Text: H01873 Text: H01875 Text: H01800 - H01899 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 733 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 2, by striking lines 3 through 6. 1 3 #2. Page 2, by striking lines 11 through 24. 1 4 #3. Page 6, line 10, by striking the word 1 5 "amounts" and inserting the following: "amount". 1 6 #4. Page 6, line 11, by striking the word 1 7 "purposes" and inserting the following: "purpose". 1 8 #5. Page 6, by striking lines 12 and 13. 1 9 #6. Page 6, line 14, by striking the figure "2." 1 10 #7. By striking page 8, line 6, through page 9, 1 11 line 15. 1 12 #8. Page 10, by striking lines 1 through 34 and 1 13 inserting the following: 1 14 "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1 15 Sec. . There is appropriated from the rebuild 1 16 Iowa infrastructure fund to the department of 1 17 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, 1 18 and ending June 30, 1998, the following amount, or so 1 19 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 1 20 purpose designated: 1 21 For the matching school vertical infrastructure 1 22 grant program: 1 23 .................................................. $ 11,000,000" 1 24 #9. Page 11, by striking lines 17 through 28. 1 25 #10. Page 17, by inserting after line 18 the 1 26 following: 1 27 "DIVISION ___ 1 28 MATCHING SCHOOL VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM 1 29 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 257D.3 MATCHING SCHOOL 1 30 VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM. 1 31 1. The department of education shall establish a 1 32 matching school vertical infrastructure grant program. 1 33 The program shall make matching grants to eligible 1 34 school districts for vertical infrastructure projects 1 35 within the school district from moneys appropriated to 1 36 the department or from moneys otherwise obtained or 1 37 accepted by the department. The department shall 1 38 allocate five million five hundred thousand dollars 1 39 for grants to be distributed October 1 and five 1 40 million five hundred thousand dollars for grants to be 1 41 distributed April 1 of each year if such funds are 1 42 available for the program. The director of the 1 43 department shall recommend rules to the state board of 1 44 education regarding the administration of the program. 1 45 The board shall adopt rules which include at least all 1 46 of the following: 1 47 a. That a school district certify that the 1 48 district is seeking a bond issue under chapter 298 to 1 49 finance vertical infrastructure projects in the 1 50 district and transmit to the department a description 2 1 of the projects to be funded through the bond issue. 2 2 b. That the school district apply for the grant 2 3 not later than five days following action by the board 2 4 of directors of the district to adopt the bond 2 5 resolution and place the bond issue before the voters 2 6 of the district. 2 7 c. Criteria for the content of the application. 2 8 d. Procedures for the review of each application. 2 9 2. The department shall review each application 2 10 and approve, modify, or reject the application and 2 11 notify the district within ten days of the date the 2 12 application is received by the department. Matching 2 13 grants are contingent on the approval of the bond 2 14 issue by the voters of the school district. Matching 2 15 grants which are not made due to the failure of the 2 16 school district to approve a bond issue shall remain 2 17 in the fund and be available for award to another 2 18 district. 2 19 3. The department shall award matching grants for 2 20 vertical infrastructure projects in accordance with 2 21 the following priorities: 2 22 a. Projects that reduce or eliminate known life 2 23 safety violations shall receive the highest priority. 2 24 b. Projects regarding a planned reorganization of 2 25 a district which involve the construction of new or 2 26 significant renovation of existing vertical 2 27 infrastructure in the district. 2 28 c. Cooperative education projects involving the 2 29 acquisition of vertical infrastructure, including 2 30 joint facilities pursuant to chapter 28E. In 2 31 evaluating cooperative projects, preference shall be 2 32 given in the following order to projects involving 2 33 joint libraries and media centers; recreational 2 34 facilities; congregate meal and elder care recreation 2 35 facilities adjacent to or part of a school building 2 36 utilizing school kitchen or recreational facilities; 2 37 Iowa communication network facilities; and other 2 38 facilities jointly operated and maintained by cities, 2 39 counties, school corporations, or the state board of 2 40 regents under chapter 28E. 2 41 d. Projects connecting schools to the Iowa 2 42 communications network. 2 43 4. The maximum matching grant awarded to any 2 44 school district shall be one million dollars. A 2 45 school district may receive only one matching grant in 2 46 any five-year period." 2 47 #11. Title page, lines 3 and 4, by striking the 2 48 words "human services, revenue and finance, public 2 49 safety,". 2 50 #12. Title page, line 5, by striking the words 3 1 "workforce development,". 3 2 #13. Title page, line 7, by striking the words 3 3 "Loess Hills development and conservation authority,". 3 4 #14. By renumbering as necessary. 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 WISE of Lee 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 COHOON of Des Moines 3 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 KOENIGS of Mitchell 3 17 3 18 3 19 3 20 WARNSTADT of Woodbury 3 21 3 22 3 23 3 24 RICHARDSON of Warren 3 25 3 26 3 27 3 28 THOMAS of Clayton 3 29 3 30 3 31 3 32 BUKTA of Clinton 3 33 3 34 3 35 3 36 MURPHY of Dubuque 3 37 3 38 3 39 3 40 MASCHER of Johnson 3 41 3 42 3 43 3 44 FREVERT of Palo Alto 3 45 3 46 3 47 3 48 JOCHUM of Dubuque 3 49 3 50 4 1 4 2 KREIMAN of Davis 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 FOEGE of Linn 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 BURNETT of Story 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 BERNAU of Story 4 15 HF 733.501 77 4 16 mk/jw/28
Text: H01873 Text: H01875 Text: H01800 - H01899 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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