Moved by:    Heidepriem
Second by:    Hargens
Action:    Failed by roll call vote.(2-4-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Hargens, Heidepriem

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"      Section 2. That chapter 13-6 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     Section 3. That § 13-6-92 be amended to read as follows:

     13-6-92.   If two or more school districts consolidate after July 1, 2001 and prior to July 1, 2007 , the new school district is entitled to an additional three hundred dollars per average daily

membership as defined in § 13-13-10.1, up to a maximum of four hundred average daily membership from each school district or a prorated portion thereof from a partial school district as it existed prior to consolidation for the first year after consolidation. If two or more school districts consolidate after July 1, 2001 and prior to July 1, 2007 , the new school district is entitled to an additional two hundred dollars per average daily membership as defined in § 13-13-10.1, up to a maximum of four hundred average daily membership from each school district or a prorated portion thereof from a partial school district as it existed prior to consolidation for the second year after consolidation. If two or more school districts consolidate after July 1, 2001 and prior to July 1, 2007 , the new school district is entitled to an additional one hundred dollars per average daily membership as defined in § 13-13- 10.1, up to a maximum of four hundred average daily membership from each school district or a prorated portion thereof from a partial school district as it existed prior to consolidation for the third year after consolidation.

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     Section 7. That § 13-13-1.4 be amended to read as follows:

     13-13-1.4.   If two or more school districts consolidate, for a period of four years after consolidation, the adjusted average daily membership small school adjustment for the newly formed district shall be based upon the average daily membership as defined in § 13-13-10.1 of those school districts that have not previously benefited from this section as they existed prior to consolidation. In years two to four, inclusive, after the consolidation, the relationship between the adjusted average daily membership and average daily membership shall be proportional to the relationship that existed for the first year calculated by subtracting the sum of the average daily membership of the consolidating districts as they existed prior to consolidation from the sum of the adjusted average daily membership of the consolidated districts as they existed prior to consolidation, and dividing the difference by the sum of the average daily membership of the consolidated districts as they

existed prior to consolidation. The resulting quotient is multiplied by $4,237.72. Only school districts who have not previously benefited from this section may be included in this calculation . ".

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     Section 26. That § 13-13-72 be amended to read as follows:

     13-13-72.   It is the policy of the Legislature that the appropriation for the state aid to education foundation program increase on an annual basis by the percentage increase in local need on an aggregate statewide basis so that the relative proportion of local need paid by local effort and state aid shall remain constant. However, the increase in the per student allocation on an annual basis that exceeds three percent shall be paid solely by the state and is not a factor in this policy. ".

Moved by:    Knudson
Second by:    Olson (Ed)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(6-0-0-0)

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Moved by:    Knudson
Second by:    Olson (Ed)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(6-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Hargens, Deadrick, Rhoden, Heidepriem, Olson (Ed), Knudson

Comments:    Jim Hutmacher - SD Coalition of Schools
            Diana Miller - ESD+6 - Document #1

Barb Bjorneberg