FISCAL NOTE
FUND(S):
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2009
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2010
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
The purpose of this bill is to make the following technical corrections to several sections of the Public School Support Plan which were amended in HB 4588 during the 2008 regular legislative session: (1) clarify that the professional student support personnel (school nurses and counselors) are still included in the general employee classification of “teacher” and are also professional educators for all purposes except for the determination of the funding allowance for professional educators in the school aid formula; (2) clarify that the net enrollment adjustment of a county whose actual net enrollment is less than 1,400 students is applicable only for the purpose of determining the county’s basic foundation funding allowance; (3) extend for the remaining four years of the phase-in of the new formula provisions the determination that the allowances for professional and service personnel are to be based on the number of personnel allowed for funding, and; (4) include professional student support personnel in the formula allowance calculations for current expense and faculty senate funding, and (5) changes the base for computing the additional allowance for the county boards with less than 1,400 students to the actual number of students less than 1,400.
There will be no additional cost to the State over the State Aid allowances already computed for the 2009-10 year in making these technical corrections, since the allowance calculations for both the current and upcoming years were based on the new provisions as if the technical errors did not exist. All of the cost estimates provided to the Legislature during its deliberations of HB4588 were based on the assumption that the allowances for professional and service personnel during the phase-in period would be based on the number of personnel actually allowed for funding per the funding limits without consideration of the number actually employed during the period, and the cost estimates for current expense and faculty senates were based on the allowance for professional student support personnel (Step 5). Furthermore, there will not be any additional cost to the State for changing the base for the county boards with less than 1,400 students because the funds being appropriated will be reallocated among the eight county boards with enrollments of less than 1,400 students.
Memorandum
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Pam Bird for Joe Panetta
Email Address: pbird@access.k12.wv.us