SENATE BILL NO. 323
INTRODUCED BY GRIMES
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS; PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL INFLATION-RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BASE FUNDING PROGRAM AMOUNTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT BASIC ENTITLEMENTS AND PER-ANB ENTITLEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL INFLATION-RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BASE FUNDING PROGRAM AMOUNTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT BASIC ENTITLEMENTS AND PER-ANB ENTITLEMENTS; INCREASING THE BASIC AND TOTAL PER-ANB ENTITLEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2004 AND SUCCEEDING YEARS; PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO CALCULATE ANB TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECT OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT; CHANGING THE WAY IN WHICH A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SPECIAL EDUCATION COOPERATIVE CHARGES EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RETIREMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY, AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; REQUIRING THAT TRANSFERS INTO AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE FUND MAY BE MADE ONLY FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL FUND OR THE STATE SPECIAL EDUCATION GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION; TERMINATING THE COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL RETIREMENT BLOCK GRANTS; AMENDING SECTIONS 20-9-306, AND 20-9-501, AND 20-9-703, MCA, SECTION 245, CHAPTER 574, LAWS OF 2001, AND SECTION 26, CHAPTER 13, SPECIAL LAWS OF AUGUST 2002; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES, APPLICABILITY DATES, AND A TERMINATION DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. ANNUAL INFLATION-RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO BASIC ENTITLEMENT AND PER-ANB ENTITLEMENTS. (1) BEGINNING IN 2004, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL BY OCTOBER 1 OF EACH EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR CALCULATE THE INFLATION FACTORS FOR THE ENSUING BIENNIUM AS FOLLOWS:
(A) FOR THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF THE ENSUING BIENNIUM, DIVIDE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR; AND
(B) FOR THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR OF THE ENSUING BIENNIUM, DIVIDE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR.
(2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX" MEANS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, U.S. CITY AVERAGE, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS, FOR ALL ITEMS, USING THE 1982-84 BASE OF 100, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. ANNUAL INFLATION-RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO BASIC ENTITLEMENT AND PER-ANB ENTITLEMENTS. (1) BEGINNING IN 2006, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL BY OCTOBER 1 OF EACH EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR CALCULATE THE INFLATION FACTORS FOR THE ENSUING BIENNIUM AS FOLLOWS:
(A) FOR THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF THE ENSUING BIENNIUM, DIVIDE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR; AND
(B) FOR THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR OF THE ENSUING BIENNIUM, DIVIDE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY OF THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR.
(2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX" MEANS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, U.S. CITY AVERAGE, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS, FOR ALL ITEMS, USING THE 1982-84 BASE OF 100, AS PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
Section 2. Section 20-9-306, MCA, is amended to read:
"20-9-306. Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(1) "BASE" means base amount for school equity.
(2) "BASE aid" means:
(a) direct state aid for 44.7% of the basic entitlement and 44.7% of the total per-ANB entitlement for the general fund budget of a district; and
(b) guaranteed tax base aid for an eligible district for any amount up to 35.3% of the basic entitlement, up to 35.3% of the total per-ANB entitlement budgeted in the general fund budget of a district, and up to 40% of the special education allowable cost payment.
(3) "BASE budget" means the minimum general fund budget of a district, which includes 80% of the basic entitlement, 80% of the total per-ANB entitlement, and up to 140% of the special education allowable cost payment.
(4) "BASE budget levy" means the district levy in support of the BASE budget of a district, which may be supplemented by guaranteed tax base aid if the district is eligible under the provisions of 20-9-366 through 20-9-369.
(5) "BASE funding program" means the state program for the equitable distribution of the state's share of the cost of Montana's basic system of public elementary schools and high schools, through county equalization aid as provided in 20-9-331 and 20-9-333 and state equalization aid as provided in 20-9-343, in support of the BASE budgets of districts and special education allowable cost payments as provided in 20-9-321.
(6) "Basic entitlement" means:
(a) $213,819 $218,095 for each high school district;
(b) $19,244 $19,629 for each elementary school district or K-12 district elementary program without an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school; and
(c) the prorated entitlement for each elementary school district or K-12 district elementary program with an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school, calculated as follows:
(i) $19,244 $19,629 times the ratio of the ANB for kindergarten through grade 6 to the total ANB of kindergarten through grade 8; plus
(ii) $213,819 $218,095 times the ratio of the ANB for grades 7 and 8 to the total ANB of kindergarten through grade 8.
(7) "Direct state aid" means 44.7% of the basic entitlement and 44.7% of the total per-ANB entitlement for the general fund budget of a district and funded with state and county equalization aid.
