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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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