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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.31, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 18. a. The committee may grant
1 4 transportation assistance aid to a school district from funds
1 5 appropriated in this subsection for the purpose of providing
1 6 additional funds for a budget year to school districts whose
1 7 base year average transportation cost per pupil exceeds the
1 8 base year state average transportation cost per pupil. A
1 9 district's average transportation cost per pupil for a base
1 10 year shall be determined by dividing the district's actual
1 11 cost for all children transported in all school buses for the
1 12 base year pursuant to section 285.1, subsection 12, less the
1 13 amount received for transporting nonpublic school pupils under
1 14 section 285.1, by the district's actual enrollment for the
1 15 base year, less the shared-time enrollment for the base year
1 16 as defined in section 257.6. The state average transportation
1 17 cost per pupil shall be determined by dividing the total
1 18 actual cost for all children transported in all districts for
1 19 the base year by the total of all districts' actual
1 20 enrollments for the base year. To be eligible for
1 21 transportation assistance aid, a school district shall
1 22 annually certify its actual cost for all children transported
1 23 in all school buses for the base year not later than July 15
1 24 of the budget year on forms prescribed by the committee. The
1 25 committee shall prioritize the requests of eligible school
1 26 districts ranking the districts by their average
1 27 transportation cost per pupil as calculated under this
1 28 paragraph, with consideration given to sparsity of population
1 29 and geographic size of the district. Within the limits of the
1 30 funds appropriated in this subsection, transportation
1 31 assistance aid shall be paid to districts in the order of the
1 32 priority ranking. Transportation assistance aid for a budget
1 33 year for a district is equal to the amount by which the
1 34 district's average transportation cost per pupil for the base
1 35 year exceeds two hundred percent of the state average
2 1 transportation cost per pupil for the base year multiplied by
2 2 the district's actual enrollment for the base year less the
2 3 shared-time enrollment for the base year as defined in section
2 4 257.6. The committee shall adopt rules establishing a
2 5 procedure for prioritizing requests.
2 6 Payment for a school year shall be made by September 1 of
2 7 the budget year.
2 8 b. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
2 9 state to the department of education for the use of the school
2 10 budget review committee, for each fiscal year, the amount of
2 11 one million five hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof
2 12 as may be necessary, to pay the transportation assistance aid
2 13 to school districts ranked in the highest priority under this
2 14 subsection.
2 15 EXPLANATION
2 16 This bill appropriates $1.5 million each year beginning
2 17 July 1, 1997, to the department of education for the use of
2 18 the school budget review committee to pay transportation
2 19 assistance to school districts ranking in the highest priority
2 20 of need based on the highest average transportation cost per
2 21 pupil for the previous school year and considering sparsity of
2 22 population and geographic size of the district.
2 23 The bill determines a district's average transportation
2 24 cost per pupil by dividing the district's actual cost for all
2 25 children entitled to transportation services who are
2 26 transported in all school buses for a base year, less the
2 27 amount received for transporting nonpublic school pupils, by
2 28 the district's actual enrollment for the base year, less the
2 29 shared-time enrollment for the school year. The state average
2 30 transportation cost per pupil is determined by dividing the
2 31 total actual cost for all children transported in all
2 32 districts for a base year by the total of all districts'
2 33 actual enrollments for the base year. The committee shall
2 34 prioritize the requests, ranking the districts by their
2 35 average transportation cost per pupil, with consideration
3 1 given to sparsity of population and geographic size of the
3 2 district. Within the limits of the funds appropriated, the
3 3 committee shall pay transportation assistance aid to those
3 4 districts ranked in the highest priority based upon the
3 5 criteria listed. Payments to a school district whose average
3 6 transportation costs per pupil exceed 200 percent of the state
3 7 average transportation cost per pupil shall be equal to the
3 8 amount by which the district's average transportation cost per
3 9 pupil for the base year exceeds 200 percent of the state
3 10 average transportation cost per pupil for the base year
3 11 multiplied by the district's actual enrollment for the base
3 12 year less the shared-time enrollment for the base year.
3 13 LSB 1828SS 77
3 14 kh/jw/5.1
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