HF 2071 (LSB 5299YH (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2071

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

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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.8, subsection 5, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Alternate supplemental state aid —— definitions.
   a.  For budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and subsequent budget years, references to the terms “supplemental state aid”, “regular program state cost per pupil”, and “regular program district cost per pupil” shall mean those terms as calculated for those school districts that calculated regular program supplemental state aid for the school budget year beginning July 1, 1999, with the additional thirty-eight dollars specified in section 257.8, subsection 4, Code 2013.
   b.  For budget years beginning July 1, 2016, and subsequent budget years, references to “supplemental state aid” and “regular program state cost per pupil” shall mean those terms as calculated including the additional amounts for specified budget years under section 257.9, subsection 2, paragraphs “b” and “c”, and references to “regular program district cost per pupil” shall mean that term including any adjustments made under section 257.10, subsection 2.
    Sec. 2.  Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992-1993 and succeeding years.
   a.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2016, the regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
   b.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, and succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2024, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus twenty dollars.
   c.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus fifteen dollars.
   d.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, and succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
    Sec. 3.  Section 257.10, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, and succeeding budget years, if the regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year calculated under this subsection in any school district is less than the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the department of management shall increase the regular program district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the determination of the regular program state cost per pupil and the determination of the regular program district cost per pupil for school districts. Those amounts are used to determine supplemental state aid amounts for each school budget year, determining the budget authority for each school district, and determining amounts of preschool foundation aid for schools participating in the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children under Code chapter 256C.
   Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year. 
   Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, and succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2024, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $20. Additionally, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $15. With the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, and succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per pupil will again be calculated as the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, without any additional amount added.
   The bill also provides that if the regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year calculated for any school district is less than the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the department of management shall increase the regular program district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.