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• Introduced by Rep. Clay Aurand (R) on February 2, 2010, in his role as committee chair, to repeal the “medium density at-risk” formula component that gives some K-12 school districts additional state money for low-income students, but to replace it with a more graduated calculation of “high density at-risk” funding. Density refers to the percentage of a district’s students who qualify for free lunches because their families have low income and “at-risk” means students who are at risk of not performing well in school by reason of their low income. The larger a school district’s percent of at-risk students, the more state funding for each at-risk student.
  • Referred to the House Education Committee on February 3, 2010.
    • Reported in the House on February 16, 2010, recommending the bill be passed as amended. House committee inserted a provision for a linear transition formula to calculate the high-density at-risk pupil weighting for districts having between 35 percent and 50 percent at-risk pupils.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Clay Aurand (R) on February 18, 2010, to expand the number of K-12 school districts that would receive a future increase (contingent upon base-state-aid-per-pupil rising to $4,492) in the high density at-risk weighting factor that is part of the state's school funding formula; to at that time apply a weighting factor of .105 (up from the current .100) to each distict that has an enrollment of at least 35.1 percent at-risk pupils and an enrollment density of at least 212.1 pupils per square mile. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on February 18, 2010.
• Passed in the House (120 to 2) on February 19, 2010, to repeal the “medium density at-risk” formula component that gives some K-12 school districts additional state money for low-income students, but to replace it with a more graduated calculation of “high density at-risk” funding; also, to expand the number of K-12 school districts that would receive a future increase (contingent upon base-state-aid-per-pupil rising to $4,492) in the high density at-risk weighting factor that is part of the state's school funding formula. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on February 24, 2010.
  • Referred to the Senate Education Committee on February 25, 2010.
  • Referred to the Senate Ways and Means Committee on March 24, 2010.