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1 1 Amend Senate File 393 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.50 TRANSPORTATION
1 5 ASSISTANCE AID TO DISTRICTS.
1 6 1. The department shall pay transportation
1 7 assistance aid to a school district from funds
1 8 appropriated in this section to school districts whose
1 9 average transportation costs per pupil exceed the
1 10 state average transportation costs per pupil
1 11 determined under subsection 2 by one hundred percent.
1 12 2. A district's average transportation costs per
1 13 pupil shall be determined by dividing the district's
1 14 actual cost for all children transported in all school
1 15 buses for a school year pursuant to section 285.1,
1 16 subsection 12, less the amount received for
1 17 transporting nonpublic school pupils under section
1 18 285.1, by the district's actual enrollment for the
1 19 school year, less the shared-time enrollment for the
1 20 school year, as defined in section 257.6. The state
1 21 average transportation costs per pupil shall be
1 22 determined by dividing the total actual costs for all
1 23 children transported in all districts for a school
1 24 year, by the total of all districts' actual
1 25 enrollments for the school year.
1 26 3. To be eligible for transportation assistance
1 27 aid, a school district shall annually certify its
1 28 actual cost for all children transported in all school
1 29 buses not later than July 31 after each school year on
1 30 forms prescribed by the department of education.
1 31 4. If a school district's average transportation
1 32 costs per pupil exceed the state average
1 33 transportation costs per pupil by one hundred percent,
1 34 the department of education shall pay transportation
1 35 assistance aid equal to the amount of the difference
1 36 multiplied by the district's actual enrollment for the
1 37 school year less the shared-time enrollment for the
1 38 school year as defined in section 257.6.
1 39 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of
1 40 the state to the department of education, for each
1 41 fiscal year, an amount necessary to pay transportation
1 42 assistance aid pursuant to this section.
1 43 Transportation assistance aid is miscellaneous income
1 44 for purposes of chapter 257.
1 45 Sec. 2. Section 285.3, code 1995, is amended by
1 46 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
1 47 following:
1 48 285.3 PARENTAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL
1 49 STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
1 50 1. A parent or legal guardian of a nonpublic
2 1 school student, who furnishes transportation to the
2 2 student pursuant to section 285.1, shall notify the
2 3 resident public school district that the child is
2 4 enrolled and attending an accredited nonpublic school.
2 5 In addition, the parent or legal guardian shall
2 6 provide the name, age, and grade level of the student,
2 7 and the name of the accredited nonpublic school and
2 8 its location. The resident district shall submit
2 9 claims on behalf of a parent or legal guardian of a
2 10 nonpublic school student by February 1 and July 15 of
2 11 each school year unless the parent or legal guardian
2 12 fails to notify the district pursuant to this
2 13 subsection.
2 14 2. A parent or legal guardian of a nonpublic
2 15 school student who furnishes transportation for the
2 16 child pursuant to section 285.1 is entitled to
2 17 reimbursement equal to an amount calculated under the
2 18 provisions of section 285.1, subsection 3. In
2 19 addition, nonpublic school parents or legal guardians
2 20 who transport one or more family members more than
2 21 four miles to their accredited nonpublic schools of
2 22 attendance shall be entitled to one supplemental
2 23 mileage payment per family, per claim period, equal to
2 24 fifteen percent of the parental reimbursement amount,
2 25 rounded to the nearest whole dollars, when calculated
2 26 under the provisions of section 285.1, subsection 3."
2 27 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and
2 28 inserting the following: "An Act relating to
2 29 transportation assistance aid to a school district and
2 30 making an appropriation."
2 31
2 32
2 33
2 34 TOM FLYNN
2 35 SF 393.202 76
2 36 kh/jj
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