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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 731, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 6, by inserting after line 28 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. ___. Section 257.31, Code 1997, is amended 1 6 by adding the following new subsection: 1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 18. a. The committee may grant 1 8 transportation assistance aid to a school district 1 9 from funds appropriated in this subsection for the 1 10 purpose of providing additional funds for a budget 1 11 year to school districts whose base year average 1 12 transportation cost per pupil exceeds the base year 1 13 state average transportation cost per pupil. A 1 14 district's average transportation cost per pupil for a 1 15 base year shall be determined by dividing the 1 16 district's actual cost for all children transported in 1 17 all school buses for the base year pursuant to section 1 18 285.1, subsection 12, less the amount received for 1 19 transporting nonpublic school pupils under section 1 20 285.1, by the district's actual enrollment for the 1 21 base year, less the shared-time enrollment for the 1 22 base year as defined in section 257.6. The state 1 23 average transportation cost per pupil shall be 1 24 determined by dividing the total actual cost for all 1 25 children transported in all districts for the base 1 26 year by the total of all districts' actual enrollments 1 27 for the base year. To be eligible for transportation 1 28 assistance aid, a school district shall annually 1 29 certify its actual cost for all children transported 1 30 in all school buses for the base year not later than 1 31 July 15 of the budget year on forms prescribed by the 1 32 committee. The committee shall prioritize the 1 33 requests of eligible school districts ranking the 1 34 districts by their average transportation cost per 1 35 pupil as calculated under this paragraph, with 1 36 consideration given to sparsity of population and 1 37 geographic size of the district. Within the limits of 1 38 the funds appropriated in this subsection, 1 39 transportation assistance aid shall be paid to 1 40 districts in the order of the priority ranking. 1 41 Transportation assistance aid for a budget year for a 1 42 district is equal to the amount by which the 1 43 district's average transportation cost per pupil for 1 44 the base year exceeds two hundred percent of the state 1 45 average transportation cost per pupil for the base 1 46 year multiplied by the district's actual enrollment 1 47 for the base year less the shared-time enrollment for 1 48 the base year as defined in section 257.6. The 1 49 committee shall adopt rules establishing a procedure 1 50 for prioritizing requests. 2 1 Payment for a school year shall be made by 2 2 September 1 of the budget year. 2 3 b. There is appropriated from the general fund of 2 4 the state to the department of education for the use 2 5 of the school budget review committee, for each fiscal 2 6 year, the amount of one million five hundred thousand 2 7 dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, to 2 8 pay the transportation assistance aid to school 2 9 districts ranked in the highest priority under this 2 10 subsection." 2 11 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 TOM FLYNN 2 16 JOHN P. KIBBIE 2 17 ROD HALVORSON 2 18 MIKE CONNOLLY 2 19 WALLY E. HORN 2 20 DON GETTINGS 2 21 ELAINE SZYMONIAK 2 22 BILL FINK 2 23 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 2 24 HF 731.208 77 2 25 jp/jj/28
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