House File 745 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ABDUL=SAMAD Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act making an appropriation to the department of education for 2 a pilot program for programs to assist at-risk students 3 entering high school. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2576HH 82 6 ak/es/88 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. APPROPRIATION == DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == 1 2 CLOSE THE GAP PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general 1 3 fund of the state to the department of education for the 1 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 1 5 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to 1 6 be used for the purpose designated: 1 7 For allocation to the public high school with the highest 1 8 student enrollment in the public school district with the 1 9 highest student enrollment as of the 2005=2006 school year, 1 10 for the development of programs to assist at=risk ninth grade 1 11 students in making the transition to high school: 1 12 ...................................................$ 300,000 1 13 Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated 1 14 moneys remaining at the end of the budget year shall not 1 15 revert but shall remain available for expenditure during the 1 16 following budget year for purposes designated in this section. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill appropriates $300,000 from the general fund of 1 19 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year 1 20 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, for a pilot 1 21 program to assist at=risk students entering the public high 1 22 school with the highest student enrollment in the public 1 23 school district with the highest student enrollment as of the 1 24 2005=2006 school year. 1 25 Any unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining at the end 1 26 of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the 1 27 state, but shall remain available for expenditure during the 1 28 following fiscal year for the purposes provided in the bill. 1 29 LSB 2576HH 82 1 30 ak:rj/es/88