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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-5400, to Senate File 1 2 2366, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, 1 3 as follows: 1 4 #1. Page 24, by inserting after line 25 the 1 5 following: 1 6 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 297A.1 SCHOOL 1 7 INFRASTRUCTURE FUND APPROPRIATION. 1 8 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 9 the state to the department of education for the 1 10 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 1 11 30, 1999, the sum of one hundred million dollars to 1 12 establish, maintain, and administer a school 1 13 infrastructure fund. 1 14 2. Moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall be 1 15 allocated to school districts throughout the state on 1 16 a per pupil basis. The amount of moneys allocated to 1 17 school districts shall be in the proportion that the 1 18 basic enrollment of a district bears to the sum of the 1 19 basic enrollments of all school districts in the state 1 20 for the budget year. 1 21 3. The department of management shall allocate to 1 22 each school district the amount calculated pursuant to 1 23 subsection 2 in one payment on or about October 15, 1 24 based upon the actual enrollment certified to the 1 25 department of education for each school district and 1 26 forwarded to the department of management, taking into 1 27 consideration the relative budget and cash position of 1 28 the state resources. By October 1, prior to the 1 29 receipt of funds, school districts shall submit to the 1 30 department of education a school infrastructure 1 31 progress report. The report shall provide adequate 1 32 assurance that the school district has developed or is 1 33 developing a school infrastructure plan containing an 1 34 analysis of school district infrastructure needs, 1 35 priorities, and an estimated timetable for completion 1 36 of infrastructure projects or allocation of funds 1 37 previously received by the school district pursuant to 1 38 subsection 2. 1 39 4. Moneys received under this section shall not be 1 40 commingled with state aid payments made under section 1 41 257.16 to a school district, and shall be accounted 1 42 for by the school district separately from state aid 1 43 payments. Payments made to school districts pursuant 1 44 to this section are miscellaneous income for purposes 1 45 of chapter 257 or are considered encumbered. Each 1 46 school district shall maintain a separate listing 1 47 within its budget for payments received and 1 48 expenditures made pursuant to this section. Moneys 1 49 received under this section shall not be used for 1 50 payment of any collective bargaining agreement or 2 1 arbitrator's decision negotiated or awarded under 2 2 chapter 20. 2 3 5. For purposes of this chapter, a "school 2 4 district" shall mean a school district as defined in 2 5 section 257.2. 2 6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 297A.2 SCHOOL 2 7 INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENDITURES. 2 8 1. School districts shall expend funds received 2 9 pursuant to section 297A.1 for school infrastructure 2 10 needs. For purposes of this chapter, "school 2 11 infrastructure" includes the following: 2 12 a. Activities for which a school district is 2 13 authorized to contract indebtedness and issue general 2 14 obligation bonds under section 296.1, except those 2 15 activities related to a teacher's or superintendent's 2 16 home or homes. These activities include the 2 17 construction, reconstruction, repair, purchasing, or 2 18 remodeling of schoolhouses, stadiums, gyms, 2 19 fieldhouses, and bus garages. 2 20 b. Procurement of school house construction sites 2 21 and the making of site improvements. 2 22 c. Payment or retirement of outstanding bonds 2 23 previously issued for school infrastructure purposes, 2 24 as defined in this subsection, if it is determined by 2 25 the department of education that the school district 2 26 has undertaken a serious effort to meet its school 2 27 infrastructure needs. In making this determination, 2 28 the department shall consider the relative size and 2 29 property tax base of the school district, and the 2 30 information provided to the department in the school 2 31 district's infrastructure progress report pursuant to 2 32 section 297A.1. 2 33 d. Maintenance of schoolhouses and school district 2 34 property. 2 35 e. School improvement technology programs pursuant 2 36 to chapter 295, utilized for a school district. 2 37 2. Funds received by a school district pursuant to 2 38 this chapter shall not be expended to add a full-time 2 39 equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing." 2 40 #2. By renumbering, relettering, and redesignating 2 41 as necessary. 2 42 2 43 2 44 2 45 PATRICIA HARPER 2 46 BILL FINK 2 47 ROD HALVORSON 2 48 TOM VILSACK 2 49 PATRICK J. DELUHERY 2 50 PATTY JUDGE 3 1 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL 3 2 EUGENE S. FRAISE 3 3 ELAINE SZYMONIAK 3 4 TOM FLYNN 3 5 DICK L. DEARDEN 3 6 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 3 7 MARY NEUHAUSER 3 8 MATT McCOY 3 9 DON GETTINGS 3 10 DENNIS H. BLACK 3 11 WILLIAM D. PALMER 3 12 WALLY E. HORN 3 13 MIKE CONNOLLY 3 14 JOHNIE HAMMOND 3 15 JOHN P. KIBBIE 3 16 SF 2366.558 77 3 17 kh/jw/28
Text: S05743 Text: S05745 Text: S05700 - S05799 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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