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Relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or dissolution
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 13, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 29, 2019
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 602
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 602 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 602 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill extends certain incentives for whole grade sharing by school districts and for school district reorganization or dissolution for five additional years, from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2024. The bill provides for a reduced uniform levy as an incentive for school districts that reorganize on or before July 1, 2024. School districts that execute a whole grade sharing agreement and adopt a resolution to study the effect of undergoing a reorganization or dissolution to take effect on or before July 1, 2024, are allowed to receive a weighting of one-tenth of the percentage of a student’s school day during which the student attends classes in another district, is taught by a teacher jointly employed, or attends classes taught by a teacher employed by another district.
Read the full explanation
This supplementary weighting is available for not more than three years. However, a school district that reorganizes before July 1, 2024, is eligible, for up to three years following reorganization, to continue to receive supplementary weighting in an amount that is equal to the funding that the district received in the year preceding the effective date of its reorganization. The bill does not affect the combined maximum total six-year limitation on a school district’s eligibility for supplementary weighting.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 13, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Fiscal note
Cost: up to $150,000 Compare with other bills
The estimated fiscal impact of all provisions in this Bill is currently unknown and will be based on the number of districts eligible to receive supplementary weighting for whole grade sharing and joint employment, as well as the number of districts that start or continue to make progress toward reorganization. 2 million per year in State aid and $150,000 per year in property taxes from FY 2021 to FY 2023.
- Whole Grade Sharing and Reorganization Incentives · March 25, 2019
- Whole Grade Sharing and Reorganization Incentives · January 30, 2019
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Lobbying
6 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →
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