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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  REGULAR PROGRAM STATE COST PER PUPIL FOR 1992-1993 AND
  1  4 SUCCEEDING YEARS THROUGH 1997-1998.  For the budget year
  1  5 beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years until June
  1  6 30, 1998, the regular program state cost per pupil for a
  1  7 budget year is the regular program state cost per pupil for
  1  8 the base year plus the regular program allowable growth for
  1  9 the budget year.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 257.9, Code 1997, is amended by adding the
  1 11 following new subsections:
  1 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  REGULAR PROGRAM STATE COST PER PUPIL
  1 13 FOR 1998-1999.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 1998,
  1 14 the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular
  1 15 program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
  1 16 July 1, 1998, determined under section 257.9, subsection 2,
  1 17 Code 1997, minus the transportation cost increment.
  1 18    For the purpose of this subsection, the transportation cost
  1 19 increment is determined as follows:
  1 20    a.  Calculate the sum of all school districts' actual
  1 21 transportation costs for all children transported in all
  1 22 school buses for the base year pursuant to section 285.1,
  1 23 subsection 12, minus the total amount districts received for
  1 24 transporting nonpublic school pupils under section 285.1, and
  1 25 divide that sum by the statewide budget enrollment for the
  1 26 base year.
  1 27    b.  Add an allowable growth amount determined by
  1 28 multiplying the state percent of growth by the sum obtained in
  1 29 paragraph "a".
  1 30    NEW SUBSECTION.  2B.  REGULAR PROGRAM STATE COST PER PUPIL
  1 31 FOR 1999-2000 AND SUCCEEDING YEARS.  For the budget year
  1 32 beginning July 1, 1999, and succeeding budget years, the
  1 33 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the
  1 34 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus
  1 35 the regular program allowable growth for the budget year.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  Section 257.10, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  2  2 amended to read as follows:
  2  3    2.  REGULAR PROGRAM DISTRICT COST PER PUPIL FOR 1992-1993
  2  4 AND SUCCEEDING YEARS THROUGH 1997-1998.
  2  5    a.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and
  2  6 succeeding budget years until June 30, 1998, the regular
  2  7 program district cost per pupil for each school district for a
  2  8 budget year is the regular program district cost per pupil for
  2  9 the base year plus the regular program allowable growth for
  2 10 the budget year except as otherwise provided in this
  2 11 subsection.
  2 12    b.  If the regular program district cost per pupil of a
  2 13 school district for the budget year under paragraph "a"
  2 14 exceeds one hundred five percent of the regular program state
  2 15 cost per pupil for the budget year and the state percent of
  2 16 growth for the budget year is greater than two percent, the
  2 17 regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year
  2 18 for that district shall be reduced to one hundred five percent
  2 19 of the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget
  2 20 year.  However, if the difference between the regular program
  2 21 district cost per pupil for the budget year and the regular
  2 22 program state cost per pupil for the budget year is greater
  2 23 than an amount equal to two percent multiplied by the regular
  2 24 program state cost per pupil for the base year, the regular
  2 25 program district cost per pupil for the budget year shall be
  2 26 reduced by the amount equal to two percent multiplied by the
  2 27 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year.
  2 28    Sec. 4.  Section 257.10, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  2 29 the following new subsection:
  2 30    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  REGULAR PROGRAM DISTRICT COST PER
  2 31 PUPIL FOR 1998-1999.  For the budget year beginning July 1,
  2 32 1998, the regular program district cost per pupil for a
  2 33 district is the regular program district cost per pupil for
  2 34 the budget year beginning July 1, 1998, calculated under
  2 35 section 257.10, subsection 2, Code 1997, minus the district
  3  1 transportation cost increment.  For the purpose of this
  3  2 subsection, the district transportation cost increment is
  3  3 calculated as follows:
  3  4    a.  Calculate the sum of the district's actual
  3  5 transportation costs for all children transported in all
  3  6 school buses in the district for the base year pursuant to
  3  7 section 285.1, subsection 12, minus the amount the district
  3  8 received for transporting nonpublic school pupils under
  3  9 section 285.1, divided by the district's budget enrollment for
  3 10 the base year.
  3 11    b.  Add the allowable growth amount calculated in section
  3 12 257.9, subsection 2A.
