91
st Legislative Session _ 2016
Committee: House Committee on Appropriations
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Bordeaux
P Ring
P Hunhoff (Jean)
P Partridge
P Anderson
P Romkema
P Jensen (Alex)
P Dryden, Vice-Chair
P Cronin, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chair Cronin.
SB 131: establish a target teacher salary and a target teacher ratio, to revise certain provisions
regarding education funding, to create the School Finance Accountability Board, and to
provide for certain school district reporting and penalties.
Presented by: Representative Sly
Tony Venhuizen, Governor's Office
Proponents: Steve O'Brien, South Dakota Education Association
Wade Pogany, Associated School Boards of South Dakota
David Owen, SD Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Lynn Kendall, Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce
Dianna Miller, Large School Group
Robert Monson, School Administrators of South Dakota
Justin Smith, Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
MOTION: AMEND SB 131
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On page 5, line 6, of the Senate engrossed bill, delete "12.5" and insert "12".
On page 5, line 9, delete ".00625" and insert ".00750".
On page 5, line 10, delete "11.25" and insert "10.50".
On page 5, line 12, after "
15" insert "
.
The fall enrollment used for the determination of the target teacher ratio 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".
On page 6, line 9, after "
percent" insert "
.
Beginning in school fiscal year 2018, the overhead rate shall be adjusted to take into
account the sum of the amounts that districts exceed the other revenue base amount".
On page 7, between lines 2 and 3, insert:
"
(5A) "Alternative per student need," is calculated as follows:
(a) Add the total need for each school district for school fiscal year 2016, including the
small school adjustment and the limited English proficiency adjustment, to the lesser
of the amount of funds apportioned to each school district in the year preceding the
most recently completed school fiscal year or school fiscal year 2015 pursuant to
§§ 13-13-4, 23A-27-25, 10-33-24, 10-36-10, 11-7-73, 10-35-21, and 10-43-77;
(b) Divide the result of (a) by the September 2015 fall enrollment. excluding any
adjustments based on prior year student counts;
(5B) "Alternative local need," is the alternative per student need multiplied by the fall
enrollment, excluding any adjustments based on prior year student counts;".
On page 7, line 12, before "is" insert "for school districts not utilizing the alternative local need
calculation".
On page 7, between lines 23 and 24, insert:
"
For school districts utilizing the alternative local need calculation, the other revenue base
amount is zero until such time the school district chooses to no longer utilize the alternative
local need calculation. At that time, the other revenue base amount is calculated as defined
above.".
On page 8, line 2, after "reorganization" insert ", and the new school district may not utilize the
alternative local need calculation".
On page 12, line 10, before "The" insert "No later than July 1, 2016, a school district shall notify
the secretary of education in writing as to whether the school district's state aid is to be calculated using
the alternative local need calculation. If a school district chooses the alternative local need calculation,
the school district shall notify the secretary in writing no later than July first of each subsequent fiscal
year as to whether to continue to use the alternative local need calculation for that fiscal year. If a
school district chooses not to use the alternative local need calculation, the school district may not use
that calculation in any subsequent school year.".
On page 12, line 20, overstrike "State" and insert "For school districts not utilizing the alternative
local need calculation, state".
On page 12, line 22, after "
(2)" insert "
For school districts utilizing the alternative local need
calculation, state aid is the alternative local need as defined in subdivision 13-13-10.1(5B) minus local
effort, or zero if the calculation is a negative number;
(3) ".
On page 23, line 18, delete "payment of" and insert "financing payments to the South Dakota
Retirement System and to finance".
On page 24, line 22, delete "state aid to general education funding" and insert "local need
pursuant to § 13-13-10.1".
On page 25, line 5, delete "state" and insert "local need".
On page 25, line 6, delete "aid to general education funding".
Moved by: Dryden
Second by: Jensen (Alex)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION: DO PASS SB 131 AS AMENDED
Moved by: Dryden
Second by: Jensen (Alex)
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Bordeaux, Ring, Hunhoff (Jean), Partridge, Anderson, Romkema, Jensen (Alex),
Dryden, Cronin
SB 133: revise certain provisions regarding shared services provided by the state to school
districts, the sharing of services of school district employees, the classroom innovation grant
program, and educator mentoring and certification reciprocity.
Presented by: Melody Schopp, Department of Education
Proponents: Mary McCorkle, South Dakota Education Association
Robert Monson, School Administrators of South Dakota
Julie Johnson, Aberdeen Development Corporation
David Owen, SD Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Justin Smith, Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
MOTION: DO PASS SB 133
Moved by: Dryden
Second by: Partridge
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Bordeaux, Ring, Hunhoff (Jean), Partridge, Anderson, Romkema, Jensen (Alex),
Dryden, Cronin
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Moved by: Partridge
Second by: Bordeaux
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION: ADJOURN
Moved by: Dryden
Second by: Jensen (Alex)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Mary Turner
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Committee Secretary
Justin R. Cronin, Chair
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