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Senate Bill No. 2–Senator Schneider

 

Prefiled January 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Makes appropriation to State Distributive School Account to ensure that amount of money expended per pupil meets or exceeds national average. (BDR S‑12)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to public education; making an appropriation to the State Distributive School Account to ensure that the amount of money expended per pupil in this state meets or exceeds the national average; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

    Whereas, An effective public school system relies significantly upon the financial support of both state and local governments; and

    Whereas, The Nevada Plan seeks to ensure that each Nevada child has a reasonably equal educational opportunity by providing for the establishment of school district basic support guarantees for each fiscal year and requiring that the difference between the school district basic support guarantee and the local funds available for public schools be provided to the school districts by periodic apportionments from the State Distributive School Account; and

    Whereas, The costs incurred by the school districts in this state to provide educational services and programs to pupils enrolled in public schools continue to rise, and meeting those substantial costs requires a strong partnership between both state and local governments that includes a significant financial contribution by both; and

    Whereas, Current estimates indicate that the statewide average amount of money expended by this state and its local governments

combined, is approximately $1,500 per pupil below the most current national average for the total amount of money expended per pupil in kindergarten through grade 12 by state and local governments combined; and

    Whereas, Current estimates indicate that there will be approximately 372,000 pupils enrolled in public schools in this state in fiscal year 2003-2004 and approximately 385,000 pupils in fiscal year 2004-2005; now, therefore,

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State

1-2  General Fund to the State Distributive School Account:

1-3       For the fiscal year 2003-2004$558,000,000

1-4       For the fiscal year 2004-2005$577,500,000

1-5  2.  The money appropriated by subsection 1 must be added to

1-6  the money that is otherwise allocated to school districts from the

1-7  State Distributive School Account in the 2003-2005 biennium to

1-8  ensure that the total amount of money expended per pupil in each

1-9  fiscal year of the 2003-2005 biennium is equal to or exceeds the

1-10  most current national average for the total amount of money

1-11  expended per pupil in kindergarten through grade 12 by state and

1-12  local governments combined.

1-13      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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