2020 -- H 7674 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX | |
RELIEF ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McLaughlin, McNamara, Hull, Serpa, and Millea | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 16-7.2-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-7.2 entitled "The |
2 | Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 16-7.2-4. Determination of state's share. |
4 | (a) For each district, the state's share of the foundation education aid calculated pursuant |
5 | to § 16-7.2-3(a) shall use a calculation that considers a district's revenue-generating capacity and |
6 | concentration of high-need students. The calculation is the square root of the sum of the state-share |
7 | ratio for the community calculation, pursuant to § 16-7-20, squared plus the district's percentage of |
8 | students in grades PK-6 in poverty status squared, divided by two. |
9 | (b) For purposes of determining the state's share, school district student data used in this |
10 | calculation shall include charter school and state school students. These ratios are used in the |
11 | permanent foundation education aid formula calculation described in § 16-7.2-5. |
12 | (c) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year only, the state shall appropriate an additional sum of state |
13 | education aid, necessary to make up to each local school district, whose state share of foundation |
14 | education aid was reduced from the prior year pursuant to the foundation education-aid formula, |
15 | the aid amount the district lost when their 2019-2020 fiscal year education aid was reduced from |
16 | the amount they received in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX | |
RELIEF ACT | |
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1 | This act would require the state to make a one-time appropriation to all school districts who |
2 | had their state educational aid reduced for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, as compared to their 2018- |
3 | 2019 fiscal year aid, to make up for that reduction in state aid. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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