(8) "Maximum general fund budget" means a district's general fund budget amount calculated from the basic entitlement for the district, the total per-ANB entitlement for the district, and the greater of:
(a) 175% of special education allowable cost payments; or
(b) the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the district's special education allowable cost expenditures to the district's special education allowable cost payment for the fiscal year that is 2 years previous, with a maximum allowable ratio of 200%.
(9) "Over-BASE budget levy" means the district levy in support of any general fund amount budgeted that is above the BASE budget and below the maximum general fund budget for a district.
(10) "Total per-ANB entitlement" means the district entitlement resulting from the following calculations, USING THE GREATER OF THE CURRENT YEAR ANB OR 92% OF THE PRIOR YEAR ANB:
(a) for a high school district or a K-12 district high school program, a maximum rate of $5,205 $5,309 for the first ANB is decreased at the rate of 50 cents per ANB for each additional ANB of the district up through 800 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 800 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 800th ANB;
(b) for an elementary school district or a K-12 district elementary program without an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school, a maximum rate of $3,906 $3,984 for the first ANB is decreased at the rate of 20 cents per ANB for each additional ANB of the district up through 1,000 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 1,000 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 1,000th ANB; and
(c) for an elementary school district or a K-12 district elementary program with an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school, the sum of:
(i) a maximum rate of $3,906 $3,984 for the first ANB for kindergarten through grade 6 is decreased at the rate of 20 cents per ANB for each additional ANB up through 1,000 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 1,000 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 1,000th ANB; and
(ii) a maximum rate of $5,205 $5,309 for the first ANB for grades 7 and 8 is decreased at the rate of 50 cents per ANB for each additional ANB for grades 7 and 8 up through 800 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 800 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 800th ANB."
Section 3. Section 20-9-306, MCA, is amended to read:
"20-9-306. Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(1) "BASE" means base amount for school equity.
(2) "BASE aid" means:
(a) direct state aid for 44.7% of the basic entitlement and 44.7% of the total per-ANB entitlement for the general fund budget of a district; and
(b) guaranteed tax base aid for an eligible district for any amount up to 35.3% of the basic entitlement, up to 35.3% of the total per-ANB entitlement budgeted in the general fund budget of a district, and up to 40% of the special education allowable cost payment.
(3) "BASE budget" means the minimum general fund budget of a district, which includes 80% of the basic entitlement, 80% of the total per-ANB entitlement, and up to 140% of the special education allowable cost payment.
(4) "BASE budget levy" means the district levy in support of the BASE budget of a district, which may be supplemented by guaranteed tax base aid if the district is eligible under the provisions of 20-9-366 through 20-9-369.
(5) "BASE funding program" means the state program for the equitable distribution of the state's share of the cost of Montana's basic system of public elementary schools and high schools, through county equalization aid as provided in 20-9-331 and 20-9-333 and state equalization aid as provided in 20-9-343, in support of the BASE budgets of districts and special education allowable cost payments as provided in 20-9-321.
(6) "Basic entitlement" means:
(a) $213,819 $220,276 for each high school district;
(b) $19,244 $19,825 for each elementary school district or K-12 district elementary program without an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school; and
(c) the prorated entitlement for each elementary school district or K-12 district elementary program with an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school, calculated as follows:
(i) $19,244 $19,825 times the ratio of the ANB for kindergarten through grade 6 to the total ANB of kindergarten through grade 8; plus
(ii) $213,819 $220,276 times the ratio of the ANB for grades 7 and 8 to the total ANB of kindergarten through grade 8.
(7) "Direct state aid" means 44.7% of the basic entitlement and 44.7% of the total per-ANB entitlement for the general fund budget of a district and funded with state and county equalization aid.
(8) "Maximum general fund budget" means a district's general fund budget amount calculated from the basic entitlement for the district, the total per-ANB entitlement for the district, and the greater of:
(a) 175% of special education allowable cost payments; or
(b) the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the district's special education allowable cost expenditures to the district's special education allowable cost payment for the fiscal year that is 2 years previous, with a maximum allowable ratio of 200%.
(9) "Over-BASE budget levy" means the district levy in support of any general fund amount budgeted that is above the BASE budget and below the maximum general fund budget for a district.
