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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2366 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 25, by inserting after line 33 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 297A.1 SCHOOL 1 5 INFRASTRUCTURE FUND APPROPRIATION. 1 6 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 7 the state to the department of education for the 1 8 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 1 9 30, 1999, the sum of one hundred million dollars to 1 10 establish, maintain, and administer a school 1 11 infrastructure fund. 1 12 2. Moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall be 1 13 allocated to school districts throughout the state on 1 14 a per pupil basis. The amount of moneys allocated to 1 15 school districts shall be in the proportion that the 1 16 basic enrollment of a district bears to the sum of the 1 17 basic enrollments of all school districts in the state 1 18 for the budget year. 1 19 3. The department of management shall allocate to 1 20 each school district the amount calculated pursuant to 1 21 subsection 2 in one payment on or about October 15, 1 22 based upon the actual enrollment certified to the 1 23 department of education for each school district and 1 24 forwarded to the department of management, taking into 1 25 consideration the relative budget and cash position of 1 26 the state resources. By October 1, prior to the 1 27 receipt of funds, school districts shall submit to the 1 28 department of education a school infrastructure 1 29 progress report. The report shall provide adequate 1 30 assurance that the school district has developed or is 1 31 developing a school infrastructure plan containing an 1 32 analysis of school district infrastructure needs, 1 33 priorities, and an estimated timetable for completion 1 34 of infrastructure projects or allocation of funds 1 35 previously received by the school district pursuant to 1 36 subsection 2. 1 37 4. Moneys received under this section shall not be 1 38 commingled with state aid payments made under section 1 39 257.16 to a school district, and shall be accounted 1 40 for by the school district separately from state aid 1 41 payments. Payments made to school districts pursuant 1 42 to this section are miscellaneous income for purposes 1 43 of chapter 257 or are considered encumbered. Each 1 44 school district shall maintain a separate listing 1 45 within its budget for payments received and 1 46 expenditures made pursuant to this section. Moneys 1 47 received under this section shall not be used for 1 48 payment of any collective bargaining agreement or 1 49 arbitrator's decision negotiated or awarded under 1 50 chapter 20. 2 1 5. For purposes of this chapter, a "school 2 2 district" shall mean a school district as defined in 2 3 section 257.2. 2 4 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 297A.2 SCHOOL 2 5 INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENDITURES. 2 6 1. School districts shall expend funds received 2 7 pursuant to section 297A.1 for school infrastructure 2 8 needs. For purposes of this chapter, "school 2 9 infrastructure" includes the following: 2 10 a. Activities for which a school district is 2 11 authorized to contract indebtedness and issue general 2 12 obligation bonds under section 296.1, except those 2 13 activities related to a teacher's or superintendent's 2 14 home or homes. These activities include the 2 15 construction, reconstruction, repair, purchasing, or 2 16 remodeling of schoolhouses, stadiums, gyms, 2 17 fieldhouses, and bus garages. 2 18 b. Procurement of school house construction sites 2 19 and the making of site improvements. 2 20 c. Payment or retirement of outstanding bonds 2 21 previously issued for school infrastructure purposes, 2 22 as defined in this subsection, if it is determined by 2 23 the department of education that the school district 2 24 has undertaken a serious effort to meet its school 2 25 infrastructure needs. In making this determination, 2 26 the department shall consider the relative size and 2 27 property tax base of the school district, and the 2 28 information provided to the department in the school 2 29 district's infrastructure progress report pursuant to 2 30 section 297A.1. 2 31 d. Maintenance of schoolhouses and school district 2 32 property. 2 33 e. School improvement technology programs pursuant 2 34 to chapter 295, utilized for a school district. 2 35 2. Funds received by a school district pursuant to 2 36 this chapter shall not be expended to add a full-time 2 37 equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing." 2 38 #2. By renumbering, relettering, and redesignating 2 39 as necessary. 2 40 2 41 2 42 2 43 STEVEN D. HANSEN 2 44 ROD HALVORSON 2 45 JOHNIE HAMMOND 2 46 TOM FLYNN 2 47 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 2 48 BILL FINK 2 49 ELAINE SZYMONIAK 2 50 MIKE CONNOLLY 3 1 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL 3 2 EUGENE S. FRAISE 3 3 PATRICK J. DELUHERY 3 4 PATTY JUDGE 3 5 MARY NEUHAUSER 3 6 DENNIS H. BLACK 3 7 WALLY E. HORN 3 8 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 3 9 PATRICIA HARPER 3 10 SF 2366.504 77 3 11 kh/jw/28
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