HB 129 - QBE; instructional programs; program weights
Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions
HB 129 - QBE; instructional programs; program weights
Page Numbers - 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5
1. Baker 70th 2. Bordeaux 151st 3. Orrock 56th
House Comm: Ed / Senate Comm: App /
House Vote: Yeas 163 Nays 0 Senate Vote: Yeas 51 Nays 1
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House Action Senate
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1/10/95 Read 1st Time 3/6/95
1/11/95 Read 2nd Time 3/8/95
2/27/95 Favorably Reported 3/7/95
Sub Committee Amend/Sub Sub
3/1/95 Read 3rd Time 3/13/95
3/1/95 Passed/Adopted 3/13/95
FS Comm/Floor Amend/Sub CS
3/15/95 Amend/Sub Agreed To
4/5/95 Sent to Governor
4/18/95 Signed by Governor
346 Act/Veto Number
4/18/95 Effective Date
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Immediately Transmitted to the Senate
Code Sections amended: 20-1-8, 20-2-161,20-2-186,
HB 129 HB 129/AP
H. B. No. 129 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Baker of the 70th, Bordeaux of the
151st and Orrock of the 56th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1- 1 To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
1- 2 relating to education, so as to change provisions relating
1- 3 to educational funding; to provide for a construction
1- 4 reserve trust fund; to provide that lottery funds for new
1- 5 capital construction projects for educational purposes may
1- 6 be appropriated to such fund; to provide for the periods of
1- 7 time within which funds so appropriated must be designated
1- 8 and contractually obligated; to state legislative intent
1- 9 with respect to program weights; to provide for a change in
1-10 the program weights allotted to state authorized
1-11 instructional programs for purposes of the Quality Basic
1-12 Education Formula; to change provisions relating to funding
1-13 of salaries of superintendents, administrative personnel,
1-14 and visiting teachers; to provide for related matters; to
1-15 provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and
1-16 for other purposes.
1-17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
1-18 Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
1-19 to education, is amended by adding at the end of Article 1
1-20 of Chapter 1 a new Code Section 20-1-8 to read as follows:
1-21 "20-1-8. (Index)
1-22 Any lottery funds appropriated for purposes of new capital
1-23 construction shall be placed in a Construction Reserve
1-24 Trust Fund to be maintained by the appropriate fiscal
1-25 officers of state government. Funds so placed in the
1-26 Construction Reserve Trust Fund shall be deemed to be
1-27 committed for educational purposes and programs in
1-28 compliance with subsection (d) of Code Section 50-27-13.
1-29 Any such funds must be designated by project by the
1-30 appropriate educational agency no later than June 30 of
1-31 the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated. Any
1-32 such funds must be contractually obligated no later than
1-33 June 30 of the fiscal following the fiscal year for which
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2- 1 the funds were appropriated. Any funds not designated or
2- 2 contractually obligated within such time periods shall
2- 3 lapse; and additionally any funds not expended as
2- 4 originally designated and obligated within 24 months after
2- 5 the close of the fiscal year for which such funds were
2- 6 originally appropriated shall lapse. Any funds so lapsing
2- 7 shall lapse to the general fund of the state treasury and
2- 8 shall be credited to the Lottery for Education Account."
SECTION 2.
2- 9 (a) The General Assembly finds and determines that certain
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2-11 state authorized instructional programs for purposes of the
2-12 Quality Basic Education Formula. This section accordingly
2-13 provides for the assignment of certain program weights which
2-14 shall apply beginning July 1, 1995.
2-15 (b) Said Title 20 is further amended by striking subsection
2-16 (b) of Code Section 20-2-161, relating to the Quality Basic
2-17 Education Formula, in its entirety and inserting in its
2-18 place a new subsection (b) to read as follows:
2-19 "(b) As the cost of instructional programs varies
2-20 depending upon the teacher-student ratios and specific
2-21 services typically required to address the special needs
2-22 of students enrolled, state authorized instructional
2-23 programs shall have the following program weights:
2-24 (1) Kindergarten program.................. 1.338 1.3286
2-25 (2) Primary grades program (1-3).......... 1.257 1.2432
2-26 (3) Upper elementary grades program (4-5). 1.016 1.0197
2-27 (4) Middle grades program (6-8)........... 1.019 1.0242
2-28 (5) High school general education program
2-29 (9-12)........................................... 1.000
2-30 (6) High school nonvocational
2-31 laboratory program (9-12)................. 1.242 1.2428
2-32 (7) Vocational laboratory program (9-12).. 1.343 1.3557
2-33 (8) Program for the handicapped:
2-34 Category I................................ 2.270 2.3419
2-35 (9) Program for the handicapped:
2-36 Category II............................... 2.612 2.7204
2-37 (10) Program for the handicapped:
2-38 Category III.............................. 3.307 3.4579
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3- 1 (11) Program for the handicapped:
3- 2 Category IV............................... 5.319 5.5838
3- 3 (12) Program for intellectually
3- 4 gifted students: Category V............... 1.592 1.6374
3- 5 (13) Remedial education
3- 6 program................................... 1.305 1.2985"
SECTION 3.