(10) "Total per-ANB entitlement" means the district entitlement resulting from the following calculations, USING THE GREATER OF THE CURRENT YEAR ANB OR 92% OF THE PRIOR YEAR ANB:
(a) for a high school district or a K-12 district high school program, a maximum rate of $5,205 $5,362 for the first ANB is decreased at the rate of 50 cents per ANB for each additional ANB of the district up through 800 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 800 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 800th ANB;
(b) for an elementary school district or a K-12 district elementary program without an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school, a maximum rate of $3,906 $4,024 for the first ANB is decreased at the rate of 20 cents per ANB for each additional ANB of the district up through 1,000 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 1,000 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 1,000th ANB; and
(c) for an elementary school district or a K-12 district elementary program with an approved and accredited junior high school or middle school, the sum of:
(i) a maximum rate of $3,906 $4,024 for the first ANB for kindergarten through grade 6 is decreased at the rate of 20 cents per ANB for each additional ANB up through 1,000 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 1,000 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 1,000th ANB; and
(ii) a maximum rate of $5,205 $5,362 for the first ANB for grades 7 and 8 is decreased at the rate of 50 cents per ANB for each additional ANB for grades 7 and 8 up through 800 ANB, with each ANB in excess of 800 receiving the same amount of entitlement as the 800th ANB."
Section 4. Section 20-9-501, MCA, is amended to read:
"20-9-501. Retirement costs and retirement fund. (1) The trustees of a district or the management board of a special education cooperative employing personnel who are members of the teachers' retirement system or the public employees' retirement system or who are covered by unemployment insurance or who are covered by any federal social security system requiring employer contributions shall establish a retirement fund for the purposes of budgeting and paying the employer's contributions to the systems as provided in subsection (2)(a). The district's or the cooperative's contribution for each employee who is a member of the teachers' retirement system must be calculated in accordance with Title 19, chapter 20, part 6. The district's or the cooperative's contribution for each employee who is a member of the public employees' retirement system must be calculated in accordance with 19-3-316. The district's or the cooperative's contributions for each employee covered by any federal social security system must be paid in accordance with federal law and regulation. The district's or the cooperative's contribution for each employee who is covered by unemployment insurance must be paid in accordance with Title 39, chapter 51, part 11.
(2) (a) The district or the cooperative shall pay the employer's contributions to the retirement, federal social security, and unemployment insurance systems from the retirement fund for the following:
(i) a district employee whose salary and benefits are IS AND HEALTH-RELATED BENEFITS, IF ANY HEALTH-RELATED BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE, ARE paid from the district's general fund STATE OR LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES; and
(ii) a cooperative employee whose salary and benefits are IS AND HEALTH -RELATED BENEFITS, IF ANY HEALTH-RELATED BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE, ARE paid from the cooperative's interlocal agreement fund IF THE FUND IS SUPPORTED SOLELY FROM DISTRICTS' GENERAL FUNDS AND STATE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWABLE COST PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO 20-9-321; AND
(III) A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE WHOSE SALARY IS AND HEALTH-RELATED BENEFITS, IF ANY HEALTH-RELATED BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE, ARE PAID FROM THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES FUND PROVIDED FOR IN 20-10-204.
(b) For an employee whose salary and benefits are not paid from the general RETIREMENT fund or the interlocal agreement fund, the district or the cooperative shall pay the employer's contributions to the retirement, federal social security, and unemployment insurance systems from the fund FUNDING SOURCE that pays the employee's salary and benefits.
(2)(3) The trustees of a district required to make a contribution to a system referred to in subsection (1) shall include in the retirement fund of the final budget the estimated amount of the employer's contribution. After the final retirement fund budget has been adopted, the trustees shall pay the employer contributions to the systems in accordance with the financial administration provisions of this title.
(3)(4) When the final retirement fund budget has been adopted, the county superintendent shall establish the levy requirement by:
(a) determining the sum of the money available to reduce the retirement fund levy requirement by adding:
(i) any anticipated money that may be realized in the retirement fund during the ensuing school fiscal year;
(ii) oil and natural gas production taxes;
(iii) coal gross proceeds taxes under 15-23-703;
(iv) countywide school retirement block grants distributed under section 245, Chapter 574, Laws of 2001;
(v) any fund balance available for reappropriation as determined by subtracting the amount of the end-of-the-year fund balance earmarked as the retirement fund operating reserve for the ensuing school fiscal year by the trustees from the end-of-the-year fund balance in the retirement fund. The retirement fund operating reserve may not be more than 35% of the final retirement fund budget for the ensuing school fiscal year and must be used for the purpose of paying retirement fund warrants issued by the district under the final retirement fund budget.
(vi) any other revenue anticipated that may be realized in the retirement fund during the ensuing school fiscal year, excluding any guaranteed tax base aid.
