HB359
Public school funding; nonpersonal cost categories, federal fund deduction methodology.
Summary
As Introduced. Public school funding; nonpersonal cost categories; federal fund deduction methodology; support services.
Requires the Department of Education, (i) in calculating nonpersonal costs in the Standards of Quality funding formula, to include the costs associated with leased facilities and work-related employee travel and (ii) in calculating the deduction of federal funds in the Standards of Quality funding formula, to examine actual school division ... (More) spending on support costs as a percentage of actual school division spending on all public education costs, with certain exceptions such as food service. The bill also requires support services positions, which includes positions in each local school division that the school board deems necessary for the efficient and cost-effective operation and maintenance of its public schools, to be funded based on a calculation of prevailing costs and prohibits such positions from being subject to any method of funding calculation that caps the number of funded support services positions based on a ratio of such positions to students enrolled in the local school division. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102517D
- 01/06/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/2024 - House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/23/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/23/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/23/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/24/2024 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/24/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24105883D-H1
- 01/24/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/25/2024 - House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/03/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB359H1)
- 02/05/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025
- 02/07/2024 - House: Continued to 2025 in Appropriations
