The plan should also include the steps taken by the district to eliminate any procedural or contractual requirements which impede the recruitment or retention of certified teachers in hard to staff schools and subject matter areas. The adjustment is the Extraordinary Needs percent minus 94.0 percent, with the result divided by 4.7 percent. Aid on 2000-01 new debt service is deferred. School districts will be required to structure new debt service agreements so that the debt service payments start in the school year following the year in which the debt was first incurred. The 1.70 weighting is retained for pupils who require special services or programs for 60 percent or more of the school day.
Aid is for public school students attending private schools for students with disabilities.
Payable aid is the sum of these aids including save-harmless. Textbook Aid is not to exceed actual expenditures for purchase of textbooks during 1999-00. Aid, for the Big 5 city school districts only, is the sum of Career Education Aid and Computer Administration Aid. The sparsity adjustment is the posititive result of 40 minus the district's 1998-99 enrollment per square mile, divided by 200. Reorganization Incentive Operating Aid is included as in Present Law.