Relating to school district enrollment calculations for the purposes of the secure an advanced vision for education fund

This bill relates to school district enrollment calculations for the purposes of the secure an advanced vision for education (SAVE) fund. On July 1, 2008, the state’s local sales and use taxes increased from 5 to 6 percent. The increase is used solely to fund the SAVE fund, and the SAVE fund is used solely to provide revenues to local school districts for school infrastructure purposes or school district property tax relief. One requirement of the SAVE fund is that a school with a certified enrollment of fewer than 250 pupils in the entire district or certified enrollment of fewer than 100 pupils in high school may not expend amounts received for new construction without prior application to the department of education and receipt of a certificate of need. The bill changes this requirement to a certified enrollment plus the number of students who open enroll into the district of fewer than 250 or certified enrollment of district high schools plus the number of students who open enroll into a high school in the district of fewer than 100 pupils.