House of Representatives

HB 2096

school districts; admissions; other districts.

Sponsors: Representatives Hershberger,

Huffman, Carruthers, O'Halleran

dpa	Committee on Education
dpa	Caucus and COW
dpa	Third Read
x	As Passed the House

HB 2096 requires a school district that pays tuition to another school district for high school students to separately project the enrollment figures for those students. If the projection exceeds 350 pupils, the School Facilities Board (SFB), the sending district and the receiving district are required to develop a facilities plan to best serve those pupils. Additionally, if a unified school district does not currently have a high school and qualifies for one within three years, the SFB must review the capital facilities plan and determine if the resources of the district are sufficient to educate pupils in grades 9-12. If the resources are insufficient, the SFB may determine an alternative method of serving those pupils. The SFB is required to provide funding for a high school if four conditions are met. Finally, HB 2096 applies retroactively to March 1, 2002.

History

Current law requires a school district to admit pupils from another school district or area under a certificate of education convenience or to a high school if the pupil is a resident of an elementary school district that is not within the boundaries of a high school district. For the purposes of determining student counts, the district of residence is considered to be the district that receives the apportionment of state aid. The elementary school district must pay tuition for each pupil that the district sends to a high school in another district.

Provisions

· Provides that if the non-resident pupil count exceeds 350 pupils, the SFB, the sending district and the receiving district are required to develop a capital facilities plan to best serve those pupils.

· Requires school districts that pay tuition for students to another district to indicate the number of tuitioned-out pupils in the capital plan of the school district.

· Requires school districts to separately project enrollment for the pupils who are non-residents of the school district they attend because they reside in an elementary district that is not within the boundaries of a school district that serves high school students.

· Requires the SFB to provide funding for a high school if four conditions are met.

· States that if a unified school district does not currently have a high school and qualifies for one within three years, the SFB must review the capital facilities plan and determine if the resources of the district are sufficient to educate pupils in grades 9-12. If the resources are insufficient, the SFB may determine an alternative method of serving those pupils. The SFB shall apply this only to schools that have been approved but not been funded for construction.

· Contains a retroactivity clause of March 1, 2002.

· Makes technical and conforming changes.

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· 45th Legislature

· Second Regular Session 2 April 11, 2002

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