147th
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FISCAL
NOTE
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sponsor: Representative
Jaques DESCRIPTION: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO
SCHOOL NURSES.
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ASSUMPTIONS:
1.
Effective
upon signature of the Governor.
2. Delaware Code requires at least one
school nurse per facility where state funding is provided at a rate equal to 1
nurse for each 40 state units of pupils. School districts and charter schools
also qualify for partial funding for nurses at the rate of 30% of the
fractional part of 40 state units of pupils. This formula does not sufficiently
provide the full state share of funding to support at least one school nurse
per facility, and when this occurs, districts are directed to meet the
requirement through discretionary local operating funds or state equalization
or academic excellence funds.
3. This legislation will provide the
appropriate state share of funding for school districts and charter schools
when the existing state funding formula does not provide for the requirement of
one school nurse per facility. School districts that receive such state funding
will be able to provide the local funding through the match tax pursuant to 14
Del. C. §1902(b).
4. This legislation will generate an
additional 17.73 state units of funding for nurses at an average state share of
salary of $41,835 and an average local share of salary of $24,268. Other
employment costs are equal to 30.44% and health insurance costs at $11,400 per
employee.
5. Overall salary and employment costs
are assumed to grow 3% annually.
Cost:
State Share Local
Share
Fiscal Year 2015: $1,169,647 $561,243
Fiscal Year 2016: $1,204,737 $578,080
Fiscal Year 2017: $1,240,880 $595,423
Office of
Controller General
(Amounts are shown in whole dollars)
March 19,
2014
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