SF 2143 (LSB 5425SV (1) 88)

SENATE FILE 2143

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3097)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to public school funding by modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil and to appropriations to the transportation equity fund and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2020, 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, 2018, 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, 2018, 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 five dollars.
   c.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, 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 five dollars.
   d.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, 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 ten dollars.
   d.  e.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020 2021, 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.
    Sec. 2.  Section 257.16C, subsection 3, paragraph d, subparagraph (2), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  For each the fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2020, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of management for deposit in the transportation equity fund the sum of the following, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes of this section:
   (a)  The amount appropriated to the transportation equity fund under this paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
   (b)  The product of the amount determined under subparagraph division (a) multiplied by the categorical percent of growth under section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year beginning on the same date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made.
   (c)  Seven million two hundred fifty-three thousand eighty-eight dollars.
    Sec. 3.  Section 257.16C, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (3)  For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2021, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of management for deposit in the transportation equity fund the sum of the following, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes of this section:
   (a)  The amount appropriated to the transportation equity fund under this paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
   (b)  The product of the amount determined under subparagraph division (a) multiplied by the categorical percent of growth under section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year beginning on the same date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made.
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  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 public school funding by modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil and to appropriations to the transportation equity fund.
   Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, 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, which includes the $5 addition made for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
   Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, 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 $10. Then with the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, 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.
   Code section 257.16C establishes a transportation equity program to provide additional funding for school districts with a transportation cost per pupil that exceeds the statewide adjusted transportation cost per pupil, as determined by the department of management. The amount of transportation equity aid for each school district is an amount equal to the school district’s actual enrollment for the school year, excluding the shared-time enrollment for the school year, multiplied by the school district’s transportation cost per pupil differential for the budget year. Code section 257.16C establishes a transportation equity fund and appropriates all moneys in the fund to the department of management for purposes of making the transportation equity aid payments. However, if the balance of the fund exceeds the amount necessary to make all transportation equity aid payments, moneys remaining in the fund are required to be used for transportation base funding payments as calculated under Code section 257.16C(4). 
   For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2020, Code section 257.16C appropriates from the general fund of the state to the transportation equity fund the sum of the amount appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year plus the product of the amount appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by the categorical percent of growth for the corresponding school budget year. The bill adds an additional $7,253,088 to the appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.