Bill Text: IA HF2071 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the determination of the regular program state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost per pupil and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-26 - Subcommittee, Highfill, Dolecheck, and Winckler. H.J. 123. [HF2071 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2071-Introduced.html
House File 2071 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY WINCKLER, STAED, HUNTER, THEDE, H. MILLER, MASCHER, HANSON, WOLFE, ANDERSON, KEARNS, BEARINGER, BERRY, OURTH, SMITH, ABDUL=SAMAD, GASKILL, COHOON, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, LENSING, FORBES, DAWSON, McCONKEY, DUNKEL, and STUTSMAN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the determination of the regular program 2 state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost 3 per pupil and including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5299YH (3) 86 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsection 5, Code 2016, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 5. Alternate supplemental state aid == definitions. 1 4 a. For budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and subsequent 1 5 budget years, references to the terms "supplemental state aid", 1 6 "regular program state cost per pupil", and "regular program 1 7 district cost per pupil" shall mean those terms as calculated 1 8 for those school districts that calculated regular program 1 9 supplemental state aid for the school budget year beginning 1 10 July 1, 1999, with the additional thirty=eight dollars 1 11 specified in section 257.8, subsection 4, Code 2013. 1 12 b. For budget years beginning July 1, 2016, and subsequent 1 13 budget years, references to "supplemental state aid" and 1 14 "regular program state cost per pupil" shall mean those terms 1 15 as calculated including the additional amounts for specified 1 16 budget years under section 257.9, subsection 2, paragraphs "b" 1 17 and "c", and references to "regular program district cost per 1 18 pupil" shall mean that term including any adjustments made under 1 19 section 257.10, subsection 2. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 1 21 to read as follows: 1 22 2. Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992=1993 and 1 23 succeeding years. 1 24 a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and 1 25 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2016, the 1 26 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 1 27 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the 1 28 regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year. 1 29 b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, and 1 30 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2024, the 1 31 regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program 1 32 state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular 1 33 program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus twenty 1 34 dollars. 1 35 c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the regular 2 1 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 2 2 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 2 3 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus fifteen 2 4 dollars. 2 5 d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, and 2 6 succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per 2 7 pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base 2 8 year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the 2 9 budget year. 2 10 Sec. 3. Section 257.10, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 2 11 by adding the following new paragraph: 2 12 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2 13 2016, and succeeding budget years, if the regular program 2 14 district cost per pupil for the budget year calculated under 2 15 this subsection in any school district is less than the 2 16 regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the 2 17 department of management shall increase the regular program 2 18 district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to 2 19 the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year. 2 20 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 2 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 22 EXPLANATION 2 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 24 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 25 This bill relates to the determination of the regular 2 26 program state cost per pupil and the determination of the 2 27 regular program district cost per pupil for school districts. 2 28 Those amounts are used to determine supplemental state aid 2 29 amounts for each school budget year, determining the budget 2 30 authority for each school district, and determining amounts 2 31 of preschool foundation aid for schools participating in the 2 32 statewide preschool program for four=year=old children under 2 33 Code chapter 256C. 2 34 Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget 2 35 year beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years, the 3 1 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 3 2 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the 3 3 regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year. 3 4 Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 3 5 2016, and succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 3 6 2024, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular 3 7 program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular 3 8 program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $20. 3 9 Additionally, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the 3 10 regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program 3 11 state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 3 12 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $15. With 3 13 the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, and succeeding budget 3 14 years, the regular program state cost per pupil will again be 3 15 calculated as the regular program state cost per pupil for the 3 16 base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for 3 17 the budget year, without any additional amount added. 3 18 The bill also provides that if the regular program district 3 19 cost per pupil for the budget year calculated for any school 3 20 district is less than the regular program state cost per 3 21 pupil for the budget year, the department of management shall 3 22 increase the regular program district cost per pupil of that 3 23 district to an amount equal to the regular program state cost 3 24 per pupil for the budget year. 3 25 The bill takes effect upon enactment. LSB 5299YH (3) 86 md/sc
