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1 1 Section 1. Section 280.4, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. a. There is appropriated annually
1 4 from the general fund of the state to the school budget review
1 5 committee two million dollars, or so much thereof as is
1 6 necessary, to be awarded by the committee to school districts
1 7 with limited English proficient student instruction program
1 8 costs which, in the judgment of the committee, are high
1 9 relative to instruction program costs for other limited
1 10 English proficient student instruction programs in the state.
1 11 Amounts awarded shall be in addition to any supplemental aid
1 12 or modified allowable growth provided to a school district
1 13 pursuant to subsection 3.
1 14 b. A school district with a limited English proficient
1 15 student instruction program may submit an application, on a
1 16 form developed by the department of education, for assistance
1 17 pursuant to this subsection to the school budget review
1 18 committee by November 1 of the school year in which the school
1 19 district seeks assistance. In making awards, the committee
1 20 shall consider the size, diversity, and enrollment trends of
1 21 the school district, the relative economic wealth and property
1 22 tax base of the school district in comparison to other
1 23 applying school districts, and the efforts the school district
1 24 has undertaken to develop and monitor limited English
1 25 proficient student assimilation into the school district
1 26 population. Preference shall be given to school districts
1 27 which have previously received or are currently receiving
1 28 supplemental aid or modified allowable growth from the
1 29 committee for a limited English proficient student instruction
1 30 program pursuant to subsection 3 and which have a limited
1 31 English proficient student enrollment within the upper twenty-
1 32 five percent of all limited English proficient student
1 33 instruction program enrollments in the state, as determined by
1 34 the department of management.
1 35 c. Assistance payments shall be made to school districts
2 1 receiving an award in the manner provided in section 257.16,
2 2 beginning with a December 15 payment, with the exception that
2 3 funds shall be expended solely for purposes related to limited
2 4 English proficient student program instruction.
2 5 Notwithstanding section 8.33, the moneys appropriated in
2 6 subsection 1 that remain unencumbered and unobligated at the
2 7 close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund
2 8 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
2 9 designated during the succeeding fiscal year.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill provides for additional funding for school
2 12 districts with high limited English proficiency program costs.
2 13 The bill provides for an annual appropriation of $2 million
2 14 from the general fund of the state to the school budget review
2 15 committee, to be awarded by the committee to school districts
2 16 with limited English proficient student instruction program
2 17 costs which, in the judgment of the committee, are relatively
2 18 high in comparison to similar programs in other school
2 19 districts. Applications may be submitted by school districts
2 20 with a limited English proficient student instruction program
2 21 by November 1 of the school year in which a school district
2 22 seeks assistance. In making awards, the committee shall
2 23 consider the size, diversity, and enrollment trends of the
2 24 school district, the relative economic wealth and property tax
2 25 base of the school district in comparison to other applying
2 26 school districts, and the efforts the school district has
2 27 undertaken to develop and monitor limited English proficient
2 28 student assimilation into the school district population.
2 29 Priority will be given to school districts which have received
2 30 supplemental aid or modified allowable growth for a limited
2 31 English proficient student instruction program, and which have
2 32 an enrollment placing the school district in the upper 25
2 33 percent of all limited English proficient student instruction
2 34 program enrollments in the state, as determined by the
2 35 department of management. Payments shall be made to school
3 1 districts monthly from December 15 through June 15, and the
3 2 amounts awarded shall be expended solely for purposes related
3 3 to limited English proficient student program instruction.
3 4 The bill provides for the nonreversion of unencumbered and
3 5 unobligated funds at the close of the fiscal year.
3 6 LSB 3742HH 77
3 7 rn/sc/14
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