Bill Text: IA SF2104 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school district finance by modifying provisions relating to the calculation of the regular program state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost per pupil, and by establishing a supplementary weighting plan for certain mandatory school district transportation costs.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 17-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-08 - Subcommittee, Quirmbach, Dvorsky, and Sinclair. S.J. 174. [SF2104 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2104-Introduced.html
Senate File 2104 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY SINCLAIR, SCHULTZ, SEGEBART, COSTELLO, JOHNSON, BEHN, KRAAYENBRINK, SHIPLEY, DIX, GUTH, KAPUCIAN, BREITBACH, ROZENBOOM, SMITH, ZUMBACH, GARRETT, ANDERSON, and CHELGREN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to school district finance by modifying 2 provisions relating to the calculation of the regular 3 program state cost per pupil and the regular program 4 district cost per pupil, and by establishing a supplementary 5 weighting plan for certain mandatory school district 6 transportation costs. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5459XS (6) 86 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 DIVISION I 1 2 STATE COST PER PUPIL 1 3 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsection 5, Code 2016, is 1 4 amended to read as follows: 1 5 5. Alternate supplemental state aid == definitions. 1 6 a. For budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and subsequent 1 7 budget years, references to the terms "supplemental state aid", 1 8 "regular program state cost per pupil", and "regular program 1 9 district cost per pupil" shall mean those terms as calculated 1 10 for those school districts that calculated regular program 1 11 supplemental state aid for the school budget year beginning 1 12 July 1, 1999, with the additional thirty=eight dollars 1 13 specified in section 257.8, subsection 4, Code 2013. 1 14 b. For budget years beginning July 1, 2017, and subsequent 1 15 budget years, references to "supplemental state aid" and 1 16 "regular program state cost per pupil" shall mean those terms 1 17 as calculated including the additional amounts for specified 1 18 budget years under section 257.9, subsection 2, paragraphs "b" 1 19 and "c", and references to "regular program district cost per 1 20 pupil" shall mean that term including any adjustments made under 1 21 section 257.10, subsection 2. 1 22 Sec. 2. Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 1 23 to read as follows: 1 24 2. Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992=1993 and 1 25 succeeding years. 1 26 a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and 1 27 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2017, the 1 28 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 1 29 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the 1 30 regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year. 1 31 b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, the regular 1 32 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 1 33 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 1 34 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars. 1 35 c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, 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 ten dollars. 2 4 d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, and 2 5 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2027, the 2 6 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 2 7 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the 2 8 regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, 2 9 plus twenty dollars. 2 10 e. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2027, and 2 11 succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per 2 12 pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per 2 13 pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental 2 14 state aid for the budget year. 2 15 Sec. 3. Section 257.10, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 2 16 by adding the following new paragraph: 2 17 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2 18 2017, and succeeding budget years, if the regular program 2 19 district cost per pupil for the budget year calculated under 2 20 this subsection in any school district is less than the 2 21 regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the 2 22 department of management shall increase the regular program 2 23 district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to 2 24 the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year. 2 25 DIVISION II 2 26 SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING 2 27 Sec. 4. Section 257.11, Code 2016, is amended by adding the 2 28 following new subsection: 2 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. School district transportation costs. 2 30 a. In order to provide additional funds for school district 2 31 transportation costs resulting from the transportation of 2 32 resident pupils required by chapter 285, a supplementary 2 33 weighting plan for such pupils is adopted. 2 34 b. Each school district shall be assigned a supplementary 2 35 weighting amount as follows: 3 1 (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, ten percent 3 2 of the combined weighting amount calculated under paragraph 3 3 "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 4 (2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, twenty 3 5 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 6 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 7 (3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, thirty 3 8 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 9 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 10 (4) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, forty 3 11 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 12 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 13 (5) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, fifty 3 14 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 15 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 16 (6) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, sixty 3 17 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 18 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 19 (7) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2023, seventy 3 20 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 21 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 22 (8) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, eighty 3 23 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 24 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 25 (9) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, ninety 3 26 percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under 3 27 paragraph "c", subparagraph (2), for that budget year. 3 28 (10) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, and each 3 29 succeeding budget year, one hundred percent of the combined 3 30 weighting amount calculated under paragraph "c", subparagraph 3 31 (2), for that budget year. 3 32 c. (1) (a) Transportation cost factor. For each budget 3 33 year beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the department of 3 34 management shall calculate for each school district all of the 3 35 following: 4 1 (i) The sum of the school district's total transportation 4 2 costs incurred for the transportation of pupils required under 4 3 chapter 285 for the three years immediately preceding the base 4 4 year. 4 5 (ii) The sum of the school district's regular program 4 6 district cost for the three years immediately preceding the 4 7 base year, excluding amounts attributable to budget adjustments 4 8 received under section 257.14. 4 9 (iii) The school district's budget enrollment multiplied by 4 10 the quotient of the school district's amount under subparagraph 4 11 subdivision (i) divided by the school district's amount under 4 12 subparagraph subdivision (ii). 4 13 (iv) The school district's amount under subparagraph 4 14 subdivision (iii) divided by the sum of the amounts calculated 4 15 under subparagraph subdivision (iii) for all school districts. 