Bill Text: IA SF379 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to permissible uses for school district funding received for a home school assistance program and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Subcommittee: Behn, Chelgren, and Mathis. S.J. 446. [SF379 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF379-Introduced.html
Senate File 379 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY MATHIS A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to permissible uses for school district funding 2 received for a home school assistance program and including 3 effective date and applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2429XS (6) 87 md/sc/jh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 299A.12, subsection 3, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 3PurposesExcept as provided in subsection 4, purposes 1 4 for which a school district shall not expend funds received 1 5 pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph "a", 1 6 subparagraph (5), include but are not limited to the following: 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 299A.12, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 1 8 following new subsection: 1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Moneys received by a school district 1 10 pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph "a", 1 11 subparagraph (5), that remain unexpended or unobligated at 1 12 the end of a budget year, shall be carried forward to the 1 13 succeeding budget year and may be used according to subsection 1 14 2 or for any of the following: 1 15 a. Indirect costs or use charges. 1 16 b. Operational or maintenance costs other than those 1 17 necessary to operate and maintain the program. 1 18 c. Capital expenditures other than equipment or facility 1 19 acquisition, including the lease or rental of space to 1 20 supplement existing schoolhouse facilities. 1 21 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 1 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 23 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 1 24 years beginning on or after July 1, 2017. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 28 Current Code section 299A.12 requires school districts to 1 29 expend moneys received as the result of supplementary weighting 1 30 for resident pupils receiving competent private instruction 1 31 from a licensed practitioner for purposes of providing a home 1 32 school assistance program and specifies the permissible and 1 33 impermissible expenditures of such moneys. This bill provides 1 34 that moneys that remain unexpended or unobligated at the end of 1 35 a budget year shall be carried forward to the succeeding budget 2 1 year and may be used for purposes authorized under current 2 2 law or for any of the following: (1) indirect costs or use 2 3 charges; (2) operational or maintenance costs other than those 2 4 necessary to operate and maintain the program; and (3) capital 2 5 expenditures other than equipment or facility acquisition, 2 6 including the lease or rental of space to supplement existing 2 7 schoolhouse facilities. 2 8 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 2 9 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2017. LSB 2429XS (6) 87 md/sc/jh