Missouri § 166.275 - Appropriations to satisfy certain judgments transferred to school moneys fund — amount, distribution.

§ 166.275. Appropriations to satisfy certain judgments transferred to school moneys fund — amount, distribution.

1.  Any amount of the difference by which the total amount appropriated by the state to school districts, in accordance with a judgment or order based on the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for fiscal year 1999 is less than the amount appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 1994 in addition to any unexpended appropriation for the 1998 fiscal year that results in additional unobligated resources for the state in fiscal year 1999 shall be transferred to the state school moneys fund and distributed in the manner provided in section 163.031.

2.  If the total amount appropriated by the state to school districts, in accordance with a judgment or order based on the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for fiscal year 2000 or any subsequent fiscal year is less than the amount appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 1999, any amount of the difference in addition to any unexpended appropriation for the prior fiscal year that results in additional unobligated resources for the state beginning in fiscal year 2000 shall be distributed as follows:

(1)  Up to the first seventy-five million dollars of such funds, or such lesser amount determined by appropriation to be sufficient to fully fund subsections 1 and 2 of section 163.031, shall be transferred to the state school moneys fund and distributed in the manner provided in section 163.031; and

(2)  Beginning in fiscal year 2000, after distributing funds pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the next twenty-five million dollars, or such lesser amount determined by appropriation to be sufficient, of the remaining funds shall be transferred to fully fund increases in appropriations for transportation categorical aid provided pursuant to section 163.031, and any remainder of such twenty-five million dollars shall be transferred to fund other categorical state aid provided pursuant to section 163.031; provided that, for school year 1999-2000 only, such increase in transportation funding may be placed by districts in their capital projects fund and shall be placed as otherwise provided by law in all other years; and

(3)  After distributing funds pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, any remaining funds, or such amount determined by appropriation to be sufficient to fully fund subsections 1 and 2 of section 163.031, shall be transferred to the state school moneys fund and distributed in the manner provided in section 163.031.

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(L. 1993 S.B. 380 § 8 subsec. 2, A.L. 1995 S.B. 301, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)

Effective 7-01-06

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