  3 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  2B.  REGULAR PROGRAM DISTRICT COST PER
  3 14 PUPIL FOR 1999-2000 AND SUCCEEDING YEARS.  For the budget year
  3 15 beginning July 1, 1999, and succeeding budget years, the
  3 16 regular program district cost per pupil for a budget year is
  3 17 the regular program district cost per pupil for the base year
  3 18 plus the regular program allowable growth for the budget year.
  3 19    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  257.50  STATE AID FOR
  3 20 TRANSPORTATION.
  3 21    1.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 1998, and
  3 22 succeeding budget years, there is appropriated from the
  3 23 general fund of the state to the department of management for
  3 24 distribution to school districts which provide transportation
  3 25 to the public pupils pursuant to chapter 285 an amount
  3 26 sufficient to pay state transportation aid for such
  3 27 transportation at the following rates:
  3 28    a.  Thirty dollars per school year per elementary pupil
  3 29 transported whose residence is at least two miles and not more
  3 30 than five miles from the school attended, and per high school
  3 31 pupil transported whose residence is at least three miles and
  3 32 not more than five miles from the school attended.
  3 33    b.  Forty-five dollars per school year per elementary or
  3 34 high school pupil transported whose residence is at least five
  3 35 miles and not more than eight miles from the school attended.
  4  1    c.  Sixty dollars per school year per elementary or high
  4  2 school pupil transported whose residence is at least eight
  4  3 miles and not more than twelve miles from the school attended.
  4  4    d.  Sixty-eight dollars per school year per elementary or
  4  5 high school pupil transported whose residence is at least
  4  6 twelve miles and not more than fifteen miles from the school
  4  7 attended.
  4  8    e.  Seventy-five dollars per school year per elementary or
  4  9 high school pupil transported whose residence is at least
  4 10 fifteen miles and not more than eighteen miles from the school
  4 11 attended.
  4 12    f.  Eighty-five dollars per school year per elementary or
  4 13 high school pupil transported whose residence is more than
  4 14 eighteen miles from the school attended.
  4 15    2.  State aid paid pursuant to subsection 1 shall be
  4 16 utilized to pay for the cost of transportation directly
  4 17 provided by a school district or to compensate a district for
  4 18 reimbursement expenses.  State aid shall not exceed the actual
  4 19 transportation costs incurred by a school district for the
  4 20 school year, and shall be reduced proportionately in the case
  4 21 of a pupil transported for less than a full school year due to
  4 22 relocation to another school district or change in enrollment
  4 23 status.
  4 24    3.  A school district shall annually certify mileage
  4 25 figures to the department by the third Friday in September,
  4 26 beginning with the third Friday in September 1997, for use in
  4 27 budget calculations for the following budget year.
  4 28    4.  State aid paid pursuant to subsection 1 is
  4 29 miscellaneous income and shall be paid together with state
  4 30 foundation aid paid under section 257.16.
  4 31    5.  For the purposes of this section, "high school" means
  4 32 high school as defined in section 285.1, subsection 1.  
  4 33                           EXPLANATION
  4 34    This bill provides that the calculation of state aid for
  4 35 transportation costs incurred by school districts in
  5  1 transporting public elementary and high school pupils to and
  5  2 from school pursuant to Code chapter 285 is changed beginning
  5  3 with the budget year beginning with July 1, 1998.  Money is
  5  4 appropriated for districts to receive aid for transportation
  5  5 costs calculated as a dollar amount per pupil per school year
  5  6 based on the distances traveled between the pupil's residence
  5  7 and the school.  Currently, transportation costs for public
  5  8 school pupils are incorporated into the state school
  5  9 foundation formula.  The bill provides that the department of
  5 10 management shall recalculate state cost per pupil and district
  5 11 per pupil by subtracting transportation costs per pupil from
  5 12 those figures.
  5 13    The bill provides that state aid for transportation shall
  5 14 not exceed the actual transportation cost incurred by a
  5 15 district, and shall be reduced proportionately in the case of
  5 16 a pupil transported for less than a full school year due to
  5 17 relocation or change in enrollment status.  The transportation
  5 18 aid is miscellaneous income for purposes of the state school
  5 19 foundation formula.  
  5 20 LSB 1670SS 77
  5 21 rn/jj/8
     

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