State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013
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965U0109
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HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
ENGROSSED NO. SB 159 - 03/04/2013
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Introduced by: Senators White, Bradford, Buhl, Heineman (Phyllis), Hunhoff (Jean),
Johnston, Kirkeby, Krebs, Lucas, Maher, Monroe, Novstrup (Al), Peters,
Rampelberg, Soholt, Tidemann, Tieszen, and Welke and Representatives
Mickelson, Bolin, Cronin, Dryden, Duvall, Erickson, Feickert, Feinstein,
Gibson, Haggar (Don), Hajek, Hansen, Hawks, Hawley, Heinert, Hickey,
Johns, Magstadt, Miller, Novstrup (David), Parsley, Qualm, Ring, Rounds,
Rozum, Schoenfish, Sly, Stalzer, Stevens, Tulson, Werner, Westra, Wink,
and Wismer
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise the state aid to general education formula by
including an adjustment for students with limited English proficiency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
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 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 § 13-28-42.1 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;
(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;
(c) For districts with an average daily membership of six hundred or more,
multiply 1.0 times their average daily membership;
(2A) "Fall enrollment," the number of kindergarten through twelfth grade students enrolled
in all schools operated by the school district on the last Friday of September of the
current school year minus the number of students for whom the district receives
tuition, except nonresident students who are in the care and custody of a state agency
and are attending a public school and students for whom tuition is being paid
pursuant to § 13-28-42.1, plus the number of students for whom the district pays
tuition. When computing state aid to education for a school district under the
foundation program pursuant to § 13-13-73, the secretary of the Department of
Education shall use either the school district's fall enrollment or the average of the
school district's fall enrollment from the previous two years, whichever is higher;
(2B) Repealed by SL 2010, ch 84, § 1.
(2C) "Small school adjustment," calculated as follows:
(a) For districts with a fall enrollment of two hundred or less, multiply 0.2 times
$4,237.72;
(b) For districts with a fall enrollment of greater than two hundred, but less than
six hundred, multiply the fall enrollment times negative 0.0005; add 0.3 to that
result; and multiply the sum obtained times $4,237.72;
The determination of the small school adjustment for a school district may not
include any students residing in a residential treatment facility when the education
program is operated by the school district;
(2D) "Limited English proficiency (LEP) adjustment," is calculated as follows:
(a) Multiply 0.005 times the per student allocation; and
(b) Multiply the product obtained in (a) times the number of kindergarten through
twelfth grade students who, in the prior school year, scored below level four
on the state-administered language proficiency assessment as required in the
state's consolidated state application pursuant to 20 USC 6311(b)(7) as of
January 1, 2013;
(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 2012 is $4,389.95. 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," is the sum of:
(a) The per student allocation multiplied by the fall enrollment; and
(b) The small school adjustment, if applicable, multiplied by the fall enrollment;
and
(c) The limited English proficiency (LEP) adjustment, calculated pursuant to
subdivision (2D), if applicable;
(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 percentage," is a school district's general fund equity divided
by the school district's total general fund expenditures for the previous school fiscal
year, the quotient expressed as a percent;
(8) "General fund reserves," the sum of a school district's nonspendable and restricted
fund balances of the general fund;
(9) "Nonspendable fund balance," that amount of the fund balance that is not in
spendable form;
(10) "Restricted fund balance," that amount of the fund balance that has constraints on
how it may be used that are externally imposed or are imposed by law.
Section 2. That § 13-13-73 be amended to read as follows:
13-13-73. The secretary of the Department of Education shall compute state aid to education
for each school district under the foundation program according to the following calculations:
(1) Determine each school district's fall enrollment;
(2) To arrive at the local need per district:
(a) Multiply the per student allocation by the fall enrollment;
(b) Multiply the small school adjustment, if applicable, by the fall enrollment; and
(c) Calculate the limited English proficiency (LEP) adjustment pursuant to
subdivision (2D), if applicable; and
(d) Add the product of subsection (a) to the product of subsection (b) and to the
calculation in subsection (c);
(3) State aid is (a) local need minus local effort, or (b) zero if the calculation in (a) is a
negative number;
(4) If the state aid appropriation for the general support of education is in excess of the
entitlement provided for in this section and the entitlement provided for in § 13-13-85, the excess shall be used to fund any shortfall of the appropriation as provided for
in § 13-37-36.3. The secretary shall report to the Governor by January seventh of
each year, the amount of state aid necessary to fully fund the general aid formula in
the current year. If a shortfall in the state aid appropriation for general education
exists that cannot be covered by § 13-37-45, the Governor shall inform the
Legislature and provide a proposal to eliminate the shortfall.