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1 1 Amend House File 2533 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 10, line 25, by inserting before the word
1 3 "For" the following: "a."
1 4 #2. Page 11, by inserting after line 12 the
1 5 following:
1 6 "b. For community colleges with limited English
1 7 proficient student instruction program costs that the
1 8 department of education determines are high relative
1 9 to instruction program costs for other limited English
1 10 proficient student instruction programs in the state:
1 11 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
1 12 A community college with a limited English
1 13 proficient student instruction program may submit an
1 14 application to the department of education, on a form
1 15 developed by the department, for assistance pursuant
1 16 to this paragraph by November 1 of the school year in
1 17 which the community college seeks assistance. In
1 18 distributing funds, the department shall consider the
1 19 size, diversity, and enrollment trends of the school
1 20 district, the relative economic wealth and property
1 21 tax base of the community college district in
1 22 comparison to other applying community college
1 23 districts, and the efforts the community college has
1 24 undertaken to develop and monitor limited English
1 25 proficient student assimilation into the community
1 26 college population. Preference shall be given to
1 27 community colleges that have a limited English
1 28 proficient student enrollment within the upper twenty-
1 29 five percent of all limited English proficient student
1 30 instruction program enrollments in the state's
1 31 community colleges, as determined by the department of
1 32 education.
1 33 Assistance payments shall be made to community
1 34 colleges in accordance with this paragraph beginning
1 35 with a December 15 payment. Funds shall be expended
1 36 solely for purposes related to limited English
1 37 proficient student program instruction.
1 38 Notwithstanding section 8.33, the moneys appropriated
1 39 in this paragraph that remain unencumbered and
1 40 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not
1 41 revert to the general fund but shall remain available
1 42 for expenditure for the purposes designated during the
1 43 succeeding fiscal year."
1 44 #3. Page 29, by inserting after line 12 the
1 45 following:
1 46 "Sec. . Section 280.4, Code 1997, is amended by
1 47 adding the following new subsection:
1 48 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. a. There is appropriated
1 49 annually from the general fund of the state to the
1 50 school budget review committee the sum of one million
2 1 dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 2 awarded by the committee to school districts with
2 3 limited English proficient student instruction program
2 4 costs which, in the judgment of the committee, are
2 5 high relative to instruction program costs for other
2 6 limited English proficient student instruction
2 7 programs in the state. Amounts awarded shall be in
2 8 addition to any supplemental aid or modified allowable
2 9 growth provided to a school district pursuant to
2 10 subsection 3.
2 11 b. A school district with a limited English
2 12 proficient student instruction program may submit an
2 13 application, on a form developed by the department of
2 14 education, for assistance pursuant to this subsection
2 15 to the school budget review committee by November 1 of
2 16 the school year in which the school district seeks
2 17 assistance. In making awards, the committee shall
2 18 consider the size, diversity, and enrollment trends of
2 19 the school district, the relative economic wealth and
2 20 property tax base of the school district in comparison
2 21 to other applying school districts, and the efforts
2 22 the school district has undertaken to develop and
2 23 monitor limited English proficient student
2 24 assimilation into the school district population.
2 25 Preference shall be given to school districts which
2 26 have previously received or are currently receiving
2 27 supplemental aid or modified allowable growth from the
2 28 committee for a limited English proficient student
2 29 instruction program pursuant to subsection 3 and which
2 30 have a limited English proficient student enrollment
2 31 within the upper twenty-five percent of all limited
2 32 English proficient student instruction program
2 33 enrollments in the state, as determined by the
2 34 department of management.
2 35 c. Assistance payments shall be made to school
2 36 districts receiving an award in the manner provided in
2 37 section 257.16, beginning with a December 15 payment,
2 38 with the exception that funds shall be expended solely
2 39 for purposes related to limited English proficient
2 40 student program instruction. Notwithstanding section
2 41 8.33, the moneys appropriated in subsection 1 that
2 42 remain unencumbered and unobligated at the close of
2 43 the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund
2 44 but shall remain available for expenditure for the
2 45 purposes designated during the succeeding fiscal
2 46 year."
2 47 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
2 48
2 49
2 50
3 1 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
3 2 HF 2533.219 77
3 3 kh/jl/28
Text: H08726 Text: H08728 Text: H08700 - H08799 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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