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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.20, subsection 1, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. In order to determine the amount of instructional 1 4 support state aid and the amount of local funding for the 1 5 instructional support program for a district, the department 1 6 of management shall divide the total assessed valuation in the 1 7 state by the total budget enrollment for the budget year in 1 8 the state to determine a state assessed valuation per pupil 1 9 and shall divide the assessed valuation in each district by 1 10 the district's budget enrollment for the budget year to 1 11 determine the district assessed valuation per pupil. The 1 12 department of management shall multiply the ratio of the 1 13 state's valuation per pupil to the district's valuation per 1 14 pupil by twenty-five hundredths and subtract that result from 1 15 one to determine the portion of the instructional support 1 16 program budget that is local funding. The remaining portion 1 17 of the budget shall be funded by instructional support state 1 18 aid.However, for the budget year beginning July 1, 1992,1 19only, the amount of state aid is three and one-quarter percent1 20less than the amount computed under this paragraph for that1 21budget year.1 22 Sec. 2. Section 257.20, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b, 1 23 Code 1995, are amended by striking the paragraphs. 1 24 Sec. 3. Section 257.20, subsection 3, Code 1995, is 1 25 amended by striking the subsection. 1 26 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 257.50 ADDITIONAL AID FOR AT-RISK 1 27 PUPILS. 1 28 1. Beginning with school budget years commencing July 1, 1 29 1996, school districts shall receive additional state aid 1 30 based upon the number of at-risk pupils enrolled in a public 1 31 school in the district. Each school district shall assist the 1 32 department in identifying the number of at-risk pupils and the 1 33 number shall be reported by the department to the department 1 34 of management by October 1 of each budget year. For purposes 1 35 of identifying at-risk pupils, the department shall use the 2 1 primary and secondary risk factors specified in 281 IAC 65, 2 2 rules 4 and 5, and other risk factors that the department, 2 3 with the approval of the department of management, shall 2 4 specify. 2 5 2. The amount of additional state aid a school district 2 6 shall receive for a budget year equals the product of ten 2 7 percent of the district cost per pupil for that budget year 2 8 multiplied by the number of at-risk pupils identified and 2 9 reported pursuant to subsection 1. 2 10 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 2 11 the department of management for each fiscal year an amount 2 12 sufficient to pay the additional state aid to school districts 2 13 under this section. The additional state aid shall be paid in 2 14 the manner provided in section 257.16, commencing with the 2 15 October 15 payment. Aid received by a school district under 2 16 this section shall be miscellaneous income. 2 17 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 257.51 TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE 2 18 AID TO DISTRICTS. 2 19 1. The department of education shall pay transportation 2 20 assistance aid for a budget year to a school district from 2 21 funds appropriated in this section to school districts whose 2 22 average transportation costs per pupil for the base year 2 23 exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the state average 2 24 transportation costs per pupil for the base year determined 2 25 under subsection 2. 2 26 2. A district's average transportation costs per pupil for 2 27 the base year shall be determined by dividing the district's 2 28 actual cost for all children transported in all school buses 2 29 for the base year pursuant to section 285.1, subsection 12, by 2 30 the district's actual enrollment for the base year, as defined 2 31 in section 257.6. The state average transportation costs per 2 32 pupil for the base year shall be determined by dividing the 2 33 total actual costs for all children transported in all 2 34 districts for the base year, by the total of all districts' 2 35 actual enrollments for the base year. 3 1 3. A school district shall annually certify for the base 3 2 year its actual cost for all children transported in all 3 3 school buses by July 15 after each school year on forms 3 4 prescribed by the department of education. 3 5 4. If a school district's average transportation costs per 3 6 pupil for the base year are greater than one hundred twenty- 3 7 five percent of the state average transportation costs per 3 8 pupil for the base year, the department of education shall pay 3 9 transportation assistance aid for the budget year equal to the 3 10 amount of the difference multiplied by the district's actual 3 11 enrollment for the budget year. 3 12 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 3 13 state to the department of education, for each fiscal year, an 3 14 amount necessary to pay transportation assistance aid pursuant 3 15 to this section. Transportation assistance aid is 3 16 miscellaneous income and shall be paid in the manner provided 3 17 in section 257.16, commencing with the October 15 payment. 3 18 Sec. 6. This Act applies for computing state aid for 3 19 school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 1996. 3 20 EXPLANATION 3 21 During the 1992 Session, laws were enacted that reduced the 3 22 amount of state aid to be paid under the instructional support 3 23 program of a school district by 3.5 percent and also, for 3 24 subsequent years, limited the appropriations to that which was 3 25 appropriated in 1992-1993 fiscal year. This bill eliminates 3 26 the freeze on the appropriation and returns the appropriation 3 27 for the instructional support program to a standing unlimited 3 28 appropriation. 3 29 The bill also provides for additional state aid for school 3 30 districts with at-risk pupils enrolled in public schools 3 31 within the school district. The amount of aid equals 10 3 32 percent of the district cost per pupil times the number of at- 3 33 risk pupils. 3 34 The bill appropriates additional state aid as 3 35 transportation assistance aid to a school district if the 4 1 school district's per pupil transportation costs exceed 125 4 2 percent of the state average for all school districts. 4 3 The bill applies to school budget years commencing on or 4 4 after July 1, 1996. 4 5 LSB 1969XC 76 4 6 mg/cf/24
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