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Regular Agenda Item 4. A.
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| Regular BOS Meeting |
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| Information |
| Request/Subject |
| Distribution of FY 2019-20 Secure Rural Schools and Communities Funds (Forest Fees) - $25,000 to Roads, $903,026.84 to Schools, and $230,827.50 to Gila County Education Service Agency. |
| Background Information |
The Secure Rural Schools Act (SRS Act) was re-authorized for a two-year period by section 524 of P.L. 114-10 and signed into law by the President on April 16, 2015. This reauthorization re-established annual decreases of 5% in the full funding amount provided in section 3(11)(c) of the SRS Act, which provided that for FY 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, the full funding amount was to be 95% of the full funding amount of the preceding fiscal year. Federal Year 2020 SRS Act funds in the amount of $1,158,854.34 funds have been received by the Gila County Treasurer's Office.
Secure Rural Schools and Communities funding is intended to provide assistance to rural counties negatively affected by unrealized revenues from publicly held lands. Funds generated by Title I of the SRS Acts have been used for schools and roads - to create employment opportunities, to maintain current infrastructure and to improve the health of watersheds and ecosystems. Twenty percent of Gila County's total allocation goes to a regional Resource Advisory Committee for distribution. The remaining 80% of the Title I funds as represented in this agenda item is allocated to the Board of Supervisors for distribution and use by Roads and School Districts. |
| Evaluation |
In each of the past ten years (2010-2019), the Board of Supervisors has authorized the distribution of Title I SRS Act funds for Gila County Roads and Schools as follows, upon recommendation of the Gila County Superintendent of Schools and County Management: a stipulated amount to Roads, and the remainder to School Districts by a formula that provides a base amount for all districts and additional amounts based on forest acreage and student enrollment of each district.
Gila County has received a total of $1,158,854.34 Federal Year 2020 SRS Act funding, a decrease of over 0.174% of the amount received for the previous fiscal year. The County School Superintendent has consulted with County Management about the distribution of SRS Act funding in FY 2019-20. |
| Conclusion |
| Gila County School Districts, County Management, and the County School Superintendent are in agreement in the proposed recommendation to the Gila County Board of Supervisors for the distribution of $1,158,854.34 of Federal Year 2020 funds received as part of the Secure Rural Schools Act for the FY 2019-20 school year, namely $25,000 to Roads, $903,026.84 to Schools, and $230,827.50 to Gila County Education Service Agency. |
| Recommendation |
| The County School Superintendent and County Management recommend that the Board of Supervisors authorize the distribution of $1,158,854.34 Federal Year 2020 funds received as part of the Secure Rural Schools Act for the FY 2019-20 school year (as authorized through section 524 of P.L. 114-10), namely $25,000 to Roads, $903,026.84 to Schools, and $230,827.50 to Gila County Education Service Agency. |
| Suggested Motion |
| Information/Discussion/Action to approve the distribution of $1,158,854.34 of Gila County's share of Federal Year 2020 Secure Rural Schools Act funds as authorized through section 24 of P.L. 114-10 for FY 2019-2020 as follows: $25,000 to Roads, $903,026.84 to Schools, and $230,827.50 to Gila County Education Service Agency. (Roy Sandoval) |
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