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Budget Amendments - HB1400 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Bell, Richard
Funding for Requirements of New MOU

Item 134 #2h

Item 134 #2h

First Year - FY2015 Second Year - FY2016
Education: Elementary and Secondary
Education, Central Office Operations, Department of FY2015 $0 FY2016 $1,800,000 GF

Language
Page 109, line 7, strike "$17,939,034" and insert "$19,739,034".
Page 109, after line 51, insert:
"H. Out of this appropriation, $1,800,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to support the additional positions within the Department that are required to assist those school divisions that have been denied accreditation and that must enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Board of Education, pursuant to the passage of House Bill 1299.  As a component of the Memorandum of Understanding, the Board of Education is authorized to make any changes that it deems necessary to improve the school's accreditation rating, including, but not limited to, changes to the school's budget and personnel and the instructional practices of teachers."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $1.8 million the second year from the general fund to the Department of Education for additional personnel costs that would be incurred pursuant to the passage of House Bill 1299. The bill would require a school that has been denied accreditation to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Board of Education. The MOU authorizes the Board to make any changes that it believes are necessary within the school in order to improve the school's accreditation rating. The bill will have a significant funding impact on the Department of Education if the number of additional MOUs increases beyond current Department personnel capacity for monitoring and implementation of required changes. There are 84 schools that could potentially meet the MOU requirement in the next year. Monitoring the individual MOUs would take approximately 5 days each month per school for eleven months, or a total of 55 working days per school. Using only part-time personnel, the estimated costs total about $1.8 million for the potential range of 84 schools.)