Bill Text: MS HB1502 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Mississippi House Bill 1502 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Appropriation; Education, Department of.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-7-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-04-18 - Partially Vetoed By Governor [HB1502 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB1502-Enrolled.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representatives Read, Moore, Arnold, Banks, Barker, Beckett, Bennett, Bounds, Brown, Busby, Clarke, Cockerham, Currie, DeLano, Denny, Eure, Holland, Huddleston (30th), Ladner, Mettetal, Monsour, Staples, Sullivan, Thomas, Turner, Watson

House Bill 1502

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING K-12 AND OTHER RELATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CERTAIN AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS, IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much of those sums as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of funding K-12 and other related educational activities, including certain agencies and programs, in the State of Mississippi, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, as follows:

(a) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the State Department of Education, and excluding the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division... $ 116,586,224.00.

(b) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division of the State Department of Education..................................

........................................... $ 76,193,758.00.

(c) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of paying annual compensation to the Chickasaw Cession counties for sixteenth section lands which they lost through sale by the state, as provided in Section 29-3-137 through 29-3-141, Mississippi Code of 1972... $ 19,573,344.00.

(d) To the State Board of Education for defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.....................

........................................... $ 1,996,544,752.00.

(e) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf...........$ 9,618,184.00.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF STATE GENERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED

BY THIS SECTION BEING....................$ 2,218,516,262.00.

SECTION 2. The following sums, or so much of those sums as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any money in any special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds of the agencies or programs specified in the following paragraphs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, as follows:

(a) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the State Department of Education, excluding the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division $ 903,781,138.00.

(b) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division of the State Department of Education..................................

........................................... $ 20,962,954.00.

(c) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.... $ 274,493,377.00.

(d) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf........................ $ 1,927,418.00.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF SPECIAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED

BY THIS SECTION BEING............... $ 1,201,164,887.00.

SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, One Hundred Twenty-six Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-two Dollars ($126,472.00), or so much of that sum as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Health Care Expendable Fund to the State Department of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department for the Mississippi Eye Screening Program for providing vision safety services.

SECTION 4. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, the following sums, or so much of those sums as may be necessary, are derived out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Education Enhancement Fund pursuant to Sections 27-65-75 and 27-67-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, as follows:

(a) To the State Department of Education, excluding the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division, for the following purposes:

Literacy Initiative and Assessment.... $ 6,333,806.00.

Educable Child........................ $ 7,000,000.00.

Grants to school districts for capital

facilities and buses............. $ 16,000,000.00.

Instructional materials............... $ 12,000,000.00.

Students with Special Needs............ $ 1,800,000.00.

Implementing Performance Based Data

Collection and Accreditation

Model............................ $ 274,937.00.

Testing............................... $ 6,125,670.00.

Mississippi School for Math

and Science...................... $ 125,000.00.

Mississippi School for Fine Arts...... $ 125,000.00.

TOTAL................................. $ 49,784,413.00.

(b) To the State Department of Education to defray the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division.............

........................................... $ 4,937,258.00.

(c) To the State Department of Education to provide funding for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.....................

.............................................. $ 204,493,377.00.

(d) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf...........$ 1,207,037.00.

SECTION 5. Of the funds appropriated in this act, the following positions are authorized for the State Department of Education, excluding the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division:

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time........... 392

Part Time........... 3

Time-Limited: Full Time........... 121

Part Time........... 0

With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2019 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2018 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2018 budget by the Mississippi Legislature. Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act. It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations for "Personal Services" when annualized, with the exception of escalated funds and the award of benchmarks. If, at the time the agency takes any action to change "Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken an action which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2018 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act. The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration. The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.

SECTION 6. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided in this act shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of the State Department of Education, excluding the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division. Based on the funding authorized, this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:

FY2018

Performance Measures Target

Special Education

Number of Special Education

Teachers (FTEs) 5,139

2013-2014 IEP Students not Participating

in Math Assessments 1,184

2013-2014 Percentage of IEP Students

not Participating in Statewide Math

Assessments (%) 4.50

2013-14 IEP Students not Participating

in Statewide Reading Assessments 1,163

2013-14 Percentage of IEP Students

not Participating in Statewide

Reading Assessments (%) 4.50

Number of Students with an IEP

Graduating with a Standard Diploma 900

Child Nutrition

Sites Compliant with Fresh Fruit &

Vegetable Program Standards (%) 96

Sites Compliant with the National

School Lunch Program (%) 96

Sites Compliant with the School

Breakfast Program 861

Compulsory School Attendance

Statewide 2009-2010 Cohort 4-Year

Dropout Rate (%) 13.90

General Administration

Total Dollars Spent on General

Administration (Dollars) 23,804,396

Percentage of Total Dollars Spent on

General Administration (%) 16.86

Turnover Rate at Central Office (%) 5.80

Graduation & Career Readiness

Public High School 4-Year Graduation

Rate for 2009-2010 Cohort (Number) 28,500

Public High School 4-Year Graduation

Rate for 2009-2010 Cohort (%) 82.00

Special Schools

Number of Students Enrolled Annually

at MSMS 225

Amount of Scholarship Offerings for MSMS

Students Attending College (Dollars) 22,000,000

Percentage of MSMS Graduating Seniors

Who Earn National Merit or

National Achievement Semifinalist

Status (%) 13

Average ACT Composite Score

for Graduating Seniors 28.20

Average Cost per Student to

Attend MSMS (Dollars) 21,000

Average ACT Composite Score for

Graduating Seniors at MS School

for the Arts 21

Percentage of MS School for the

Arts Graduating Seniors Receiving

Scholarship Offers (%) 77

Early Childhood Education

Early Learning Collarborative Mean

Scaled Score on the Kindergarten

Readiness Assessment for Fall 2014 435

Early Learning Collarborative Mean

Scaled Score on the Kindergarten

Readiness Assessment for Spring 2015 531

Teacher Tng & Professional Dev

Statewide Percentage of 2015-2016

Teachers with Alternative Route

License (%) 10.60

Statewide Percentage of 2015-2016

Teachers with Five or More Years

of Experience (%) 69.90

Statewide Percentage of 2015-2016

Teachers with Ten or More Years

of Experience (%) 48.40

Statewide Average Years of Experience

for 2015-2016 Full-Time Teachers 11

Statewide Percentage of 2015-2016

Teachers with Less than Three Years

of Experience (%) 19.30

Number of Teachers Retained

Statewide from Previous Year 29,947

Percentage of Teachers Retained

Statewide from Previous Year (%) 87.70

Elementary Education

Number of Students Taking the Third

Grade Reading Summative Assessment

in May 2015 39,000

Percentage of All 3rd Graders Enrolled in

May 2015 that took the Third Grade Reading

Summative Assessment (%) 99.80

Statewide Mean Scaled Score on the Third

Grade Reading Summative Assessment 985

Minimum Passing Score on the Third

Grade Reading Summative Assessment 626

Number of Students Scoring At or Above

Passing Score on the Third Grade

Reading Summative Assessment 36,270

Percentage of Students Scoring At or

Above Passing Score on the Third

Grade Reading Summative Assessment (%) 93.00

Secondary Education

Statewide Mean ACT Composite Score

for Juniors Testing in March 17.50

Number of 11th Graders Taking

the ACT in May 2015 32,000

Percentage of All 11th Graders Enrolled

in March 2015 that took the ACT (%) 95

Number of Students Enrolled in One

or More AP Course Grades 9 - 12 19,300

Percentage of Students Enrolled in One

or More AP Course Grades 9 - 12 (%) 15.00

School Performance