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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.50 TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE 1 2 AID TO DISTRICTS. 1 3 1. The department shall pay transportation assistance aid 1 4 to a school district from funds appropriated in this section 1 5 to school districts whose average transportation costs per 1 6 pupil exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the state 1 7 average transportation costs per pupil determined under 1 8 subsection 2. 1 9 2. A district's average transportation costs per pupil 1 10 shall be determined by dividing the district's actual cost for 1 11 all children transported in all school buses for a school year 1 12 pursuant to section 285.1, subsection 12, by the district's 1 13 actual enrollment for the school year, as defined in section 1 14 257.6. The state average transportation costs per pupil shall 1 15 be determined by dividing the total actual costs for all 1 16 children transported in all districts for a school year, by 1 17 the total of all districts' actual enrollments for the school 1 18 year. 1 19 3. A school district shall annually certify its actual 1 20 cost for all children transported in all school buses by July 1 21 15 after each school year on forms prescribed by the 1 22 department of education. 1 23 4. If a school district's average transportation costs per 1 24 pupil are greater than one hundred twenty-five percent of the 1 25 state average transportation costs per pupil, the department 1 26 of education shall pay transportation assistance aid equal to 1 27 the amount of the difference multiplied by the district's 1 28 actual enrollment for the school year. 1 29 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 1 30 state to the department of education, for each fiscal year, an 1 31 amount necessary to pay transportation assistance aid pursuant 1 32 to this section. Transportation assistance aid is 1 33 miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257. 1 34 EXPLANATION 1 35 This bill provides an appropriation to the department of 2 1 education in an amount necessary to pay transportation 2 2 assistance aid to school districts whose average 2 3 transportation costs per pupil exceed 125 percent of the state 2 4 average transportation costs per pupil. 2 5 Districts are required to annually certify their costs for 2 6 transportation to the department of education by July 15 after 2 7 each school year. 2 8 LSB 1138YH 77 2 9 kh/sc/14
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