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1 1 Amend the amendment, S-5631, to House File 2533, as
1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 3, by inserting after line 48 the
1 5 following:
1 6 "# . Page 30, by inserting after line 14 the
1 7 following:
1 8 "Sec. . Section 280.4, Code 1997, is amended by
1 9 adding the following new subsection:
1 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. a. There is appropriated
1 11 annually from the general fund of the state to the
1 12 school budget review committee the sum of one million
1 13 dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 14 awarded by the committee to school districts with
1 15 limited English proficient student instruction program
1 16 costs which, in the judgment of the committee, are
1 17 high relative to instruction program costs for other
1 18 limited English proficient student instruction
1 19 programs in the state. Amounts awarded shall be in
1 20 addition to any supplemental aid or modified allowable
1 21 growth provided to a school district pursuant to
1 22 subsection 3.
1 23 b. A school district with a limited English
1 24 proficient student instruction program may submit an
1 25 application, on a form developed by the department of
1 26 education, for assistance pursuant to this subsection
1 27 to the school budget review committee by November 1 of
1 28 the school year in which the school district seeks
1 29 assistance. In making awards, the committee shall
1 30 consider the size, diversity, and enrollment trends of
1 31 the school district, the relative economic wealth and
1 32 property tax base of the school district in comparison
1 33 to other applying school districts, and the efforts
1 34 the school district has undertaken to develop and
1 35 monitor limited English proficient student
1 36 assimilation into the school district population.
1 37 Preference shall be given to school districts which
1 38 have previously received or are currently receiving
1 39 supplemental aid or modified allowable growth from the
1 40 committee for a limited English proficient student
1 41 instruction program pursuant to subsection 3 and which
1 42 have a limited English proficient student enrollment
1 43 within the upper twenty-five percent of all limited
1 44 English proficient student instruction program
1 45 enrollments in the state, as determined by the
1 46 department of management.
1 47 c. Assistance payments shall be made to school
1 48 districts receiving an award in the manner provided in
1 49 section 257.16, beginning with a December 15 payment,
1 50 with the exception that funds shall be expended solely
2 1 for purposes related to limited English proficient
2 2 student program instruction. Notwithstanding section
2 3 8.33, the moneys appropriated in subsection 1 that
2 4 remain unencumbered and unobligated at the close of
2 5 the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund
2 6 but shall remain available for expenditure for the
2 7 purposes designated during the succeeding fiscal
2 8 year.""
2 9 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
2 10
2 11
2 12
2 13 PATRICIA HARPER
2 14 HF 2533.720 77
2 15 kh/sc/28
Text: S05659 Text: S05661 Text: S05600 - S05699 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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