4 16 (v) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision 4 17 (iv) multiplied by fifty percent of the sum of all school 4 18 districts' transportation costs incurred for the transportation 4 19 of pupils required under chapter 285 for the year preceding the 4 20 base year. 4 21 (vi) The quotient of the amount calculated under 4 22 subparagraph subdivision (v) divided by the regular program 4 23 state cost per pupil for the base year. 4 24 (b) Budget enrollment factor. For each budget year 4 25 beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the department of 4 26 management shall calculate for each school district all of the 4 27 following: 4 28 (i) The quotient of the school district's budget enrollment 4 29 divided by the statewide total budget enrollment multiplied by 4 30 five percent of the sum of all school districts' transportation 4 31 costs incurred for the transportation of pupils required under 4 32 chapter 285 for the year preceding the base year. 4 33 (ii) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision 4 34 (i) divided by the regular program state cost per pupil for the 4 35 base year. 5 1 (c) Route miles factor. For each budget year beginning 5 2 on or after July 1, 2017, the department of management shall 5 3 calculate for each school district all of the following: 5 4 (i) The quotient of the school district's total route 5 5 miles traveled for the transportation of pupils required under 5 6 chapter 285 for the year preceding the base year divided by the 5 7 school district's budget enrollment. 5 8 (ii) The school district's amount under subparagraph 5 9 subdivision (i) divided by the sum of the amounts calculated 5 10 under subparagraph subdivision (i) for all school districts. 5 11 (iii) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision 5 12 (ii) multiplied by forty=five percent of the sum of all school 5 13 districts' transportation costs incurred for the transportation 5 14 of pupils required under chapter 285 for the year preceding the 5 15 base year. 5 16 (iv) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision 5 17 (iii) divided by the regular program state cost per pupil for 5 18 the base year. 5 19 (2) The combined weighting amount for each school district 5 20 is the sum of the following: 5 21 (a) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1), 5 22 subparagraph division (a), subparagraph subdivision (vi). 5 23 (b) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1), 5 24 subparagraph division (b), subparagraph subdivision (ii). 5 25 (c) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1), 5 26 subparagraph division (c), subparagraph subdivision (iv). 5 27 d. Funding received by a school district as the result of 5 28 supplementary weighting under this subsection shall not affect 5 29 a school district's eligibility for transportation assistance 5 30 under section 257.31, subsection 17. 5 31 e. Funding received by a school district as the result 5 32 of supplementary weighting under this subsection shall be 5 33 used only for transportation costs incurred in providing 5 34 transportation to pupils required by chapter 285. 5 35 f. On or before December 1, 2022, and on or before December 6 1 1 every five years thereafter, the director of the department 6 2 of education shall compile and review the data collected as 6 3 a result of the supplementary weighting provided under this 6 4 subsection and shall prepare a report to the general assembly 6 5 containing analysis of the supplementary weighting plan's 6 6 efficacy and recommendations for changes. 6 7 EXPLANATION 6 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 9 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 10 This bill relates to school district finance by modifying 6 11 provisions relating to the calculation of the regular program 6 12 state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost 6 13 per pupil and establishing a supplementary weighting plan for 6 14 certain mandatory school district transportation costs. 6 15 Division I of the bill relates to the determination of the 6 16 regular program state cost per pupil and the determination of 6 17 regular program state cost per pupil for school districts. 6 18 Those amounts are used to determine supplemental state aid 6 19 amounts for each school budget year, determining the budget 6 20 authority for each school district, and determining amounts 6 21 of preschool foundation aid for schools participating in the 6 22 statewide preschool program for four=year=old children under 6 23 Code chapter 256C. 6 24 Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget 6 25 year beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years, the 6 26 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 6 27 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the 6 28 regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year. 6 29 Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, 6 30 the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program 6 31 state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 6 32 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $5. For 6 33 the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular program 6 34 state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per 6 35 pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental 7 1 state aid for the budget year, plus $10. For the budget year 7 2 beginning July 1, 2019, and succeeding budget years beginning 7 3 before July 1, 2027, the regular program state cost per pupil 7 4 is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base 7 5 year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the 7 6 budget year, plus $20. Then with the budget year beginning 7 7 July 1, 2027, and succeeding budget years, the regular program 7 8 state cost per pupil will again be calculated as the regular 7 9 program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular 7 10 program supplemental state aid for the budget year without any 7 11 additional amount added. 7 12 The bill amends Code section 257.10 to provide that if 7 13 the regular program district cost per pupil for the budget 7 14 year calculated in any school district is less than the 7 15 regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the 7 16 department of management shall increase the regular program 7 17 district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to 7 18 the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year. 7 19 Division II of the bill establishes a supplementary 7 20 weighting plan for school district transportation costs 7 21 resulting from the transportation of pupils as required under 7 22 Code chapter 285. 7 23 The bill establishes a methodology for calculating the 7 24 amount of supplementary weighting assigned to each school 7 25 district. The calculation is made using school district 7 26 transportation cost data, school district enrollment data, and 7 27 school district transportation route mile data. The amount of 7 28 the supplementary weighting is phased in over a period of 10 7 29 school budget years beginning with the budget year beginning 7 30 July 1, 2017. 7 31 The bill specifies that funding received by a school 7 32 district as the result of supplementary weighting in the 7 33 bill does not affect a school district's eligibility for 7 34 transportation assistance granted by the school budget review 7 35 committee and requires that funding received by a school 8 1 district as the result of the supplementary weighting be 8 2 used only for transportation costs incurred in providing 8 3 transportation to those pupils specified in the bill. 8 4 The bill requires the director of the department of 8 5 education to, on or before December 1, 2022, and on or before 8 6 December 1 every five years thereafter, compile and review 8 7 the data collected as a result of the supplementary weighting 8 8 provided in the bill and to prepare a report to the general 8 9 assembly containing analysis of the supplementary weighting 8 10 plan's efficacy and recommendations for changes. 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