LD 1623
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LR 2124
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1.__Additional cost components.__The commissioner shall
calculate one set of per-pupil amounts for each of the following
cost categories to be applied to the elementary school level and
middle school level and shall calculate another set of per-pupil
amounts for each of the following cost categories to be applied
to the high school level:

 
A. System administration.__The per-pupil amount for "system
administration" is the actual system administration
expenditures, as defined in the State's accounting handbook
for local school systems, for the most recent year available
excluding expenditures for leases and the purchase of land
and buildings, less revenues to system administration for
services to other governments and refunds from a statewide
school management association, divided by the average
October and April enrollment counts for that fiscal year and
then inflated to an estimated allocation year level by a 10-
year average increase in the Consumer Price Index or other
comparable index;

 
B. Operation and maintenance of plant.__The per-pupil amount
for "operation and maintenance of plant" is the actual
operation and maintenance of plant expenditures, as defined
in the State's accounting handbook for local school systems,
for the most recent year available excluding expenditures
for leases and the purchase of land and buildings, divided
by the average October and April enrollment counts for that
fiscal year and then inflated to an estimated allocation
year level by a 10-year average increase in the Consumer
Price Index or other comparable index;

 
C. Supplies and equipment;

 
D. Cocurricular and extracurricular activities;

 
E. Professional development; and

 
F. Instructional leadership support.

 
2. Fiscal year 2005-06.__For fiscal year 2005-06, the
commissioner shall submit the per-pupil amounts for additional
cost components under subsection 1 to the state board for
approval.

 
3. Fiscal year 2006-07 and beyond.__For fiscal year 2006-07
and for each subsequent year, the commissioner shall recalculate
the per-pupil amounts for additional cost components under
subsection 1 using the amounts approved by the state board under
subsection 2 as a base and appropriate trends in the Consumer
Price Index or other comparable index.


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