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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.
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2 21 WEIGEL of Chickasaw
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2 25 MERTZ of Kossuth
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2 29 KOENIGS of Mitchell
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2 33 SCHERRMAN of Dubuque
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2 37 OSTERHAUS of Jackson
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2 41 THOMAS of Clayton
2 42 HF 2533.319 77
2 43 kh/cf/28
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