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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256B.16 CURRENT YEAR ADDITIONAL
1 2 FUNDING.
1 3 If a district's actual enrollment of special education
1 4 pupils, as determined pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 3,
1 5 is greater than its budget enrollment of special education
1 6 pupils for the budget year, the district is granted additional
1 7 funding from the state of an amount equal to the regular
1 8 program district cost per pupil times the product of the
1 9 additional weighting for special education determined in
1 10 section 256B.9 multiplied by the difference between the actual
1 11 enrollment of special education pupils and the budget
1 12 enrollment of special education pupils for the budget year.
1 13 The additional funding received is miscellaneous income to the
1 14 district.
1 15 If a district receives additional funding under this
1 16 subsection for a budget year, the department of management
1 17 shall determine the amount of the additional funding which
1 18 would have been generated by local property tax revenues if
1 19 the actual number of special education students for the budget
1 20 year had been used in determining district cost for that
1 21 budget year. The department of management shall reduce, but
1 22 not by more than the amount of the additional funding, the
1 23 district's total state school aid otherwise available under
1 24 chapter 257 for the following budget year by the amount so
1 25 determined, and shall increase the district's additional
1 26 property tax levy for the following budget year by the amount
1 27 necessary to compensate for the reduction in state aid, so
1 28 that the local property tax for the following year will be
1 29 increased only by the amount which it would have been
1 30 increased in the budget year if the enrollment calculated
1 31 pursuant to this section could have been used to establish the
1 32 levy.
1 33 There is appropriated each fiscal year from the general
1 34 fund of the state to the department of education the amount
1 35 required to pay the additional funding authorized under this
2 1 section. The state aid paid to school districts under this
2 2 section shall be paid in monthly installments beginning on
2 3 December 15 of a budget year and ending on June 15.
2 4 Sec. 2. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
2 5 takes effect upon enactment for the purpose of computations
2 6 required for payment of state aid to and levying property
2 7 taxes by school districts for budget years beginning on or
2 8 after July 1, 1996.
2 9 EXPLANATION
2 10 The bill provides that if the actual number of special
2 11 education students in a school district exceeds the number of
2 12 special education students in the budget enrollment for the
2 13 budget year, the district can receive additional funding
2 14 attributable to the increased number of students. The amount
2 15 of the additional funding is equal to the additional weighting
2 16 for special education students multiplied by the difference
2 17 between the actual and budget numbers of special education
2 18 students for the budget year times the district cost per
2 19 pupil. The additional funding is classified as miscellaneous
2 20 income.
2 21 The additional funding received in a given budget year will
2 22 impact the following year's state aid and property tax levels.
2 23 The amount which would have been generated by property taxes
2 24 if the actual (increased) number of special education students
2 25 was used in determining the district cost will be calculated
2 26 by the department of management. This amount will reduce the
2 27 level of state aid available to the district for the following
2 28 year, but not by more than the amount of the additional
2 29 funding. The district's additional property tax levy for the
2 30 following budget year will then be increased by the amount
2 31 necessary to compensate for the reduction in state aid.
2 32 The bill appropriates the amount necessary to pay the
2 33 additional funding each fiscal year to the department of
2 34 education.
2 35 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
3 1 LSB 3202HH 76
3 2 rn/jj/8.2
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