(b) notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (8) (9), subtracting the money available for reduction of the levy requirement, as determined in subsection (3)(a) (4)(a), from the budgeted amount for expenditures in the final retirement fund budget.
(4)(5) The county superintendent shall:
(a) total the net retirement fund levy requirements separately for all elementary school districts, all high school districts, and all community college districts of the county, including any prorated joint district or special education cooperative agreement levy requirements; and
(b) report each levy requirement to the county commissioners on the fourth Monday of August as the respective county levy requirements for elementary district, high school district, and community college district retirement funds.
(5)(6) The county commissioners shall fix and set the county levy or district levy in accordance with 20-9-142.
(6)(7) The net retirement fund levy requirement for a joint elementary district or a joint high school district must be prorated to each county in which a part of the district is located in the same proportion as the district ANB of the joint district is distributed by pupil residence in each county. The county superintendents of the counties affected shall jointly determine the net retirement fund levy requirement for each county as provided in 20-9-151.
(7)(8) The net retirement fund levy requirement for districts that are members of special education cooperative agreements must be prorated to each county in which the district is located in the same proportion as the special education cooperative budget is prorated to the member school districts. The county superintendents of the counties affected shall jointly determine the net retirement fund levy requirement for each county in the same manner as provided in 20-9-151, and the county commissioners shall fix and levy the net retirement fund levy for each county in the same manner as provided in 20-9-152.
(8)(9) The county superintendent shall calculate the number of mills to be levied on the taxable property in the county to finance the retirement fund net levy requirement by dividing the amount determined in subsection (4)(a) (5)(a) by the sum of:
(a) the amount of guaranteed tax base aid that the county will receive for each mill levied, as certified by the superintendent of public instruction; and
(b) the taxable valuation of the district divided by 1,000.
(9)(10) The levy for a community college district may be applied only to property within the district."
Section 4. Section 20-9-703, MCA, is amended to read:
"20-9-703. District as prime agency. (1) When the prime agency is a district, it is authorized and required to establish a nonbudgeted interlocal cooperative fund for the purpose of the financial administration of the interlocal cooperative agreement. All revenues received, including federal, state, or other types of grant payments in direct support of the agreement and the financial support provided by cooperating agencies, shall be deposited in such fund. All financial Financial support of the agreement contributed by a district designated as the prime agency or by a cooperative agency may be transferred to the interlocal cooperative fund only from any fund maintained by such district by resolution of the trustees a district general fund or the state special education general fund appropriation. Any such transfer to the interlocal cooperative fund shall must be used to finance those expenditures under the agreement which that are comparable to those that are permitted by law to be made out of the fund from which the transfer was made and which are within the final budget for the fund from which the transfer was made the district general fund. No A transfer shall may not be made into the interlocal cooperative fund from the miscellaneous federal programs fund or from any other district fund without the express approval of the superintendent of public instruction.
(2) All expenditures in support of the interlocal cooperative agreement shall must be made from the interlocal cooperative fund or any other fund provided for in 20-7-457(5) that is established by the district which that is the prime agency, except that expenditures in support of such agreement may be made from the miscellaneous federal programs fund when the express approval of the superintendent of public instruction is given."
