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House Amendment 3964

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PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend the amendment, H-3498, to Senate File 266, as
  1  2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 10, by inserting after line 23 the
  1  5 following:
  1  6    "   .  INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED
  1  7 EDUCATION
  1  8    For purposes of establishing the international
  1  9 center for gifted and talented education and for not
  1 10 more than the following full-time equivalent
  1 11 positions:  
  1 12 .................................................. $     90,000
  1 13 ............................................... FTEs       2.00"
  1 14    #2.  Page 16, by inserting after line 31 the
  1 15 following:
  1 16    "Sec.    .  Section 257B.1A, Code 1995, is amended
  1 17 to read as follows:
  1 18    257B.1A  TRANSFER OF INTEREST.
  1 19    1.  The department of revenue and finance shall
  1 20 transfer the interest earned on the permanent school
  1 21 fund to the first in the nation in education
  1 22 foundation and to the national international center
  1 23 for gifted and talented education in the manner
  1 24 provided in this section.
  1 25    2.  For a transfer of interest earned to the first
  1 26 in the nation in education foundation, prior to July
  1 27 1, October 1, January 1, and March 1 of each year, the
  1 28 governing board of the first in the nation in
  1 29 education foundation established in section 257A.2
  1 30 shall certify to the director of revenue and finance
  1 31 the cumulative total value of contributions received
  1 32 under section 257A.7 for deposit in the fund and for
  1 33 the use of the foundation.  The cumulative total value
  1 34 of contributions received includes the value of the
  1 35 amount deposited in the national center endowment fund
  1 36 established in section 263.8A in excess of eight
  1 37 hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.  The value of
  1 38 in-kind contributions shall be based upon the fair
  1 39 market value of the contribution determined for income
  1 40 tax purposes.
  1 41    The portion of the permanent school fund that is
  1 42 equal to the cumulative total value of contributions,
  1 43 less the portion of the permanent school fund
  1 44 dedicated to the national center for gifted and
  1 45 talented education, is dedicated to the first in the
  1 46 nation in education foundation for that year.  The
  1 47 interest earned on this dedicated amount shall be
  1 48 transferred by the department of revenue and finance
  1 49 to the credit of the first in the nation in education
  1 50 foundation.
  2  1    3.  For a transfer of interest earned to the
  2  2 national international center endowment fund
  2  3 established in section 263.8A, prior to July 1,
  2  4 October 1, January 1, and March 1 of each year, the
  2  5 state university of Iowa shall certify to the
  2  6 department of revenue and finance the cumulative total
  2  7 value of contributions received and deposited in the
  2  8 national international center endowment fund.  The
  2  9 department of revenue and finance shall dedicate the
  2 10 interest earned on a portion of the permanent school
  2 11 fund to the national international center in the
  2 12 manner provided in this subsection.  The portion of
  2 13 the permanent school fund that is used to determine
  2 14 the dedicated amount of interest earned for a year
  2 15 shall equal one-half the cumulative total value of the
  2 16 contributions deposited in the national international
  2 17 center endowment fund, not to exceed eight hundred
  2 18 seventy-five thousand dollars.  In addition, if the
  2 19 cumulative total value of contributions deposited in
  2 20 the international center endowment fund between July
  2 21 1, 1995, and June 30, 1998, equals or exceeds one
  2 22 million three hundred fifty thousand dollars,
  2 23 effective July 1, 1998, the portion of the permanent
  2 24 school fund used to determine the dedicated amount of
  2 25 interest earned for a year shall also equal one-half
  2 26 that total, not to exceed six hundred seventy-five
  2 27 thousand dollars.
  2 28    However, if, prior to July 1, 1998, the general
  2 29 assembly appropriates moneys for the international
  2 30 center endowment fund established in section 263.8A in
  2 31 an aggregate amount equal to eight hundred seventy-
  2 32 five thousand dollars, the transfer of the interest
  2 33 earned based upon the cumulative value of
  2 34 contributions equal to one million seven hundred fifty
  2 35 thousand dollars deposited in the international center
  2 36 endowment fund on July 1, 1995, is no longer required
  2 37 under this section.  If, on or after July 1, 1998, the
  2 38 general assembly appropriates moneys for the
  2 39 international center endowment fund in an aggregate
  2 40 amount equal to six hundred seventy-five thousand
  2 41 dollars, the transfer of interest earned based upon
  2 42 the cumulative value of contributions equal to one
  2 43 million three hundred fifty thousand dollars deposited
  2 44 in the international center endowment fund between
  2 45 July 1, 1995, and June 30, 1998, is no longer required
  2 46 under this section.
  2 47    Within fifteen days following certification by the
  2 48 state university of Iowa, the department of revenue
  2 49 and finance shall transmit the interest earned on the
  2 50 dedicated amount to the state university of Iowa for
  3  1 the use of the national international center for
  3  2 gifted and talented education.
  3  3    4.  The remaining portion of the interest earned on
  3  4 the permanent school fund shall become a part of the
  3  5 permanent school fund.
  3  6    Until the appropriations specified in subsection 3
  3  7 have been made by the general assembly, fifty percent
  3  8 of the portion of the interest earned on the permanent
  3  9 school fund remaining after the total of the transfer
  3 10 of moneys to the first in the nation in education
  3 11 foundation pursuant to subsection 2 and the transfer
  3 12 of moneys to the international center endowment fund
  3 13 in subsection 3, shall in addition be transferred to
  3 14 the international center endowment fund and the
  3 15 remaining fifty percent shall become a part of the
  3 16 permanent school fund."
  3 17    #3.  Page 19, by inserting after line 6 the
  3 18 following:
  3 19    "Sec.    .  Section 263.8A, Code 1995, is amended
  3 20 to read as follows:
  3 21    263.8A  NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TALENTED
  3 22 AND GIFTED EDUCATION.
  3 23    The state board of regents shall establish and
  3 24 maintain at Iowa City as an integral part of the state
  3 25 university of Iowa the national international center
  3 26 for talented and gifted education.  The national
  3 27 international center shall provide programs to assist
  3 28 classroom teachers to teach gifted and talented
  3 29 students in regular classrooms, provide programs to
  3 30 enhance the learning experiences of gifted and
  3 31 talented students, serve as a center for national and
  3 32 international symposiums and policy forums for
  3 33 enhancing the teaching of gifted and talented
  3 34 students, and undertake other appropriate activities
  3 35 to enhance the programs of the center, including, but
  3 36 not limited to, coordinating and working with the
  3 37 world council for gifted and talented children,
  3 38 incorporated.
  3 39    A national An international center endowment fund
  3 40 is established at the state university of Iowa and
  3 41 gifts and grants to the national international center
  3 42 and investment earnings and returns on the endowment
  3 43 fund shall be deposited in the fund and interest
  3 44 earned on moneys in the fund may be expended by the
  3 45 state university of Iowa for the purposes for which
  3 46 the national international center was established."
  3 47    #4.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  3 48 
  3 49 
  3 50                              
  4  1 GRUBBS of Scott
  4  2 SF 266.524 76
  4  3 kh/jw
     

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