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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.13 ADVANCE FOR INCREASING
1 2 ENROLLMENT.
1 3 1. If a district's actual enrollment for the budget year,
1 4 determined under section 257.6 is greater than its budget
1 5 enrollment for the budget year, the district is granted an
1 6 advance from the state of an amount equal to its regular
1 7 program district cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied
1 8 by the difference between the actual enrollment for the budget
1 9 year and the budget enrollment for the budget year. The
1 10 advance is miscellaneous income.
1 11 2. a. Notwithstanding the amount computed under
1 12 subsection 1, for the budget year beginning July 1, 1996, each
1 13 school district shall receive an advance in amount equal to
1 14 the applicable percentage of the amount computed under
1 15 subsection 1 based upon the percentage increase in actual
1 16 enrollment over budget enrollment in the following schedule:
1 17 Percentage increase Percentage
1 18 in enrollment of advance
1 19 Less than 2 percent 25 percent
1 20 2 to less than 4 percent 40 percent
1 21 4 to less than 6 percent 55 percent
1 22 6 percent and above 70 percent
1 23 Advances received based on this schedule will be reduced by
1 24 any amounts received by a district pursuant to section 257.14
1 25 in determining the funding advance available to the district.
1 26 b. If a district's actual enrollment for the budget year
1 27 exceeds its budget enrollment for the budget year by greater
1 28 than one hundred students, the receivable percentage of the
1 29 advance in the schedule provided in paragraph "a" is increased
1 30 by twenty percentage points.
1 31 3. If the board of directors of a school district
1 32 determines a need for additional funds exceeding the amount
1 33 provided by the schedule, a request for supplemental aid based
1 34 upon increased enrollment may be submitted to the school
1 35 budget review committee as provided in section 257.31 and
2 1 section 260D.14.
2 2 4. If a district receives an advance under this section
2 3 for a budget year, the department of management shall
2 4 determine the amount of the advance which would have been
2 5 generated by local property tax revenues if the actual
2 6 enrollment for the budget year had been used in determining
2 7 district cost for that budget year, shall reduce the
2 8 district's total state school aids otherwise available under
2 9 this chapter for the next following budget year by the amount
2 10 so determined, and shall increase the district's additional
2 11 property tax levy for the next following budget year by the
2 12 amount necessary to compensate for the reduction in state aid,
2 13 so that the local property tax for the next following year
2 14 will be increased only by the amount which it would have been
2 15 increased in the budget year if the enrollment calculated in
2 16 this section could have been used to establish the levy.
2 17 5. There is appropriated each fiscal year from the general
2 18 fund of the state to the department of education the amount
2 19 required to pay advances authorized under this section, which
2 20 shall be paid to school districts in the same manner as other
2 21 state aids are paid under section 257.16.
2 22 Sec. 2. Section 257.16, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
2 23 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
2 24 All state aids paid under this chapter, unless otherwise
2 25 stated, shall be paid in monthly installments beginning on
2 26 September 15 of a budget year and ending on or about June 15
2 27 of the budget year as determined by the department of
2 28 management, taking into consideration the relative budget and
2 29 cash position of the state resources. However, the state aid
2 30 paid to school districts under section 257.13 shall be paid in
2 31 monthly installments beginning on December 15 and ending on
2 32 June 15 of that year.
2 33 Sec. 3. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
2 34 takes effect upon enactment for the purpose of computations
2 35 required for payment of state aid to and levying of property
3 1 taxes by school districts for budget years beginning on or
3 2 after July 1, 1996.
3 3 EXPLANATION
3 4 This bill provides that if the actual enrollment of a
3 5 school district exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget
3 6 year, the district can receive a funding advance attributable
3 7 to the increased enrollment.
3 8 The amount of the advance is determined through application
3 9 of a graduated schedule containing proportionate increases in
3 10 funding corresponding to the percentage of increased
3 11 enrollment. If the district's actual enrollment for the
3 12 budget year exceeds 100 students, the district is entitled to
3 13 add an additional 20 percentage points in utilizing the
3 14 schedule to calculate the amount of a funding advance.
3 15 Amounts received by the district will be reduced by any budget
3 16 adjustment receivable by the district pursuant to section
3 17 257.14.
3 18 In the event that additional funding for the budget year is
3 19 determined necessary, the board of directors of the school
3 20 district can apply to the school budget review committee for
3 21 supplemental aid.
3 22 The advance received in a given budget year will impact the
3 23 following year's state aid and property tax levels. The
3 24 amount of the advance which would have been generated by
3 25 property taxes if the actual (increased) enrollment figure was
3 26 used in determining the district cost will be calculated by
3 27 the department of management. This amount will reduce the
3 28 level of state aid available to the district for the following
3 29 year, but not by more than the amount of the advance. The
3 30 district's additional property tax levy for the following
3 31 budget year will then be increased by the amount necessary to
3 32 compensate for the reduction in state aid.
3 33 The bill provides for the appropriation of an amount
3 34 necessary to pay the advances each fiscal year to the
3 35 department of education, provides for payments beginning on
4 1 December 15, and provides for an effective date upon
4 2 enactment.
4 3 LSB 3977YC 76
4 4 rn/sc/14
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