Bill No.: HB0113                     Drafter:  DRN

LSO No.:   08LSO-0276                 Effective Date:  7/1/2008

Enrolled Act No.:    HEA0045

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:       Representative McOmie

Catch Title:         School finance-minimum teacher resources.

Subject:   The education resource block grant model and teacher resources provided within the model for operation of school district required educational programs.

Summary/Major Elements:

• In 2006 recalibration, the Legislature enriched the minimum teacher resources granted to each prototypical grade band level above levels recommended by school finance consultants to the Legislature;

• To effectuate the minimum teacher resources for school configurations different than those school configurations represented by prototypical schools established within the model, implementing legislation had to break apart school configurations to ensure the minimum teacher resources were applied at each prototypical grade band level (EXAMPLE:  minimum teacher resources would be applied in a 6-12 school to both the middle school grade band (6-8) and the high school grade band (9-12));

• Non-teacher resources were to be applied to the highest grade band within a co-located configuration (in the above example, nonteacher resources would be applied based upon resources generated at the 9-12 prototypical configuration);

• The law was unclear on non-teacher resources; this legislation clarifies the law accordingly;

• A one time payment of $3.1 million is included in HB0113, it is only one-time and does not effect administration or implementation of the block grant model;

• This legislation clarifies law, it does not change how the law is currently being implemented.