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PAG LIN 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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