State of Alaska
Fiscal Note
Bill Version: HB 78
2021 Legislative Session
Fiscal Note Number: 2
(H) Publish Date: 2/18/2021
Identifier: 0674-EED-PEF-1-26-21 Department: Fund Capitalization
Title: FUNDING FOR CORRESPONDENCE Appropriation: No Further Appropriation Required
PROGRAMS Allocation: Public Education Fund
Sponsor: RLS BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR OMB Component Number: 2804
Requester: Governor
Expenditures/Revenues
Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below. (Thousands of Dollars)
Included in
FY2022 Governor's
Appropriation FY2022 Out-Year Cost Estimates
Requested Request
OPERATING EXPENDITURES FY 2022 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027
Personal Services
Travel
Services
Commodities
Capital Outlay
Grants & Benefits 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3
Miscellaneous
Total Operating 35,544.3 0.0 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3
Fund Source (Operating Only)
1004 Gen Fund (UGF) 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3
Total 35,544.3 0.0 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3 35,544.3
Positions
Full-time
Part-time
Temporary
Change in Revenues
None
Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2021) cost: 0.0 (separate supplemental appropriation required)
Estimated CAPITAL (FY2022) cost: 0.0 (separate capital appropriation required)
Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account? No
(Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency? No
If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?
Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
Initial version; not applicable.
Prepared By: Heidi Teshner, Director Phone: (907)465-2875
Division: Finance and Support Services Date: 01/26/2021 02:45 PM
Approved By: Lacey Sanders, Administrative Services Director Date: 01/26/21
Agency: Office of Management and Budget
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HB 78 - Fiscal Note 2
FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA BILL NO.
2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
This bill addresses funding for correspondence programs operated by school districts (both district and statewide
programs) by amending AS 14.17.140(b)(1)(C), Public school funding, and AS 14.17.430, State funding for correspondence
student.
This bill provides for the following changes to the Public School Funding Formula (Foundation Formula) as it pertains to
correspondence students:
(1) Moves the correspondence student average daily membership (ADM) from the end of the Foundation Formula, when
determining basic need, so correspondence students are eligible for the special education and career and technical
education multipliers; and
(2) Changes the weight of a correspondence student ADM from 90 percent to the actual ADM, as submitted.
This change is projected to cost the State of Alaska approximately $35.5 million, starting in FY2022, and is based on the
FY2022 projected correspondence ADM count of 18,798.30.
Page 3 of this fiscal note provides the funding breakdown of the projected increase by school district. This change
impacts only 32 of the 54 school districts, as not all school districts operate a district and/or statewide correspondence
program.
The effective date of this bill is July 1, 2021 (FY2022).
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HB 78 - Fiscal Note 2
Department of Education & Early Development Prepared by School Finance
Prepared 12/18/2020
Correspondence funded after the District Cost Factor (DCF)
FY2022
FY2022 PROJECTED Correspondence
PROJECTED Corresp. After DCF Cost calculated after
Total State Total State DCF & receiving
School District Entitlement Entitlement formula adjustments
Alaska Gateway $ 8,692,677 $ 8,806,127 $ 113,450
Aleutian Region 1,329,054 1,329,054 -
Aleutians East Borough 4,816,255 4,816,255 -
Anchorage 323,254,270 326,173,695 2,919,425
Annette Island 4,419,401 4,419,401 -
Bering Strait 31,975,944 31,975,944 -
Bristol Bay Borough 991,611 1,010,520 18,909
Chatham 3,450,276 3,457,828 7,552
Chugach 4,540,195 5,527,171 986,976
Copper River 6,486,804 6,758,537 271,733
Cordova 4,165,858 4,184,765 18,907
Craig 5,578,304 6,523,718 945,414
Delta/Greely 10,000,488 10,378,654 378,166
Denali Borough 7,634,915 9,336,660 1,701,745
Dillingham 5,788,213 5,792,020 3,807
Fairbanks N. Star Borough 102,275,879 104,055,160 1,779,281
Galena 30,364,338 39,676,666 9,312,328
Haines Borough 2,449,370 2,504,192 54,822
Hoonah 2,545,989 2,545,989 -
Hydaburg 2,003,078 2,154,344 151,266
Iditarod Area 5,891,682 6,156,398 264,716
Juneau Borough 35,179,106 35,462,730 283,624
Kake 2,294,656 2,294,656 -
Kashunamiut 3,965,153 3,965,153 -
Kenai Peninsula Borough 71,390,909 73,828,175 2,437,266
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 25,472,143 25,613,954 141,811
Klawock 1,811,846 1,811,846 -
Kodiak Island Borough 25,659,314 25,867,305 207,991
Kuspuk 6,498,139 6,498,139 -
Lake & Peninsula Borough 9,114,071 9,132,979 18,908
Lower Kuskokwim 64,302,438 64,302,438 -
Lower Yukon 33,551,331 33,551,331 -
Mat-Su Borough 171,097,454 175,915,260 4,817,806
Nenana 10,822,796 13,659,038 2,836,242
Nome 8,800,166 8,913,615 113,449
North Slope Borough 19,262,514 19,262,514 -
Northwest Arctic Borough 38,169,427 38,205,342 35,915
Pelican 458,345 458,345 -
Petersburg 5,741,245 5,741,245 -
Pribilof 827,863 837,318 9,455
Saint Mary's 3,570,037 3,570,037 -
Sitka Borough 11,422,745 11,568,778 146,033
Skagway 1,348,700 1,348,700 -
Southeast Island 4,717,735 4,727,189 9,454
Southwest Region 11,304,447 11,304,447 -
Tanana 929,663 929,663 -
Unalaska 3,773,899 3,773,899 -
Valdez 4,963,161 5,173,649 210,488
Wrangell 3,522,041 3,539,105 17,064
Yakutat 1,297,273 1,333,246 35,973
Yukon Flats 5,023,098 5,023,098 -
Yukon/Koyukuk 22,700,620 27,994,939 5,294,319
Yupiit 7,172,043 7,172,043 -
Mt. Edgecumbe High School 3,419,941 3,419,941 -
TOTAL $ 1,188,238,920 $ 1,223,783,215 $ 35,544,295
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Statutes affected: HB0078A, AM HB 78, introduced 02/18/2021: 14.17.410, 14.17.470, 14.17.450, 14.17.460, 14.17.430, 14.17.420, 14.17.510, 29.45.110
HB0078A, AM HB 78, introduced 02/01/2021: 14.17.410, 14.17.470, 14.17.450, 14.17.460, 14.17.430, 14.17.420, 14.17.510, 29.45.110