SB 195

This bill limits to five consecutive school years the number of years for which

a school board may seek approval from voters in the school district to increase the

revenue limit applicable to the district.

Current law generally restricts a school district's per pupil revenue raised from

state aids and property taxes in a school year to the total amount received per pupil

from state aids and property taxes in the previous school year. Current law permits

a school district to exceed this revenue limit by passing a resolution and submitting

the resolution to the electors of the school district in a referendum election. If a

majority of the electors of the school district votes to approve the referendum, the

revenue limit of the school district is increased as specified in the referendum

question.

Current law requires the school district to specify in its resolution, and in the

referendum question, whether the proposed excess revenue will be for a recurring or

a nonrecurring purpose. If the proposed excess revenue will be for a recurring

purpose, the school district may add the excess revenue to its base revenue per pupil

when the school district determines its revenue limit for the next school year.

This bill eliminates the distinction between recurring and nonrecurring

purposes. The bill also eliminates the authority of a school board to include excess

revenue generated for a recurring purpose in its base revenue per pupil when the

school board next determines its revenue limit. Finally, the bill imposes a five-year

limit on the number of years in which a school district whose electors approved a

recurring referendum, prior to the effective date of the bill, may add the excess

revenue to its base revenue per pupil.