ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.019. State School Fund distribution computations for education service districts. (1) As used in this section: (a) Education service district extended ADMw means the sum of the extended ADMw of the school districts located within the territory of the education service district as computed under ORS 327.013. (b) Local revenues of an education service district means the total of the following: (A) The amount of revenue offset against local property taxes as determined by the Department of Revenue under ORS 311.175 (3)(a)(A); (B) The amount of property taxes actually received by the district including penalties and interest on taxes; (C) The amount of revenue received by the district from state-managed forestlands under ORS 530.115 (1)(b) and (c); and (D) Any positive amount obtained by subtracting the operating property taxes actually imposed by the district based on the rate certified pursuant to ORS 310.060 from the amount that would have been imposed by the district if the district had certified the maximum rate of operating property taxes allowed by law. (2) Each fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall calculate a State School Fund grant for each education service district as provided in this section. (3)(a) Each fiscal year, the superintendent shall calculate the total amount appropriated or allocated to the State School Fund and available for distribution to school districts, education service districts and programs + total amount of local revenues of all school districts, computed as provided in ORS 327.011, + total amount of local revenues of all education service districts. The superintendent may not include in the calculation under this paragraph amounts received by the Department of Education from the State School Fund under ORS 343.243. (b) The superintendent shall multiply the amount calculated under paragraph (a) of this subsection by 95.5 percent. (c) Based on the amount calculated under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the superintendent shall calculate a funding percentage to distribute as nearly as practicable under ORS 327.006 to 327.133, 327.348 and 327.356 to 327.359 the total amount calculated under paragraph (b) of this subsection as school district general purpose grants, high cost disabilities grants and transportation grants to school districts. (d) Based on the funding percentage calculated under paragraph (c) of this subsection, the superintendent shall calculate the general purpose grant, transportation grant and high cost disabilities grant amounts for each school district. (4)(a) The general services grant for an education service district shall equal the higher of: (A) The total amount calculated under subsection (3)(d) of this section for the school districts located within the territory of the education service district (4.5 95.5); or (B) $1,165,000, as adjusted each school year based on the same percentage by which the amount appropriated to the State School Fund for distribution to education service districts is increased or decreased as compared with the amount appropriated for the 2015-2016 school year, if the education service district received a general services grant of $1 million for the 2010-2011 school year. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection and only for State School Fund distributions made for the first school year after two or more education service districts join together, if an education service district received a general services grant as provided by paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection prior to the education service district joining together with one or more other education service districts to form a new education service district: (A) The general services grant for the new education service district shall be calculated for each component education service district as though the component education service districts had not joined together to form a new education service district; and (B) A component education service district that received an amount as provided by paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection shall be entitled to receive that amount under the calculation provided by this paragraph. (5) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, the State School Fund grant for an education service district = general services grant − local revenues of the education service district. (6)(a) After completing the calculations under subsections (2) to (5) of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion from the State School Fund to each education service district an amount = (funding percentage general services grant) − local revenues of the education service district. (b) The funding percentage used in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be calculated by the superintendent to distribute as nearly as practicable the total amount available for distribution to education service districts from the State School Fund for each fiscal year. (7) Notwithstanding subsections (5) and (6) of this section: (a) The State School Fund grant of an education service district may not be less than zero; and (b) The State School Fund grant of an education service district shall be in an amount that, when combined with the local revenues of the education service district, equals $1,165,000, as adjusted each school year based on the same percentage by which the amount appropriated to the State School Fund for distribution to education service districts is increased or decreased as compared with the amount appropriated for the 2015-2016 school year. (8) An education service district shall distribute to school districts located within the territory of the education service district any amount of local revenues of the education service district that is greater than the general services grant. The amount that each school district receives under this subsection shall be prorated based on the district extended ADMw of the school district as calculated under ORS 327.013. (9)(a) An education service district shall distribute to a school district that is located within the territory of the education service district but that has withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015 the amounts received by the education service district as a general services grant and from the School Improvement Fund. (b) The amounts that a school district receives under this subsection: (A) Shall be prorated based on the district extended ADMw of the school district as calculated under ORS 327.013; (B) Shall equal 90 percent of the school districts prorated share, as calculated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; and (C) May be used to pay for any expenses incurred in providing services described in ORS 334.175 (2) to the students of the school district by: (i) The school district; (ii) The education service district from which the school district withdrew; (iii) An education service district that is not the education service district from which the school district withdrew; or (iv) Any other public entity with which the school district has entered into a contract to provide the services.