From the ECS State Policy Database School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary OK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Modifies definition of administrative services for expenditure limits. In defining "administrative services," staff for the superintendent were included. This amendment adds the staff of any elementary superintendent or any assistant superintendent to the administrative services calculations. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB1372%20ENR.DOC Title: H.B. 1372 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Allows districts flexibility in the "use it or lose it" portions of salary based apportionment, giving districts the flexibility to manage with decreased funding. Districts will be authorized to keep the positions and funding associated with salary based apportionment if not fully utilized up to 6% in FY 2012, 8% in 2013 and 10% in FY 2014. The bill reallocates dollars from the funding formula to other areas within the public schools budget. The adjustment ranges from 1.67% to 6.42% over the next five years. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf Title: S.B. 1184 - Use It or Lose It Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 A district may utilize up to 15% of the moneys associates with positions funded pursuant to subsection (2) of 33-1004 to pay another school district or public charter school for instructional services or to defray the cost of providing virtual education coursework, including virtual dual credit coursework, without a reduction in the number of funded positions being imposed. A district may employ fewer positions than funded pursuant to subsection (2) of 33-1004 without a reduction in the number of funded positions being imposed, subject to the following limits on the percent of such positions that may be reduced: FY 2012=6%; FY 2013=8%; FY 2014 and thereafter=10%. The bill allocates dollars from the funding formula to other areas within the public school budget. The adjustment ranges from 1.67% to 6.42% over the next five years. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf Title: S.B. 1184 - Staffing Ratios Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov