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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 549 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 21, by inserting after line 2 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . Section 257.31, Code 1997, is amended
1 5 by adding the following new subsection:
1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 18. a. The committee may grant
1 7 transportation assistance aid to a school district
1 8 from funds appropriated in this subsection for the
1 9 purpose of providing additional funds for a budget
1 10 year to school districts whose base year average
1 11 transportation cost per pupil exceeds the base year
1 12 state average transportation cost per pupil. A
1 13 district's average transportation cost per pupil for a
1 14 base year shall be determined by dividing the
1 15 district's actual cost for all children transported in
1 16 all school buses for the base year pursuant to section
1 17 285.1, subsection 12, less the amount received for
1 18 transporting nonpublic school pupils under section
1 19 285.1, by the district's actual enrollment for the
1 20 base year, less the shared-time enrollment for the
1 21 base year as defined in section 257.6. The state
1 22 average transportation cost per pupil shall be
1 23 determined by dividing the total actual cost for all
1 24 children transported in all districts for the base
1 25 year by the total of all districts' actual enrollments
1 26 for the base year. To be eligible for transportation
1 27 assistance aid, a school district shall annually
1 28 certify its actual cost for all children transported
1 29 in all school buses for the base year not later than
1 30 July 15 of the budget year on forms prescribed by the
1 31 committee. The committee shall prioritize the
1 32 requests of eligible school districts ranking the
1 33 districts by their average transportation cost per
1 34 pupil as calculated under this paragraph, with
1 35 consideration given to sparsity of population and
1 36 geographic size of the district. Within the limits of
1 37 the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 38 transportation assistance aid shall be paid to
1 39 districts in the order of the priority ranking.
1 40 Transportation assistance aid for a budget year for a
1 41 district is equal to the amount by which the
1 42 district's average transportation cost per pupil for
1 43 the base year exceeds two hundred percent of the state
1 44 average transportation cost per pupil for the base
1 45 year multiplied by the district's actual enrollment
1 46 for the base year less the shared-time enrollment for
1 47 the base year as defined in section 257.6. The
1 48 committee shall adopt rules establishing a procedure
1 49 for prioritizing requests.
1 50 Payment for a school year shall be made by
2 1 September 1 of the budget year.
2 2 b. There is appropriated from the general fund of
2 3 the state to the department of education for the use
2 4 of the school budget review committee, for each fiscal
2 5 year, the amount of one million five hundred thousand
2 6 dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, to
2 7 pay the transportation assistance aid to school
2 8 districts ranked in the highest priority under this
2 9 subsection."
2 10 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 14 TOM FLYNN
2 15 SF 549.508 77
2 16 kh/jw/28
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