At-risk Student Measure For School Finance
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2022 Regular Session |
| Subjects |
Concerning the creation of a new measure in the public school funding formula for identifying at-risk students, and, in connection therewith, creating a working group in the department of education to implement the new measure in a future budget year and making an appropriation.
Bill Summary:
The act identifies a new at-risk measure to identify students who are at risk of below-average academic outcomes because of socioeconomic disadvantage or poverty in order to allocate resources through the state's public school funding formula to serve those students. The new at-risk measure includes:
- The percentage of students certified as eligible for the school lunch program based on documentation of benefit receipt or categorical eligibility, supplemented by the expansion of direct certification to participants in the medical assistance program and the children's basic health plan; and
- A neighborhood socioeconomic-status index that weights student needs based on socioeconomic-status index neighborhood factors linked to each student's census block group.
The commissioner of education (commissioner) shall convene a working group to prepare for the implementation of the new at-risk measure in the 2023-24 budget year. The act specifies the membership of the working group. The act includes issues that the working group may consider in constructing and implementing the new at-risk measure, including collecting necessary data, constructing a neighborhood socioeconomic-status index linked to students' addresses, and testing the at-risk measure with actual student data, if available.
Not later than January 31, 2023, the commissioner shall report findings and recommendations for the construction and implementation of the new at-risk measure to the education committees of the general assembly and the joint budget committee.
The act requires the department of education to apply to the United States department of agriculture to obtain authorization for direct certification of students participating in the medical assistance program and the children's basic health plan.
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, to implement the act, the act appropriates $34,997 to the department of education from the general fund and provides an additional .01 FTE for administration related to public school finance; and appropriates $128,341 from the general fund to the department and provides 0.4 FTE for federal nutrition programs.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 03/18/2022 | PA1 |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 22-1202 to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 6-0. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment J.001 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer House Bill 22-1202, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 8-3. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A) | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer House Bill 22-1202, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 9-0. | Vote summary |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2022 | Third Reading | BILL |
32
AYE
1
NO
2
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21/2022 | Third Reading | BILL |
48
AYE
17
NO
0
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 05/03/2022 | Governor | Governor Signed |
| 04/29/2022 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 04/29/2022 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 04/28/2022 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 04/11/2022 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/08/2022 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/08/2022 | Senate | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 03/31/2022 | Senate | Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| 03/23/2022 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education |
| 03/21/2022 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 03/18/2022 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 03/18/2022 | House | House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 03/03/2022 | House | House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| 02/07/2022 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
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| Effective Date | Chapter # | Title | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/03/2022 | 150 | At-risk Student Measure For School Finance |