The original instrument was prepared by Martha Hess. The following digest,
which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared by
Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
Cortez (SB 666)
Present law provides that for the purpose of funding, a Type 1, Type 3, Type 3B, and Type 4
charter school shall be considered an approved public school of the local school board entering
into the charter agreement and shall receive a per pupil amount each year from the local school
board based on the October first membership count of the charter school. The per pupil amount
provided to a Type 1, 1B, 2, 3, 3B, or 4 charter school shall be computed annually and shall be
equal to no less than the per pupil amount received by the school district in which the charter
school is located from the following sources based on the district's October first membership
count:
(1)The state-funded per pupil allocation received by the district pursuant to the most recent
legislatively approved minimum foundation program formula resolution.
(2)Local revenues received during the prior year by the school district from the following
sources:
(a)Sales and use taxes, less any collection fee paid by the school district.
(b)Ad valorem taxes, less any collection fee paid by the school district.
(c)Earnings from sixteenth section lands owned by the school district.
Present law provides that local revenues shall exclude any portion which has been specifically
dedicated by the legislature, or by voter approval, to capital outlay or debt service. Proposed law
retains present law.
Present law provides the initial allocation to a charter school of the per pupil amount based on
estimates of all monies available to the local school board.
Proposed law provides that in parishes having a population between 220,000 and 225,000 the
allocations to charter schools are to be funded solely from the state portion of MFP funds.
Effective July 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 17:3995(A)(1)(b)(ii) and (2)(a))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the original bill
1. Deletes exclusion of local revenues dedicated to teacher and school employee
salaries and benefits or expenses for maintaining and repairing schools from the
definition of "local revenues" for charter school funding purposes.
2. Deletes requirement that a charter school's per pupil allocation be proportionally
reduced for its share of the local school board's required UAL payment to TRSL.
3. Restores present law provisions restricting exclusion of local revenues dedicated
to capital outlay or debt service to charter schools housed in facilities provided by
the local school district.
4. Makes technical changes.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Provides for allocations of only state MFP funds to charter schools in parishes
having a population between 220,000 and 225,000.