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        February 25, 2013

Madam Speaker:

    The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 173, NECESSARILY EXISTENT SMALL SCHOOLS FUNDING AMENDMENTS, by Representative K. Powell, with the following amendments and recommends it be placed on the Consent Calendar.

1.    Page 1, Line 20 :    

             20          

{   None   }        This bill provides an effective date.      


2.    Page 2, Line 29 :    

             29          (1) As used in this section
{   , "board"   }        :

    (a) "Board"  
means the State Board of Education.

      (b) "Necessarily existent small schools funding balance" means the difference between:

    (a) the amount appropriated for the necessarily existent small schools program in a fiscal year; and
    (b) the amount distributed to school districts for the necessarily existent small schools program in the same fiscal year.  


3.    Page 3, Lines 69 through 71 :    

             69          
{   (8) An amount not to exceed five percent of the total necessarily existent small schools

             70      funding may be distributed in accordance with a formula adopted by the board that considers

             71      the tax effort of a local school board.   }
 

    (8)(a) Subject to Subsection (8)(b), the board may distribute a portion of necessarily existent small schools funding in accordance with a formula adopted by the board that considers the tax effort of a local school board.
    (b) The amount distributed in accordance with Subsection (8)(a) may not exceed the necessarily existent small schools funding balance of the prior fiscal year.  


4.    Page 3, Line 74 :    

             74      [state] board.
 

    Section 2. Effective date.
    This bill takes effect on July 1, 2013.  


    Respectfully,

    Francis D. Gibson
    Committee Chair

Voting: 12-0-4
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