher experience' means the average, in years, of teaching
experience of certified teachers as reported to the Department of
Education.
(6) District ADMw = ADMw or ADMw of the prior year, whichever
is greater.
(7)(a) Weighted average daily membership or ADMw = average
daily membership + an additional amount computed as follows:
(A) 1.0 for each student in average daily membership eligible
for special education as a child with disabilities under ORS
343.035, applicable to not to exceed 11 percent of the district's
ADM without review and approval of the Department of Education.
(B) 0.5 for each student in average daily membership eligible
for and enrolled in an English as a Second Language program under
ORS 336.079.
(C) 0.2 for each student in average daily membership enrolled
in a union high school district.
(D)�0.1 for each student in average daily membership enrolled
in an elementary district operating kindergarten through grade 6
or kindergarten through grade 8.
(E) 0.25 times the sum of the following:
(i) The number of children 5 to 17 years of age in poverty
families in the district, as determined by the Department of
Education from a report of the federal Department of Education, '
1990 Census Poverty Data for LEA's,' as adjusted pursuant to
rules of the State Board of Education for purposes of the
allocation under chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act and as further adjusted by the number of students
in average daily membership in June of the year of distribution
divided by number of students in average daily membership in the
district, or its predecessors, in June 1990;
(ii) The number of children in foster homes in the district as
determined by the report of the Department of Human Resources to
the federal Department of Education, 'Annual Statistical Report
on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving
AFDC Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level, ' or its
successor, for October 31 of the year prior to the year of
distribution; and
(iii) The number of children in the district in
state-recognized facilities for neglected and delinquent
children, based on information from the Department of Human
Resources for October 31 of the year prior to the year of
distribution. { +
(F) 0.5 for each student in average daily membership enrolled
in a full-time kindergarten program. + }
{ - (F) - } { + (G) + } All numbers of children used for
the computation in this section must reflect any district
consolidations that have occurred since the numbers were
compiled.
(b) The total additional weight that shall be assigned to any
student in average daily membership in a district, exclusive of
students described in paragraph (a)(E) of this subsection shall
not exceed 2.0.
(8) Transportation Grant = 70 percent of Approved
Transportation Costs.
(9) Local Revenues are the total of the following:
(a) The amount of revenue offset against local property taxes
as determined by the Department of Revenue under ORS 311.175
(3)(a)(A);
(b) The amount of property taxes actually received by the
district including penalties and interest on taxes;
(c) The amount of revenue received by the district from the
Common School Fund under ORS 327.403 to 327.415;
(d) The amount of revenue received by the district from the
county school fund from the payment required by ORS 328.005 (1);
(e) The amount of revenue received by the district from the 25
percent of federal forest reserve revenues required to be
distributed to schools by ORS 294.060 (1);
(f) The amount of revenue received by the district from state
managed forestlands under ORS 530.115 (1)(b) and (c);
(g) The amount of revenue received under ORS 334.400 by a
school district in an education service district that provides
equalization under ORS 334.400;
(h) Moneys received in lieu of property taxes;
(i) Federal funds received without specific application by the
school district and which are not deemed under federal law to be
nonsupplantable; and
(j) Any positive amount obtained by subtracting the property
taxes actually imposed by the district, as determined by the
Department of Revenue under ORS 311.175 (3)(a)(B), from the
amount that would be imposed by the district if the district
certified a total property tax levy equal to the lesser of:
(A) The maximum amount it can certify within the limits of
sections 11 and 11a, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution; or
(B) 106 percent of the total taxes certified by the district in
the prior year.
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