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S.F. No. 0106 |
School finance-local resources. |
Sponsored By: Select Committee on School Finance
AN ACT relating to school finance; diverting certain
revenues available for the public schools directly to the public school
foundation program account for distribution to districts through the foundation
program; requiring an accounting and reporting of local revenues; modifying
scheduled foundation program payments to school districts; repealing statutory
provisions pertaining to maximum recapture; authorizing foundation account
deposits in time deposit, open account program; modifying related provisions as
necessary and modifying provisions governing treatment of tuition payments;
providing for school year 2011‑2012 transition as specified; and
providing for an effective date.
1/14/2011 Bill Number Assigned
1/17/2011 S Received for Introduction
1/17/2011 S Introduced and Referred to S02
1/26/2011 S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s) Hastert, Meier, Nicholas, P. and Peterson
Nays:
Senator(s) Von Flatern
Ayes 4 Nays
1 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
1/26/2011 S Placed on General File
SF0106SS001/ADOPTED
Page
1-line 4 After "program;"
insert "requiring an accounting and reporting of local revenues;".
Page 2-line 2 After "21‑13‑306"
insert "(b) and".
Page
2-line 3 Delete "and"
insert ","; after "(xiv)," insert "(b) and by creating
a new subsection (h),".
Page 12-line 9 After "treasurer" insert ";
reporting of revenues".
Page 13‑After
line 4 insert:
"(b) In
accordance with W.S. 21‑13‑310(b) and on or before July 10 of each
year, the county treasurer shall report amounts distributed to or on behalf of
each school district under subsection (a) of this section to the department of
education.".
Page 13-After line
23 insert:
"(b) Within the limits of
legislative appropriation, if any, the resources of the public school
foundation account shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be drawn out
and distributed to the districts upon certification of the state superintendent
and upon vouchers approved by the state auditor payable to the treasurer of the
several districts. The amounts deposited into the account by county treasurers
on behalf of school districts within the county pursuant to W.S. 21‑13‑207
shall be expended prior to all other amounts deposited into the account under
subsection (a) of this section.".
Page 14-line 17 After "revenues" insert "; accounting
and reporting of revenues".
Page 16-After line
4 insert:
"(b) On or before July 10 of each year the
county treasurer of each county shall certify to the state superintendent, in
such form as the state superintendent shall provide, a report of monies
distributed by him from the county school fund on
behalf of or to each district within the county during the previous school year for the immediately preceding school year. Distributions by
the county school fund under this subsection shall be reported in accordance
with W.S. 21‑13‑207.
(h) Based upon reports from each
county treasurer pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the department of
education shall maintain a separate accounting of revenues deposited into the
foundation program account on behalf of each district pursuant to W.S. 8‑1‑109,
9‑4‑401, 9‑4‑503, 21‑13‑102(a), 21‑13‑201(a),
31‑3‑103, 39‑13‑108(b)(ii) and (c) and 39‑13‑111(a)(iii). A summary of this accounting for each
district shall be reported to the appropriate district each year on or before
September 1.".
Page 16-line 11 Strike "15" insert "10".
Page 16-line 19 After "district." delete
balance of line.
Page 16-lines 20 and 21 Delete.
Page 16-line 22 Delete through "information.".
Page 17-line 10 Strike "15" insert "10".
Page 17-line 12 Strike "fifteenth" insert "tenth".
Page 17-line 16 Delete "during any school year".
Page 17-line 17 After "be"
delete balance of line and insert "equal to
five percent (5%) of the district's entitlement payable in July and August of
each year, and an amount equal to nine percent (9%) of the district's
entitlement for each of the ten (10) remaining months".
Page 17-line 18 Delete.
Page 17-line 19 Delete line through "district".
Page 22-line 9 After "(xii)" delete "," insert "and";
delete "(c) and (d),".
NICHOLAS, CHAIRMAN
1/31/2011 S
Passed CoW
2/1/2011 S
Passed 2nd
2/2/2011 S
Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Senator(s)
Nays:
Senator(s) Bebout, Case, Christensen, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich,
Esquibel, F., Geis, Hines, Johnson, Landen, Martin and Von Flatern
Ayes 17 Nays
13 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/3/2011 H Received for Introduction
2/4/2011 H Introduced and Referred to H02
2/9/2011 H02 Recommended Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Berger,
Nays:
Representative(s) Steward and Wallis
Excused:
Representative(s) Pedersen
Ayes 4 Nays
2 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts
0
2/9/2011 H Placed on General File
2/16/2011 H Failed CoW; Indef Postponed
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Berger, Bonner, Botten, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart,
Cannady, Eklund, Gay, Gingery, Greene, Harshman, Kroeker, Loucks, McOmie,
Moniz, Nicholas, B., Shepperson, Stubson and Teeters
Nays:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Blake, Brechtel, Campbell, Connolly, Craft,
Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Goggles, Greear, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi,
Kasperik, Krone, Lockhart, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, Miller, Patton, Peasley,
Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Steward, Throne, Vranish, Wallis,
Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Excused:
Representative(s) Byrd, Childers and Davison
Conflicts:
Representative(s) Blikre and Pederson
Ayes 20 Nays
35 Excused 3 Absent 0 Conflicts
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