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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.13 ON-TIME FUNDING FOR NEW
1 2 STUDENTS.
1 3 1. If a district's actual enrollment for the budget year,
1 4 determined under section 257.6, is greater than its budget
1 5 enrollment for the budget year, the district may submit a
1 6 request to the school budget review committee for on-time
1 7 funding for new students. The school budget review committee
1 8 shall consider the relative increase in enrollment on a
1 9 district-by-district basis, in determining whether to approve
1 10 the request, and shall determine the amount of additional
1 11 funding provided if the request is granted. An application
1 12 for on-time funding must be received by the department of
1 13 education by October 1. Written notice of the committee's
1 14 decision shall be given through the department of education to
1 15 the school board for a district.
1 16 2. If the school budget review committee approves a
1 17 request for on-time funding for new students, the funding
1 18 shall be in an amount up to the product of one-third of the
1 19 district's regular program state cost per pupil for the budget
1 20 year multiplied by the difference between the actual
1 21 enrollment for the budget year and the budget enrollment for
1 22 the budget year. The additional funding received under this
1 23 section is miscellaneous income to the district.
1 24 If a district receives on-time funding for new students
1 25 under this section for a budget year, the department of
1 26 management shall determine the amount of this funding which
1 27 would have been generated by local property tax revenues if
1 28 the actual enrollment for the budget year had been used in
1 29 determining state cost for that budget year. The department
1 30 of management shall reduce, but not by more than the amount of
1 31 the on-time funding, the district's total state school aids
1 32 otherwise available under this chapter for the next following
1 33 budget year by the amount so determined, and shall increase
1 34 the district's additional property tax levy for the next
1 35 following budget year by the amount necessary to compensate
2 1 for the reduction in state aid, so that the local property tax
2 2 for the next following year will be increased only by the
2 3 amount which it would have been increased in the budget year
2 4 if the enrollment calculated in this section could have been
2 5 used to establish the levy.
2 6 3. There is appropriated each fiscal year from the general
2 7 fund of the state to the department of education six million
2 8 dollars to pay additional funding authorized under this
2 9 section, which shall be paid to school districts in monthly
2 10 installments beginning on December 15 and ending on June 15 of
2 11 a budget year.
2 12 4. If the board of directors of a school district
2 13 determines that a need exists for additional funds exceeding
2 14 the amount provided in this section, a request for
2 15 supplemental aid based upon increased enrollment may be
2 16 submitted to the school budget review committee as provided in
2 17 section 257.31.
2 18 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 19 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment for the
2 20 purpose of computations required for payment of state aid to
2 21 and levying of property taxes by school districts for budget
2 22 years beginning on or after July 1, 1997. This Act remains in
2 23 effect until the repeal of chapter 257 on July 1, 2001.
2 24 EXPLANATION
2 25 This bill provides that if the actual enrollment of a
2 26 school district exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget
2 27 year, the district can receive additional funding attributable
2 28 to the increased enrollment. The amount of the additional
2 29 funding shall be determined by the school budget review
2 30 committee, up to an amount equal to one-third of the regular
2 31 program state cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied by
2 32 the difference between the actual and budget enrollment
2 33 figures for the budget year. The additional funding is
2 34 classified as miscellaneous income. Requests for on-time
2 35 funding may be submitted to the school budget review
3 1 committee. The committee shall consider requests on an
3 2 individual district-by-district basis. Requests must be
3 3 received by the department of education by October 1.
3 4 Additional funding received in a given budget year will
3 5 impact the following year's state aid and property tax levels.
3 6 The amount which would have been generated by property taxes
3 7 if the actual (increased) enrollment figure was used in
3 8 determining the district cost will be calculated by the
3 9 department of management. This amount will reduce the level
3 10 of state aid available to the district for the following year,
3 11 but not by more than the amount of the additional funding.
3 12 The district's additional property tax levy for the following
3 13 budget year will then be increased by the amount necessary to
3 14 compensate for the reduction in state aid.
3 15 The bill appropriates $6 million each fiscal year from the
3 16 general fund of the state to the department of education to
3 17 pay the additional funding authorization. Additional amounts
3 18 may be requested by a school district in the form of a request
3 19 for supplemental aid to the school budget review committee
3 20 pursuant to Code section 257.31, subsection 5.
3 21 LSB 1368HH 77
3 22 rn/sc/14.3
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