LD 1924
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1.__Minimum state allocation.__Each school administrative unit
must be guaranteed a minimum state share of its total allocation
that is determined by the sum of the following:

 
A.__Multiplying 5% of each school administrative unit's
essential programs and services per-pupil elementary rate by
the average number of resident kindergarten to grade 8
pupils as determined under section 15674, subsection 1,
paragraph C, subparagraph (1); and

 
B.__Multiplying 5% of each school administrative unit's
essential programs and services per-pupil secondary rate by
the average number of resident grade 9 to grade 12 pupils as
determined under section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C,
subparagraph (1).

 
These funds must be included as part of the school administrative
unit's total allocation as computed under this chapter and not as
an adjustment to the school administrative unit's total
allocation.

 
2.__Adjustment for debt service.__Each school administrative
unit may receive an adjustment for a debt service determined as
follows.

 
A.__A school administrative unit is eligible for this
adjustment under the following conditions.

 
(1)__The school administrative unit's local share
results in a full-value education mill rate less than
the local cost share expectation as described in
section 15671-A.

 
(2)__The school administrative unit has debt service
costs defined under section 15603, subsection 8 that
have been placed on the state board's priority list by
January 2005.

 
B.__The amount of the adjustment is the difference, but not
less than zero, between the state share of the total
allocation under this chapter and the amount computed as
follows.

 
(1)__The school administrative unit's state share of
the total allocation if the local share was the sum of
the following:

 
(a)__The local share amount for the school administrative unit
calculated as the lesser of the total allocation excluding debt
service costs


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