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___________________ moved that SB 134 be amended as follows:

     On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

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     Section 1. That § 13-13-10.1 be amended to read as follows:

     13-13-10.1.   Terms used in this chapter mean:

             (1)      "Average daily membership," the greater of (1) the average number of resident and nonresident kindergarten through twelfth grade pupils enrolled in all schools operated by the school district during the previous regular school year, minus average number of pupils for whom the district receives tuition, except pupils described in subdivision (1A) and pupils for whom tuition is being paid pursuant to § 13-28-42 and plus the average number of pupils for whom the district pays tuition or (2) the average of the average number of resident and nonresident kindergarten through twelfth grade pupils enrolled in all schools operated by the school district during the previous regular school year and the school year prior to the previous regular school year, minus the average number of pupils for whom the district receives tuition, except pupils described in subdivision (1A) and pupils for whom tuition is being paid pursuant to § 13-28-42 and plus the average number of pupils for whom the district pays tuition ;

             (1A)      Nonresident students who are in the care and custody of the Department of Social Services, the Unified Judicial System, the Department of Corrections, or other state agencies and are attending a public school may be included in the average daily membership of the receiving district when enrolled in the receiving district. When counting a student who meets these criteria in its general enrollment average daily membership, the receiving district may begin the enrollment on the first day of attendance. The district of residence prior to the custodial transfer may not include students who meet these criteria in its general enrollment average daily membership after the student ceases to attend school in the resident district;

             (2)      "Adjusted average daily membership," calculated as follows:

             (a)      For districts with an average daily membership of two hundred or less, multiply 1.2 times the average daily membership times 1.16 in fiscal year 2007, 1.12 in fiscal year 2008, 1.08 in fiscal year 2009, 1.04 in fiscal year 2010, and 1.0 in fiscal year 2011 ;

             (b)      For districts with an average daily membership of less than six hundred, but greater than two hundred, raise the average daily membership to the 0.8293 power and multiply the result times 2.98 . In fiscal year 2007, subtract average daily membership from that result, multiply the difference times .8 and add the product to average daily membership. In fiscal year 2008, subtract average daily membership from that result, multiply the difference times .6 and add the product to average daily membership. In fiscal year 2009, subtract average daily membership from that result, multiply the difference times .4 and add the product to average daily membership. In fiscal year 2010, subtract average daily membership from that result, multiply the difference times .2 and add the product to average daily membership. In fiscal year 2011, subtract average daily membership from that result, multiply the difference times zero and add the product to average daily membership ;

             (c)      For districts with an average daily membership of six hundred or more, multiply 1.0 times their average daily membership;

             (2A)    "Sparse school district," a school district which, during the previous school year: has a general fund balance percentage as defined in this section of twenty percent or less; levies ad valorem taxes at the maximum rates allowed pursuant to § 10-12-42 or more; has an average daily membership of less than six hundred; has a geographical area of more than five hundred square miles; provides at least fifteen percent of its secondary program offerings via distance learning technology; has at least fifteen miles between its attendance center or centers and that of an adjoining district; and has an average daily membership per square mile of 0.6 or less;

             (2B)    "Sparsity average daily membership," calculated as follows:
        (a)    For sparse school districts, divide the average daily membership by the area of the school district in square miles;
        (b)    If the result of subsection (a) of this subdivision is 0.6 or less, multiply the quotient obtained in subsection (a) times negative 0.014;
        (c)    Add 0.14 to the result of subsection (b) of this subdivision; and
        (d)    Multiply the result of subsection (c) of this subdivision times the average daily membership;

             (3)      "Index factor," is the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers as computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor for the year before the year immediately preceding the year of adjustment or three percent, whichever is less;

             (4)      "Per student allocation," for school fiscal year 2006 is $4,237.72. Each school fiscal year thereafter, the per student allocation is the previous fiscal year's per student allocation increased by the index factor;

             (5)      "Local need," the per student allocation multiplied by the sum of the adjusted average daily membership plus the sparsity average daily membership ;

             (6)      "Local effort," the amount of ad valorem taxes generated in a school fiscal year by applying the levies established pursuant to § 10-12-42;

             (7)      "General fund balance," the unreserved fund balance of the general fund, less general fund exclusions plus, beginning with transfers made in fiscal year 2001, any transfers out of the general fund for the previous school fiscal year;

             (8)      "General fund balance percentage," is a school district's general fund balance divided by the school district's total general fund expenditures for the previous school fiscal year, the quotient expressed as a percent;

             (9)      "General fund base percentage," is the general fund balance percentage as of June 30, 2000. However, the general fund base percentage can never increase and can never be less than twenty percent;

             (10)      "Allowable general fund balance," the fund base percentage multiplied by the district's general fund expenditures in the previous school fiscal year;

             (11)      "Imputed interest rate," the average prime rate for the preceding fiscal year minus 2.5 percentage points;

             (12)      "General fund exclusions," revenue a school district has received from the imposition of the excess tax levy pursuant to § 10-12-43; revenue a school district has received from gifts, contributions, grants, or donations; revenue a school district has received under the provisions of §§ 13-6-92 to 13-6-96, inclusive; and any revenue in the general fund set aside for a noninsurable judgment.

     Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund the sum of three million dollars ( $3,000,000 ), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Education for distribution to sparse school districts pursuant to this Act.

     Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Education shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act."