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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.50 ASSISTED SCHOOL
1 2 DISTRICTS.
1 3 1. An assisted school district is a school district that
1 4 has one or more elementary school attendance centers in which
1 5 at least fifty percent of the students enrolled in the
1 6 attendance center or centers qualify for free or reduced price
1 7 lunches. A school district that determines it is an assisted
1 8 school district under this section shall annually certify to
1 9 the department of education its eligibility to receive funds
1 10 under this section by October 1.
1 11 2. An assisted school districts fund is established in the
1 12 office of the treasurer of state to be administered by the
1 13 department of education. Moneys appropriated by the general
1 14 assembly for deposit in the fund shall be paid to school
1 15 districts pursuant to the requirements of this section.
1 16 Moneys received by eligible school districts shall be used to
1 17 limit class size, reduce student-teacher ratios, and employ
1 18 additional teacher's aides in kindergarten through grade six
1 19 in eligible elementary school attendance centers. An
1 20 elementary school attendance center in which at least fifty
1 21 percent of the students enrolled qualify for free or reduced
1 22 price lunches is, for purposes of this section, an eligible
1 23 elementary school attendance center. Moneys received pursuant
1 24 to this section shall supplement other funds available for
1 25 these purposes and shall not be used to replace those funds.
1 26 Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June
1 27 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of
1 28 the state.
1 29 3. The amount of moneys allocated from the assisted school
1 30 districts fund to each eligible school district for each
1 31 fiscal year shall be based upon the proportion that the total
1 32 number of pupils enrolled in the eligible elementary school
1 33 attendance centers in the district for a budget year as
1 34 defined under section 257.6 bears to the sum of the basic
1 35 enrollments of all eligible elementary school attendance
2 1 centers in eligible school districts in the state for that
2 2 budget year.
2 3 4. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 1995,
2 4 the department of education shall notify the department of
2 5 revenue and finance of the amounts to be paid to each eligible
2 6 school district from the assisted school districts fund.
2 7 Payments shall be made by the department of revenue and
2 8 finance on a monthly basis commencing on October 15 and ending
2 9 June 15 of each fiscal year. The payments shall be separate
2 10 from state aid payments made pursuant to sections 257.16 and
2 11 257.35. Payments made to eligible school districts under this
2 12 section are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257.
2 13 5. There is appropriated to the assisted school districts
2 14 fund for each fiscal year the sum of fifteen million dollars
2 15 from the general fund of the state for the purposes of this
2 16 section.
2 17 EXPLANATION
2 18 This bill annually appropriates $15 million to be deposited
2 19 in an assisted school districts fund and distributed by the
2 20 department of education to school districts that have one or
2 21 more elementary school attendance centers in which at least 50
2 22 percent of the students enrolled qualify for free or reduced
2 23 price lunches.
2 24 The assisted school districts fund is established in the
2 25 office of the treasurer of state. A school district shall
2 26 annually certify its eligibility to receive assisted school
2 27 districts funds to the department of education by October 1.
2 28 Moneys received by eligible school districts shall be used
2 29 to limit class size, reduce student-teacher ratios, and employ
2 30 additional teacher's aides in kindergarten through grade six
2 31 in eligible attendance centers. Any balance remaining in the
2 32 assisted school districts fund on June 30 of any fiscal year
2 33 shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
2 34 The amount of moneys allocated from the assisted school
2 35 districts fund to each eligible school district for each
3 1 fiscal year shall be based upon the proportion that the basic
3 2 enrollment of the eligible elementary school attendance
3 3 centers in the district for a budget year as defined under
3 4 section 257.6 bears to the sum of the basic enrollments of all
3 5 eligible elementary school attendance centers in districts in
3 6 the state for that budget year.
3 7 Payments shall be made on a monthly basis commencing on
3 8 October 15 and ending June 15 of each fiscal year. Payments
3 9 made to eligible school districts are miscellaneous income for
3 10 purposes of chapter 257.
3 11 LSB 1749HH 76
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