Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 22 - QBE; certain school systems; local fair share calculation

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1. Kaye  37th


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HB 22                                             LC 23 0177






                        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 provide an alternative method of calculating
  1- 4  the local fair share for certain county and independent
  1- 5  school systems in certain circumstances; to provide for
  1- 6  related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
  1- 7  purposes.

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

                         SECTION 1.

  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 (a) 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    "(a) The State Board of Education shall calculate the
  1-15    amount of local fair share funds that each local school
  1-16    system shall be required to spend each fiscal year to
  1-17    support the Quality Basic Education Program as follows:

  1-18      (1) Unless the combined fair share total for the
  1-19      affected all local school system systems in the state,
  1-20      when calculated pursuant to this paragraph, exceeds 20
  1-21      percent of the sum of the Quality Basic Education
  1-22      Formula amounts, as calculated pursuant to subsection
  1-23      (d) of Code Section 20-2-161, the amount of the affected
  1-24      each local school system's local fair share shall be
  1-25      calculated as follows:

  1-26        (A) Determine the most recent equalized adjusted
  1-27        school property tax digest for the local school system
  1-28        less the amount attributable to timber calculated
  1-29        pursuant to paragraph (1.1) of subsection (a) of Code
  1-30        Section 48-5-274, multiply the difference by .4, and
  1-31        add to that product the amount attributable to timber
  1-32        calculated pursuant to paragraph (1.1) of subsection
  1-33        (a) of Code Section 48-5-274;


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  2- 1        (B) From the amount calculated in subparagraph (A) of
  2- 2        this paragraph deduct the total amount calculated
  2- 3        pursuant to subsection (g) of this Code section; and

  2- 4        (C) Multiply the remainder calculated in subparagraph
  2- 5        (B) of this paragraph by .005.

  2- 6      (2) If the combined fair share total for the affected
  2- 7      all local school system systems in this state, when
  2- 8      calculated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection,
  2- 9      exceeds 20 percent of the sum of the Quality Basic
  2-10      Education Formula amounts, as calculated pursuant to
  2-11      subsection (d) of Code Section 20-2-161, then the amount
  2-12      of the affected each local system's fair share shall be
  2-13      calculated as follows:

  2-14        (A) Multiply the total amount of Quality Basic
  2-15        Education Formula amounts to be expended for all local
  2-16        school systems combined, as calculated for each the
  2-17        affected local school system pursuant to Code Section
  2-18        20-2-161, by .2;

  2-19        (B) Divide the product calculated in subparagraph (A)
  2-20        of this paragraph by the sum of the local fair share
  2-21        amounts for all local school systems in this state as
  2-22        calculated for each the affected local school system
  2-23        pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of this
  2-24        subsection;

  2-25        (C) Multiply the amount calculated in subparagraph (B)
  2-26        of this paragraph by .005; and

  2-27        (D) Multiply the product calculated in subparagraph
  2-28        (C) of this paragraph by the remainder calculated in
  2-29        subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-30  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-31  repealed.












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