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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2533 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 34, by inserting after line 10 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. ___. CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION TAXABLE 1 5 VALUATION INCREASE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AID. 1 6 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and 1 7 ending June 30, 1999, if the actual taxable valuation 1 8 of real property located in this state, based upon 1 9 January 1, 1997, assessments, which is used in the 1 10 computation of property taxes payable in the fiscal 1 11 year beginning July 1, 1998, increases from the 1 12 estimate of such taxable valuation, there is 1 13 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 1 14 department of education the lesser of $4,000,000 or 1 15 the amount of the reduction in state foundation aid 1 16 under section 257.1 as a result of such increase in 1 17 taxable valuation to be used to fund transportation 1 18 assistance to school districts as provided in 1 19 subsection 2. 1 20 2. a. Subject to an appropriation of sufficient 1 21 funds by the general assembly pursuant to subsection 1 22 1, the department shall pay transportation assistance 1 23 aid to school districts whose average transportation 1 24 costs per pupil exceed one hundred twenty-five percent 1 25 of the state average transportation costs per pupil 1 26 determined under paragraph "b". 1 27 b. A district's average transportation costs per 1 28 pupil shall be determined by dividing the district's 1 29 actual cost for all children transported in all school 1 30 buses for a school year pursuant to section 285.8, by 1 31 the district's actual enrollment for the school year, 1 32 as defined in section 257.6. The state average 1 33 transportation costs per pupil shall be determined by 1 34 dividing the total actual costs for all children 1 35 transported in all districts for a school year, by the 1 36 total of all districts' actual enrollments for the 1 37 school year. 1 38 c. A school district shall annually certify its 1 39 actual cost for all children transported in all school 1 40 buses by July 15 after each school year on forms 1 41 prescribed by the department of education. 1 42 d. If a school district's average transportation 1 43 costs per pupil are greater than one hundred twenty- 1 44 five percent of the state average transportation costs 1 45 per pupil, the department of education shall pay 1 46 transportation assistance aid equal to the amount of 1 47 the difference multiplied by the district's actual 1 48 enrollment for the school year. However, if the funds 1 49 appropriated for purposes of this section are 1 50 insufficient to pay transportation assistance aid as 2 1 provided in this section, the payments to school 2 2 districts determined by the department of education to 2 3 be eligible for transportation assistance as provided 2 4 in this section shall be prorated such that each 2 5 school district eligible for assistance aid under this 2 6 section shall receive an amount of transportation 2 7 assistance aid equal to the percentage that the 2 8 transportation assistance aid to be provided to the 2 9 district bears to the total amount of transportation 2 10 assistance aid to be provided to all school districts 2 11 determined by the department of education to be 2 12 eligible for transportation assistance aid in 2 13 accordance with this subsection. 2 14 e. Transportation assistance aid received by a 2 15 school district pursuant to this section is 2 16 miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257." 2 17 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 WEIGEL of Chickasaw 2 22 2 23 2 24 2 25 MERTZ of Kossuth 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 KOENIGS of Mitchell 2 30 2 31 2 32 2 33 SCHERRMAN of Dubuque 2 34 2 35 2 36 2 37 OSTERHAUS of Jackson 2 38 2 39 2 40 2 41 THOMAS of Clayton 2 42 HF 2533.319 77 2 43 kh/cf/28
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