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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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