SF 2006 (LSB 5592XS (2) 90)

SENATE FILE 2006

BY  BROWN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to school district enrollment calculations for the purposes of the secure an advanced vision for education fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 423F.3, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   A school district with a certified enrollment plus the number of students who open enroll into the district of fewer than two hundred fifty pupils in the entire district or certified enrollment plus the number of students who open enroll into a high school in the district of fewer than one hundred pupils in high school shall not expend the amount received for new construction without prior application to the department of education and receipt of a certificate of need pursuant to this subsection. A certificate of need is not required for repairing schoolhouses or buildings, equipment, technology, or transportation equipment for transporting students as provided in section 298.3, or for construction necessary for compliance with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §12101 – 12117. In determining whether a certificate of need shall be issued or denied, the department shall consider all of the following:
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 school district enrollment calculations for the purposes of the secure an advanced vision for education (SAVE) fund.
   On July 1, 2008, the state’s local sales and use taxes increased from 5 to 6 percent. The increase is used solely to fund the SAVE fund, and the SAVE fund is used solely to provide revenues to local school districts for school infrastructure purposes or school district property tax relief.
   One requirement of the SAVE fund is that a school with a certified enrollment of fewer than 250 pupils in the entire district or certified enrollment of fewer than 100 pupils in high school may not expend amounts received for new construction without prior application to the department of education and receipt of a certificate of need. The bill changes this requirement to a certified enrollment plus the number of students who open enroll into the district of fewer than 250 or certified enrollment of district high schools plus the number of students who open enroll into a high school in the district of fewer than 100 pupils.