20-9-525 . School major maintenance aid -- formula -- filing.
(1)The purpose of school major maintenance aid as provided in this section is to support school facility projects, including the payment of principal and interest on obligations issued pursuant to 20-9-471 for school facility projects, that support a basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools under 20-9-309 , including but not limited to:
(a)improvements to school and student safety and security as described in 20-9-236 (1); and
(b)projects designed to produce operational efficiencies such as utility savings, reduced future maintenance costs, improved utilization of staff, and enhanced learning environments for students, including but not limited to projects addressing:
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20-9-525 . School major maintenance aid -- formula -- filing. (1) The purpose of school major maintenance aid as provided in this section is to support school facility projects, including the payment of principal and interest on obligations issued pursuant to 20-9-471 for school facility projects, that support a basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools under 20-9-309 , including but not limited to:
(a) improvements to school and student safety and security as described in 20-9-236 (1); and
(b) projects designed to produce operational efficiencies such as utility savings, reduced future maintenance costs, improved utilization of staff, and enhanced learning environments for students, including but not limited to projects addressing:
(i) roofing systems;
(ii) heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation systems;
(iii) energy-efficient window and door systems and insulation;
(iv) plumbing systems;
(v) electrical systems and lighting systems;
(vi) information technology infrastructure, including internet connectivity both within and to the school facility; and
(vii) other critical repairs to an existing school facility or facilities.
(2) (a) In any year in which the legislature has appropriated funds for school major maintenance aid, the superintendent of public instruction shall administer the distribution of school major maintenance aid for deposit in the subfund of the building reserve fund provided for in 20-9-502 (3)(e). Subject to proration under subsection (4) of this section, aid must be annually distributed no later than the last working day of May to a school district imposing a levy pursuant to 20-9-502 (3) in the current school fiscal year, with the amount of state support per dollar of local effort of the applicable elementary and high school program of each district determined as follows:
(i) using the taxable valuation most recently determined by the department of revenue under 20-9-369 :
(A) divide the total statewide taxable valuation by the statewide total of school major maintenance amounts and multiply the result by 355%;
(B) multiply the result determined under subsection (2)(a)(i)(A) by the district's school major maintenance amount;
(C) subtract the district's taxable valuation from the amount determined under subsection (2)(a)(i)(B); and
(D) divide the amount determined under subsection (2)(a)(i)(C) by 1,000;
(ii) determine the greater of the amount determined in subsection (2)(a)(i) or 18% of the district's mill value;
(iii) multiply the result determined under subsection (2)(a)(ii) by the district's school major maintenance amount, then divide the product by the sum of the result determined under subsection (2)(a)(ii) and the district's mill value; and
(iv) divide the result determined under subsection (2)(a)(iii) by the difference resulting from subtracting the result determined under subsection (2)(a)(iii) from the district's school major maintenance amount.
(b) For a district with an adopted general fund budget in the prior year greater than or equal to 97% of the district's general fund maximum budget in the prior year, the amount determined in subsection (2)(a)(iv) rounded to the nearest cent is the amount of school major maintenance aid per dollar of local effort, not to exceed an amount that would result in the state aid composing more than 80% of the district's school major maintenance amount.
(c) For a district with an adopted general fund budget in the prior year less than 97% of the district's maximum budget in the prior year, multiply the amount determined in subsection (2)(a)(iv) by the ratio of the district's adopted general fund budget in the prior year to the district's maximum general fund budget in the prior year. The result, rounded to the nearest cent, is the amount of state school major maintenance aid per dollar of local effort, not to exceed an amount that would result in the state aid composing more than 80% of the district's school major maintenance amount.
(3) Using the taxable valuation most recently determined by the department of revenue under 20-9-369 , the superintendent shall provide school districts with a preliminary estimated amount of state school major maintenance aid per dollar of local effort for the ensuing school year no later than March 1 and a final amount for the current school year no later than July 31.
(4) If the appropriation for school major maintenance aid or the available funds in any school fiscal year are less than the amount of school major maintenance aid for which school districts would otherwise qualify, the superintendent of public instruction shall proportionally prorate the aid distributed to ensure that the distributions do not exceed the appropriated or available funds.
(5) A school district that receives school major maintenance aid shall, within 30 days of receiving the funds, file with the office of the superintendent of public instruction a document acknowledging it has received funds from the coal severance tax trust fund.
(6) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Local effort" means an amount of money raised by levying no more than 10 mills pursuant to 20-9-502 (3) and, provided that 10 mills have been levied, any additional amount of money deposited or transferred by trustees to the subfund pursuant to 20-9-502 (3).
(b) "School major maintenance amount" means the sum of $40,000 and the product of $115 multiplied by the district's budgeted ANB for the prior fiscal year.