3- 7 Said Title 20 is further amended by striking Code Section
3- 8 20-2-186, relating to program weights to reflect funds for
3- 9 salaries of superintendents, administrative personnel, and
3-10 visiting teachers, which reads as follows:
3-11 "20-2-186. (Index)
3-12 All program weights, when multiplied by the base amount,
3-13 shall reflect sufficient funds to pay the beginning
3-14 salaries of a superintendent regardless of system size,
3-15 assistant superintendents, and a visiting teacher as well
3-16 as the salaries of secretaries and an accountant essential
3-17 for the efficient and effective management of all
3-18 instructional and supportive educational programs of a
3-19 base size local school system pursuant to Code Section
3-20 20-2-181 and to provide for the costs of operating an
3-21 administrative office for the local school system and for
3-22 workers' compensation and employment security payments for
3-23 personnel at the central office, school, and program
3-24 levels, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly.
3-25 Further, the program weights for all special education
3-26 programs pursuant to Code Section 20-2-152, when
3-27 multiplied by the base amount, shall reflect sufficient
3-28 funds to pay the beginning salaries of special education
3-29 leadership personnel essential and necessary for the
3-30 effective operation of such programs in a base size local
3-31 school system. Further, the program weights for all
3-32 programs, when multiplied by the base amount, shall
3-33 reflect sufficient funds to pay the beginning salaries of
3-34 school psychologists and psychometrists essential and
3-35 necessary for the effective operation of such programs in
3-36 a base size local school system, subject to appropriation
3-37 by the General Assembly.",
3-38 and inserting in its place a new Code section to read as
3-39 follows:
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4- 1 "20-2-186. (Index)
4- 2 Funds provided under this article shall include the
4- 3 following for local systems to pay the beginning salaries
4- 4 of superintendents, secretaries, and accountants, subject
4- 5 to appropriation by the General Assembly:
4- 6 (1) Each local system shall earn, for any number of
4- 7 full-time equivalent students equal to or under 1,000,
4- 8 funds sufficient to pay the beginning salaries of a
4- 9 superintendent, accountant, and one-half the salary of a
4-10 secretary; and
4-11 (2) For numbers of full-time equivalent students over
4-12 1,000 and less than 2,001, 80 percent of the amount
4-13 obtained by multiplying the number of students over
4-14 1,000 by the amount earned in paragraph (1) of this Code
4-15 section divided by 1,000; and
4-16 (3) For numbers of full-time equivalent students over
4-17 2,000 and less than 3,001, 70 percent of the amount
4-18 obtained by multiplying the number of students over
4-19 2,000 by the amount earned in paragraph (1) of this Code
4-20 section divided by 1,000; and
4-21 (4) For numbers of full-time equivalent students over
4-22 3,000 and less than 4,001, 60 percent of the amount
4-23 obtained by multiplying the number of students over
4-24 3,000 by the amount earned in paragraph (1) of this Code
4-25 section divided by 1,000; and
4-26 (5) For numbers of full-time equivalent students over
4-27 4,000 and less than 10,001, 33 percent of the amount
4-28 obtained by multiplying the number of students over
4-29 4,000 by the amount earned in paragraph (1) of this Code
4-30 section divided by 1,000; and
4-31 (6) For numbers of full-time equivalent students over
4-32 10,000, an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount
4-33 obtained by multiplying the number of students over
4-34 10,000 by the amount earned in paragraph (1) of this
4-35 Code section divided by 1,000.
4-36 All program weights, when multiplied by the base amount,
4-37 shall reflect sufficient funds to pay the beginning
4-38 salaries of a visiting teacher for a base size school
4-39 system pursuant to Code Section 20-2-181 and for costs of
4-40 operating an administrative office for the local school
4-41 system and for workers' compensation and employment
4-42 security payments for personnel at the central office,
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5- 1 school, and program levels, subject to appropriation by
5- 2 the General Assembly. Further, the program weights for
5- 3 all special education programs pursuant to Code Section
5- 4 20-2-152, when multiplied by the base amount, shall
5- 5 reflect sufficient funds to pay the beginning salaries of
5- 6 special education leadership personnel essential and
5- 7 necessary for the effective operation of such programs in
5- 8 a base size local school system. Further, the program
5- 9 weights for all programs, when multiplied by the base
5-10 amount, shall reflect sufficient funds to pay the
5-11 beginning salaries of school psychologists and
5-12 psychometrists essential and necessary for the effective
5-13 operation of such programs in a base size local school
5-14 system, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly."
SECTION 4.
5-15 Section 1 of this Act shall become effective upon approval
5-16 of this Act by the Governor or upon this Act's becoming law
5-17 without such approval; and Section 1 of this Act shall apply
5-18 with respect to appropriations for the fiscal year ending
5-19 June 30, 1995, as well as all future fiscal years. Sections
5-20 2 and 3 of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 1995.
SECTION 5.
5-21 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
5-22 repealed.
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