S.F. No. 0047

School finance-amendments.

 

Sponsored By:                    Joint Education Interim Committee

 

AN ACT relating to school finance; continuing assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs and the summer school grant program; providing assistance to school districts for health insurance; providing appropriations; and providing for effective dates.

 

12/27/2004             Bill Number Assigned

1/10/2005               S Received for Introduction

1/11/2005               S Introduced and Referred to S04

1/14/2005               S04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Boggs, Coe, Jennings, Peck and Townsend

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/14/2005               S Rereferred to S02

1/20/2005               S02 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Case, Hines, Job and Nicholas

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/20/2005               S Placed on General File

 

SF0047SS001/ADOPTED

Page 5-line 9                            Delete "May" insert "April".

Page 5-line 11                          Reinsert stricken ", 2004"; delete "of" insert ", for school year 2004-2005, and on or before May 1, 2005, for school year 2005-2006".

Page 5-line 12                          Delete "each school year"; reinsert stricken ", 2004" delete "of" insert ", or May 1, 2005".

Page 5-line 13                          Delete line through "year"..

Page 7-line 21                          Before "state" insert "annualized".

Page 8-line 23                          Delete "May" insert "April".

Page 9-line 12                          After "supplant" delete balance of line insert "the amount generated for districts by the health insurance component contained within the education resource block grant model.".

Page 9-line 13                          Delete.

Page 9-line 17                          Delete.

Page 9-line 18                          Delete line through "and".

Page 9-line 21                          After "." delete balance of line.

Page 9-lines 22 and 23             Delete.

Page 10-line 7                          Delete "Five million dollars ($5,000,000.00)" insert "Six million two hundred thousand dollars ($6,200,000.00)".

Page 10-line 21                        Delete "May" insert "April".  COE, CHAIRMAN

 

1/25/2005               S Passed CoW

 

SF0047S2001/ADOPTED

Page 4-After line 5 insert and renumber:

"(d)  Any charter school operating within a district and providing a full-day kindergarten program under a contract with the district shall be eligible for funding from the district through payment distributions available to the district under this section.".

Page 10-After line 3 insert and renumber:

"(e)  Any charter school operating within the district pursuant to W.S. 21‑3‑301 through 21‑3‑314 shall be included within the school district's computations under subsection (b) of this section and shall receive insurance benefits provided by the district during school year 2005-2006 through payments received under this section.".  MASSIE

 


SF0047S2002/ADOPTED

Page 10-line 3                          After "committee." insert "This report shall compare the costs of this program together with the amount of money allocated to health insurance costs in the block grant model to moving the school health insurance program to the state health insurance program.".  SCHIFFER

 

1/26/2005               S Passed 2nd Reading

1/27/2005               S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Geis, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Northrup, Peck, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Ayes 30    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/28/2005               H Received for Introduction

2/4/2005 H Introduced and Referred to H04

2/14/2005               H04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Bucholz, Goggles, Hammons, Harshman, Hinckley, McOmie, Quarberg, Semlek and Wasserburger

Ayes 9    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/14/2005               H Placed on General File

2/14/2005               H Rereferred to H02

2/15/2005               H02 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Berger, Jones, Meuli, Petersen, Philp, Simpson and Warren

Excused:  Representative(s) Jorgensen

Ayes 7    Nays 0    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/15/2005               H Placed on General File

 

SF0047HS001.01/ADOPTED  (CORRECTED COPY)  (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

 (DIVIDED AMENDMENT)

Page 1-line 4                            After first ";" insert "imposing reporting requirements; extending student performance data system pilot project funding;".

Page 9-line 15                          After "(d)" insert "Except as otherwise specified in this subsection,".

Page 10-lines 7 through 11       Delete and insert "In addition, the department shall submit the compiled district reports to the department of administration and information, human resource division by not later than September 15, 2005.  The division shall use this information to develop a report analyzing the combined costs of this section and district distributions under the health insurance component within the block grant model, and comparing these costs to the costs of including school health insurance within the state employees' and officials' group health insurance program.  The division's report shall be submitted to the management council, the joint education interim committee and the joint appropriations interim committee not later than November 1, 2005.".

Page 11-After line 18 insert:

"(d)  Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) is appropriated from amounts within the school foundation program account to the department of education for the continuation of the student performance data system pilot projects implemented by the standards and body of evidence tracking (SBET) advisory group in accordance with 2003 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 131, Section 327(a).  The appropriation is for continuation of the projects during the period commencing July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006.".

Page 12-line 3                          After "," insert "section 2".  WASSERBURGER, CHAIRMAN

 

SF0047HS001.02/FAILED  (CORRECTED COPY)  (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

 (DIVIDED AMENDMENT)

Page 9-line 20                          After "." insert "If payment amounts under this section for any district exceed amounts necessary to cover the costs of employee health insurance benefits, the district shall expend any excess only on compensation for district professional, certified and classified employees.  On or before September 1, 2005,".

Page 10-line 2                          Before "." insert ", together with impacts of the payments upon total district employee compensation". WASSERBURGER, CHAIRMAN

 

SF0047HW001/ADOPTED  (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 11-After line 18               Insert:

"(d)  Forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) is appropriated from the school foundation program account to the department of administration and information for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 to contract with a consultant to develop a report analyzing the combined costs and district distributions under the health insurance component within the block grant model under section 2(d) of this act.".  SEMLEK, WASSERBURGER

 

2/16/2005               H Passed CoW

 

SF0047H2001/ADOPTED  (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 9-line 15                          Delete the standing committee amendment (SF0047HS001.01/A) to this line.

Page 9-line 20                          Before "Each" insert "On or before September 1, 2005,".  WASSERBURGER

 

2/17/2005               H Passed 2nd Reading

2/18/2005               H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Barnard, Berger, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Davison, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hageman, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jackson, Jones, Landon, Latta, Lockhart, Lubnau, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Meuli, Miller, Morgan, Olsen, Osborn, Pedersen, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Quarberg, Reese, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger, Watt, White and Zwonitzer.

Excused:  Representative(s) Jorgensen

Ayes 59    Nays 0    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/22/2005               S Did Concur

 


ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Geis, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Northrup, Peck, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Ayes 30    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/22/2005               Assigned Number SEA No. 0061

2/23/2005               S President Signed SEA No. 0061

2/23/2005               H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0061

2/25/2005               Governor Signed SEA No. 0061

2/25/2005               Assigned Chapter Number

 

Chapter No. 0121  Session Laws of Wyoming 2005.