Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 19 - School systems; local fair share funds; certain retention

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HB 19                                             LC 23 0155






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education
  1- 3  Act," so as to allow county and independent school systems
  1- 4  to deduct up to 2 mills from local fair share funds under
  1- 5  certain circumstances; to provide for certain uses of
  1- 6  retained local fair share funds; to provide for related
  1- 7  matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

  1- 9  Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
  1-10  Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education Act," is
  1-11  amended by striking subsection (b) of Code Section 20-2-164,
  1-12  relating to local fair share funds, and inserting in its
  1-13  place the following:

  1-14      (b)(1) Each local school system shall apply the total
  1-15      amount of its local fair share funds to any combination
  1-16      of programs funded under this article; provided,
  1-17      however, that no portion of the local fair share funds
  1-18      is applied to the financing of educational programs and
  1-19      services operated at the option of the local school
  1-20      system or for any grant program which explicitly
  1-21      excludes the application of local funds or which
  1-22      explicitly requires an application of local funds other
  1-23      than from the local fair share.

  1-24      (2) The local school system may apply revenues toward
  1-25      the local fair share from any source except: funds
  1-26      derived from the federal government which were not
  1-27      designed to replace local tax revenues; state funds;
  1-28      student tuition and fees; funds transferred from another
  1-29      local unit of administration; and other sources
  1-30      specifically prohibited by provisions of this article;
  1-31      provided, however, that an independent school system may
  1-32      apply appropriations from the taxing authority of its
  1-33      municipal government.




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  2- 1      (3) Each local school system having experienced for
  2- 2      three consecutive years an increase in its full-time
  2- 3      equivalent student count, as defined in subsection (b)
  2- 4      of Code Section 20-2-260, may retain from its local fair
  2- 5      share funds an amount not to exceed 2 mills of local tax
  2- 6      revenues; provided, however, that retained funds shall
  2- 7      be used for annual debt service, including accelerated
  2- 8      principal payments, additions, capital outlay,
  2- 9      construction projects, or educational facilities, as
  2-10      these terms are defined in Code Section 20-2-60.
  2-11      Nothing in this paragraph confers upon any local system
  2-12      the authority to levy a school tax greater than 20 mills
  2-13      per dollar for the support and maintenance of
  2-14      education."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-15  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-16  repealed.






























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