Iowa-2017-HF24-Introduced
House File 24 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY KOESTER, LANDON, and
R. TAYLOR
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a school district enrollment supplement
2 program and making appropriations.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2001, and
1 4 succeeding budget years, if a district's actual enrollment
1 5 for the budget year, determined under section 257.6, is
1 6 greater than its budget enrollment for the budget year, the
1 7 district shall be eligible to receive an on=time funding budget
1 8 adjustment. The adjustment shall be in an amount equal to the
1 9 difference between the actual enrollment for the budget year
1 10 and the budget enrollment for the budget year, multiplied by
1 11 the district cost per pupil, and then reduced by the amount
1 12 received by the district under the school district enrollment
1 13 supplement program under section 257.13A.
1 14 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 257.13A School district enrollment
1 15 supplement program ==== appropriation.
1 16 1. A school district enrollment supplement program is
1 17 established to provide additional funding for school districts
1 18 in which the district's actual enrollment for the budget year
1 19 exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget year. For the
1 20 school budget year beginning July 1, 2018, and succeeding
1 21 budget years, if a district's actual enrollment for the budget
1 22 year is greater than its budget enrollment for the budget year,
1 23 both as determined under section 257.6, the district may submit
1 24 a request to the school budget review committee for a school
1 25 district enrollment supplement. A request for an enrollment
1 26 supplement pursuant to this section must be received by the
1 27 school budget review committee by November 1. The school
1 28 budget review committee shall approve the request for the
1 29 enrollment supplement in the amount specified in subsection 3
1 30 if the district meets the requirements of this section.
1 31 2. a. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July
1 32 1, 2018, there is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 33 state to the department of education the sum of ten million
1 34 dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, to make all school
1 35 district enrollment supplement payments under this section, as
2 1 calculated in subsection 3.
2 2 b. If the amount appropriated under this subsection is
2 3 insufficient to pay the entirety of all school district
2 4 enrollment supplement payments calculated under subsection 3,
2 5 the department of education shall prorate the amount of the
2 6 school district enrollment supplement payment provided to each
2 7 district.
2 8 3. The amount of each eligible school district's enrollment
2 9 supplement shall be the difference between the school
2 10 district's actual enrollment for the budget year minus the
2 11 school district's budget enrollment for the budget year
2 12 multiplied by the school district's regular program foundation
2 13 aid per pupil for the budget year.
2 14 4. School district enrollment supplement payments shall be
2 15 paid by the department of education in a single payment at the
2 16 same time as the first monthly installment is paid on or after
2 17 January 1 of the budget year under section 257.16, subsection
2 18 2.
2 19 5. School district enrollment supplement payments received
2 20 under this section are miscellaneous income and shall be
2 21 deposited in the general fund of the school district. However,
2 22 the school district enrollment supplement amount shall not be
2 23 included in district cost. An enrollment supplement under this
2 24 chapter shall not affect the receipt or amount of a budget
2 25 adjustment received under section 257.14.
2 26 6. Except for an adjustment to an amount under section
2 27 257.31, subsection 5, participation in the school district
2 28 enrollment supplement program under this section shall not
2 29 affect a school district's eligibility to receive an amount
2 30 from the school budget review committee under section 257.31.
2 31 Sec. 3. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code
2 32 2017, is amended to read as follows:
2 33 a. Any unusual increase or decrease in enrollment. In
2 34 deciding a school district's need for additional funds under
2 35 this paragraph "a", the school budget review committee shall
3 1 consider school district enrollment supplement amounts received
3 2 by the school district under section 257.13A for the same
3 3 budget year, and may accordingly adjust amounts granted for the
3 4 purposes of this paragraph.
3 5 EXPLANATION
3 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
3 7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
3 8 This bill establishes a school district enrollment
3 9 supplement program to provide additional funding for school
3 10 districts in which the district's actual enrollment for the
3 11 budget year exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget
3 12 year. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2018, and
3 13 succeeding budget years, if a district's actual enrollment
3 14 for the budget year is greater than its budget enrollment for
3 15 the budget year, the district may submit a request to the
3 16 school budget review committee for a school district enrollment
3 17 supplement. The school budget review committee is required
3 18 to approve the request for the enrollment supplement if the
3 19 district meets the requirements of the bill.
3 20 The amount of each eligible school district's enrollment
3 21 supplement is the difference between the school district's
3 22 actual enrollment for the budget year minus the school
3 23 district's budget enrollment for the budget year multiplied by
3 24 the school district's regular program foundation aid per pupil
3 25 for the budget year.
3 26 The bill establishes a $10 million annual appropriation,
3 27 or so much thereof as is necessary, for each fiscal year
3 28 beginning on or after July 1, 2018, for the payment of school
3 29 district enrollment supplement amounts. If the appropriation
3 30 is insufficient to make all such payments, the department of
3 31 education is directed to prorate those payment amounts. The
3 32 bill specifies that school district enrollment supplement
3 33 payments are miscellaneous income and must be deposited in
3 34 the school district's general fund. However, the enrollment
3 35 supplement amount is not to be included in district cost.
4 1 Code section 257.13 provides that if a school district's
4 2 actual enrollment for the budget year is greater than its
4 3 budget enrollment for the budget year, the district shall be
4 4 eligible to receive an on=time funding budget adjustment. The
4 5 bill provides that a budget adjustment under Code section
4 6 257.13 shall be reduced by the amount received by the district
4 7 under the school district enrollment supplement program. The
4 8 bill further specifies that an enrollment supplement does not
4 9 affect the receipt or amount of a budget adjustment received
4 10 under Code section 257.14, and, except for an adjustment to
4 11 the amount, does not affect a school district's eligibility to
4 12 receive an amount from the school budget review committee under
4 13 Code section 257.31 based on an increase in enrollment.
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