74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 469
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 211
                 Ordered by the Senate March 13
           Including Senate Amendments dated March 13
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Superintendent of Public
  Instruction Susan Castillo for Department of Education)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Increases amount transferred each fiscal year from State School
Fund to High Cost Disabilities Account.
    { - Increases percentage of children with disabilities for
which school district may receive additional weighting for
purposes of calculation of State School Fund grant. - }
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school finance; creating new provisions; amending ORS
  327.008; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 327.008, as amended by section 6a, chapter 803,
Oregon Laws 2005, is amended to read:
  327.008. (1) There is established a State School Fund in the
General Fund. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated by
the Legislative Assembly and moneys transferred from the
Education Stability Fund. The State School Fund is continuously
appropriated to the Department of Education for the purposes of
ORS 327.006 to 327.077, 327.095, 327.099, 327.101, 327.125,
327.137, 327.348, 327.355, 327.357, 327.360, 336.575, 336.580,
336.635, 342.173, 343.243, 343.533 and 343.961.
  (2) There shall be apportioned from the State School Fund to
each school district a State School Fund grant, consisting of the
positive amount equal to a general purpose grant and a facility
grant and a transportation grant and a high cost disabilities
grant minus local revenue, computed as provided in ORS 327.013.
  (3) There shall be apportioned from the State School Fund to
each education service district a State School Fund grant as
calculated under ORS 327.019.
  (4) All figures used in the determination of the distribution
of the State School Fund shall be estimates for the same year as
the distribution occurs, unless otherwise specified.
 
 
  (5) Numbers of students in average daily membership used in the
distribution formula shall be the numbers as of June of the year
of distribution.
  (6) A school district may not use the portion of the State
School Fund grant that is attributable to the facility grant for
capital construction costs.
  (7) The total amount of the State School Fund that is
distributed as facility grants may not exceed $25 million in any
biennium. If the total amount to be distributed as facility
grants exceeds this limitation, the Department of Education shall
prorate the amount of funds available for facility grants among
those school districts that qualified for a facility grant.
  (8) Each fiscal year, the Department of Education shall
transfer the amount of   { - $12 - }  { +  $18 + } million from
the State School Fund to the High Cost Disabilities Account
established in ORS 327.348.
  (9) Each fiscal year, the Department of Education shall
transfer the amount of $2.5 million from the State School Fund to
the Small School District Supplement Fund established in ORS
327.360.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 327.008 by section 1 of
this 2007 Act apply to State School Fund distributions commencing
with the 2007-2008 distribution. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1,
2007. + }
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