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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-8616, to Senate File 2366,
1 2 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 14, line 28, by inserting after the word
1 5 "section" the following: "and section 285.17. One-
1 6 half of the amount appropriated under this subsection
1 7 shall be used for purposes of this section and the
1 8 remaining half shall be used for purposes of providing
1 9 transportation assistance to public school districts
1 10 as provided in section 285.17".
1 11 #2. Page 21, by inserting after line 4 the
1 12 following:
1 13 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 285.17 TRANSPORTATION
1 14 ASSISTANCE AID TO DISTRICTS.
1 15 1. Subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds
1 16 by the general assembly, the department shall pay
1 17 transportation assistance aid to school districts
1 18 whose average transportation costs per pupil exceed
1 19 one hundred twenty-five percent of the state average
1 20 transportation costs per pupil determined under
1 21 subsection 2.
1 22 2. A district's average transportation costs per
1 23 pupil shall be determined by dividing the district's
1 24 actual cost for all children transported in all school
1 25 buses for a school year pursuant to section 285.8, by
1 26 the district's actual enrollment for the school year,
1 27 as defined in section 257.6. The state average
1 28 transportation costs per pupil shall be determined by
1 29 dividing the total actual costs for all children
1 30 transported in all districts for a school year, by the
1 31 total of all districts' actual enrollments for the
1 32 school year.
1 33 3. A school district shall annually certify its
1 34 actual cost for all children transported in all school
1 35 buses by July 15 after each school year on forms
1 36 prescribed by the department of education.
1 37 4. If a school district's average transportation
1 38 costs per pupil are greater than one hundred twenty-
1 39 five percent of the state average transportation costs
1 40 per pupil, the department of education shall pay
1 41 transportation assistance aid equal to the amount of
1 42 the difference multiplied by the district's actual
1 43 enrollment for the school year. However, if the funds
1 44 appropriated for purposes of this section are
1 45 insufficient to pay transportation assistance aid as
1 46 provided in this section, the payments to school
1 47 districts determined by the department of education to
1 48 be eligible for transportation assistance as provided
1 49 in this section shall be prorated such that each
1 50 school district eligible for assistance aid under this
2 1 section shall receive an amount of transportation
2 2 assistance aid equal to the percentage that the
2 3 transportation assistance aid to be provided to the
2 4 district bears to the total amount of transportation
2 5 assistance aid to be provided to all school districts
2 6 determined by the department of education to be
2 7 eligible for transportation assistance aid in
2 8 accordance with this section.
2 9 5. Transportation assistance aid received by a
2 10 school district pursuant to this section is
2 11 miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257."
2 12 #3. Page 23, line 19, by striking the word and
2 13 figure "section 257.13" and inserting the following:
2 14 "sections 257.13 and 285.17,".
2 15 #4. Page 23, line 21, by inserting after the word
2 16 and figure "subsection 2" the following: "and section
2 17 285.17, subsection 4".
2 18 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
2 19
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2 21
2 22 WEIGEL of Chickasaw
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2 24
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2 26 MERTZ of Kossuth
2 27
2 28
2 29
2 30 KOENIGS of Mitchell
2 31
2 32
2 33
2 34 MAY of Worth
2 35
2 36
2 37
2 38 SCHERRMAN of Dubuque
2 39
2 40
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2 42 OSTERHAUS of Jackson
2 43 SF 2366.340 77
2 44 kh/cf/28
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