Section 5. Section 26, Chapter 13, Special Laws of August 2002, is amended to read:
"Section 26. Section 245, Chapter 574, Laws of 2001, is amended to read:
"Section 245. Countywide school retirement block grants. (1) The office of public instruction shall distribute one-half of the amount appropriated for countywide school retirement in November and the remainder in May. The total amount for each county is as follows:
FY 2002 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2003
Elementary High School Elementary High School
Payment Payment Payment Payment
Beaverhead $86,692 $50,789 $87,351 $55,503 $51,175 $41,981
Big Horn 62,668 36,963 63,144 95,018 37,244 33,837
Blaine 61,160 10,193 61,624 46,318 10,271 81,109
Broadwater 0 92,686 0 93,390 34,949
Carbon 43,451 82,110 43,782 72.602 82,734 58,957
Carter 9,751 5,453 9,825 8,478 5,495 6,155
Cascade 349,056 192,848 351,709 282,266 194,314 142,282
Chouteau 75,384 41,034 75,957 58,455 41,346 29,474
Custer 78,925 36,930 79,525 57,608 37,211 32,128
Daniels 0 37,994 0 38,283 36,083
Dawson 85,568 38,722 86,219 64,693 39,016 24,827
Deer Lodge 39,980 17,059 40,284 34,455 17,189 16,807
Fallon 0 0 0 0 30,444
Fergus 119,028 78,809 119,932 90,464 79,408 55,527
Flathead 558,861 296,410 563,108 530,274 298,662 268,731
Gallatin 383,035 181,743 385,946 537,244 183,125 107,717
Garfield 12,337 10,170 12,431 12,100 10,247 4,620
Glacier 79,924 34,016 80,532 106,815 34,275 10,494
Golden Valley 0 16,716 0 16,843 14,492
Granite 14,074 48,026 14,180 12,523 48,391 30,727
Hill 142,867 82,538 143,953 59,593 83,165 35,211
Jefferson 116,679 59,523 117,565 143,901 59,976 59,690
Judith Basin 6,149 21,359 6,196 4,744 21,521 30,198
Lake 173,584 139,990 174,903 156,485 141,054 103,365
Lewis & Clark 344,112 211,726 346,728 370,958 213,335 173,847
Liberty 20,144 16,786 20,297 3,067 16,914 31,953
Lincoln 73,001 98,835 73,556 61,499 99,586 87,710
Madison 0 103,163 0 4,891 103,947 19,788
Mccone 23,214 15,824 23,390 21,778 15,945 14,004
Meagher 13,654 10,678 13,758 9,250 10,759 9,492
Mineral 0 32,206 0 32,451 33,292
Missoula 487,129 362,756 490,832 587,637 365,513 357,669
Musselshell 30,675 21,577 30,908 48,959 21,741 41,250
Park 154,192 81,696 155,364 135,256 82,317 78,135
Petroleum 0 16,897 0 17,026 9,510
Phillips 10,502 95,084 10,582 103,747 95,806 54,728
Pondera 79,805 60,307 80,411 18,821 60,765 47,629
Powder River 18,815 15,011 18,958 0 15,125 0
Powell 69,695 22,666 70,225 71,420 22,838 30,458
Prairie 0 26,791 0 26,995 21,945
Ravalli 85,333 169,769 85,981 2,062 171,059 40,316
Richland 83,671 30,302 84,307 15,500 30,533 26,650
Roosevelt 71,090 60,329 71,630 96,278 60,787 61,038
Rosebud 359,662 286,411 362,395 475,055 288,588 126,246
Sanders 203,863 127,694 205,413 197,286 128,665 14,442
Sheridan 0 46,231 0 46,583 47,628
Silver Bow 249,821 141,541 251,719 193,304 142,617 119,358
Stillwater 91,487 75,926 92,182 91,185 76,503 51,769
Sweet Grass 36,996 36,327 37,277 24,214 36,603 12,316
Teton 57,760 41,547 58,199 45,217 41,863 40,769
Toole 43,323 51,399 43,652 36,109 51,790 73,362
Treasure 0 18,947 0 19,091 16,243
Valley 15,824 90,532 15,944 10,558 91,220 143,204
Wheatland 20,946 12,103 21,105 15,031 12,195 12,109
Wibaux 0 14,585 0 14,696 25,103
Yellowstone 1,125,488 643,136 1,134,042 1,070,887 648,024 612,203
Total 6,269,374 4,650,865 6,317,022 6,139,506 4,686,212 3,723,973
(2) The average amount of the block grants in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 must be increased by 0.76% in fiscal year 2004 and in each succeeding fiscal year.""
NEW SECTION. SECTION 6. PERSONNEL RIGHTS PRESERVED. A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A COOPERATIVE MAY CONTINUE TO PAY THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT, FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY, AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMS FROM THE RETIREMENT FUND FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE SALARY IS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY PAID FROM A FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCE ON [THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION] UNTIL THE EMPLOYEE IS NO LONGER PAID FROM A FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCE.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 6. CODIFICATION INSTRUCTION. [SECTION 1] IS INTENDED TO BE CODIFIED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF TITLE 20, CHAPTER 9, PART 3, AND THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 20, CHAPTER 9, PART 3, APPLY TO [SECTION 1].
NEW SECTION. Section 7. Effective dates -- applicability. (1) [SECTION 1] IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005.
(1)(2) [Section 1 2 1 2] is effective on passage and approval and applies to school budgets for the school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
(2)(3) [Section 2 3 2 3] is effective July 1, 2004, and applies to school budgets for the school fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2004.
(3)(4) [Sections 3 through 5 and 7 1, 4 THROUGH 6, AND 8 3, 4, AND 6 4 THROUGH 6 AND 8 and this section] are effective on passage and approval.
NEW SECTION. Section 8. Termination. [Section 1 2 1 2] terminates June 30, 2004.
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