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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2533, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 30, by inserting after line 14 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 280.4, Code 1997, is amended by 1 6 adding the following new subsection: 1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. a. There is appropriated 1 8 annually from the general fund of the state to the 1 9 school budget review committee the sum of one million 1 10 dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 1 11 awarded by the committee to school districts with 1 12 limited English proficient student instruction program 1 13 costs which, in the judgment of the committee, are 1 14 high relative to instruction program costs for other 1 15 limited English proficient student instruction 1 16 programs in the state. Amounts awarded shall be in 1 17 addition to any supplemental aid or modified allowable 1 18 growth provided to a school district pursuant to 1 19 subsection 3. 1 20 b. A school district with a limited English 1 21 proficient student instruction program may submit an 1 22 application, on a form developed by the department of 1 23 education, for assistance pursuant to this subsection 1 24 to the school budget review committee by November 1 of 1 25 the school year in which the school district seeks 1 26 assistance. In making awards, the committee shall 1 27 consider the size, diversity, and enrollment trends of 1 28 the school district, the relative economic wealth and 1 29 property tax base of the school district in comparison 1 30 to other applying school districts, and the efforts 1 31 the school district has undertaken to develop and 1 32 monitor limited English proficient student 1 33 assimilation into the school district population. 1 34 Preference shall be given to school districts which 1 35 have previously received or are currently receiving 1 36 supplemental aid or modified allowable growth from the 1 37 committee for a limited English proficient student 1 38 instruction program pursuant to subsection 3 and which 1 39 have a limited English proficient student enrollment 1 40 within the upper twenty-five percent of all limited 1 41 English proficient student instruction program 1 42 enrollments in the state, as determined by the 1 43 department of management. 1 44 c. Assistance payments shall be made to school 1 45 districts receiving an award in the manner provided in 1 46 section 257.16, beginning with a December 15 payment, 1 47 with the exception that funds shall be expended solely 1 48 for purposes related to limited English proficient 1 49 student program instruction. Notwithstanding section 1 50 8.33, the moneys appropriated in subsection 1 that 2 1 remain unencumbered and unobligated at the close of 2 2 the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund 2 3 but shall remain available for expenditure for the 2 4 purposes designated during the succeeding fiscal 2 5 year." 2 6 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 PATRICIA HARPER 2 11 HF 2533.519 77 2 12 kh/jw/28
Text: S05474 Text: S05476 Text: S05400 - S05499 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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