House File 2203 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2203 BY MASCHER , HUNTER , KACENA , NIELSEN , R. SMITH , JACOBY , OLSON , FORBES , McCONKEY , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , BROWN-POWERS , ISENHART , GAINES , GASKILL , OLDSON , ANDERSON , WINCKLER , LENSING , KURTH , STAED , KEARNS , T. TAYLOR , and BRECKENRIDGE A BILL FOR An Act establishing a student meal debt elimination fund under 1 the control of the school budget review committee and making 2 an appropriation. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5740YH (5) 87 kh/jh
H.F. 2203 Section 1. Section 257.31, Code 2018, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 19. A student meal debt elimination fund is 3 created in the state treasury under the control of the school 4 budget review committee. The committee may accept gifts, 5 grants, bequests, and other private contributions, as well as 6 state or federal moneys, for deposit in the fund. Moneys in 7 the fund are appropriated to the school budget review committee 8 for purposes of relieving school districts of student meal 9 debt. The committee in its discretion shall distribute the 10 available moneys in the fund to school districts in the amounts 11 determined by the committee. Notwithstanding section 8.33, 12 moneys in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not 13 revert to any other fund but shall remain in the student meal 14 debt elimination fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal 15 years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on 16 moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. 17 Sec. 2. SCHOOL BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE —— STUDENT MEAL DEBT 18 ELIMINATION FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund 19 of the state to the school budget review committee for the 20 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, 21 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 22 used for the purposes designated: 23 For deposit in the student meal debt elimination fund 24 established under section 257.31, subsection 19, if enacted by 25 this Act: 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,000,000 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill creates a student meal debt elimination fund 31 in the state treasury under the control of the school budget 32 review committee and appropriates $5 million to the committee 33 for deposit in the fund. The committee may accept private 34 contributions as well as state or federal moneys for deposit 35 -1- LSB 5740YH (5) 87 kh/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2203 in the fund. The committee in its discretion shall distribute 1 available fund moneys to relieve school districts of student 2 meal debt. Moneys remaining in the fund at the end of each 3 fiscal year carry over for expenditure for subsequent fiscal 4 years. 5 -2- LSB 5740YH (5) 87 kh/jh 2/ 2