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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 297A.1 SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
1 2 FUND – APPROPRIATION.
1 3 1. There is appropriated annually from the general fund of
1 4 the state to the department of education the sum of one
1 5 hundred million dollars to establish, maintain, and administer
1 6 a school infrastructure fund.
1 7 2. Moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall be allocated
1 8 to school districts throughout the state on a per pupil basis.
1 9 The amount of moneys allocated to school districts shall be in
1 10 the proportion that the basic enrollment of a district bears
1 11 to the sum of the basic enrollments of all school districts in
1 12 the state for the budget year.
1 13 3. The department of management shall allocate to each
1 14 school district the amount calculated pursuant to subsection 2
1 15 in one payment on or about October 15 annually, based upon the
1 16 actual enrollment certified to the department of education for
1 17 each school district and forwarded to the department of
1 18 management, taking into consideration the relative budget and
1 19 cash position of the state resources. By October 1 annually,
1 20 prior to the receipt of funds, school districts shall submit
1 21 to the department of education a school infrastructure
1 22 progress report. The report shall provide adequate assurance
1 23 that the school district has developed or is developing a
1 24 school infrastructure plan containing an analysis of school
1 25 district infrastructure needs, priorities, and an estimated
1 26 timetable for completion of infrastructure projects or
1 27 allocation of funds previously received by the school district
1 28 pursuant to subsection 2.
1 29 4. Moneys received under this section shall not be
1 30 commingled with state aid payments made under section 257.16
1 31 to a school district, and shall be accounted for by the school
1 32 district separately from state aid payments. Payments made to
1 33 school districts pursuant to this section are miscellaneous
1 34 income for purposes of chapter 257 or are considered
1 35 encumbered. Each school district shall maintain a separate
2 1 listing within its budget for payments received and
2 2 expenditures made pursuant to this section. Moneys received
2 3 under this section shall not be used for payment of any
2 4 collective bargaining agreement or arbitrator's decision
2 5 negotiated or awarded under chapter 20.
2 6 5. For purposes of this chapter, a "school district" shall
2 7 mean a school district as defined in section 257.2.
2 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 297A.2 SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
2 9 EXPENDITURES.
2 10 1. School districts shall expend funds received pursuant
2 11 to section 297A.1 for school infrastructure needs. For
2 12 purposes of this chapter, "school infrastructure" includes the
2 13 following:
2 14 a. Activities for which a school district is authorized to
2 15 contract indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds under
2 16 section 296.1, except those activities related to a teacher's
2 17 or superintendent's home or homes. These activities include
2 18 the construction, reconstruction, repair, purchasing, or
2 19 remodeling of schoolhouses, stadiums, gyms, fieldhouses, and
2 20 bus garages.
2 21 b. Procurement of school house construction sites and the
2 22 making of site improvements.
2 23 c. Payment or retirement of outstanding bonds previously
2 24 issued for school infrastructure purposes, as defined in this
2 25 subsection, if it is determined by the department of education
2 26 that the school district has undertaken a serious effort to
2 27 meet its school infrastructure needs. In making this
2 28 determination, the department shall consider the relative size
2 29 and 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 section
2 32 297A.1.
2 33 d. Maintenance of schoolhouses and school district
2 34 property.
2 35 e. School improvement technology programs pursuant to
3 1 chapter 295, utilized for a school district.
3 2 2. Funds received by a school district pursuant to this
3 3 chapter shall not be expended to add a full-time equivalent
3 4 position or otherwise increase staffing.
3 5 EXPLANATION
3 6 This bill provides for the creation of a school
3 7 infrastructure fund established, maintained, and administered
3 8 by the department of education, and appropriates annually from
3 9 the general fund of the state to the department the sum of
3 10 $100 million to be allocated to a school districts for school
3 11 infrastructure purposes. The amount of moneys allocated to
3 12 school district shall be in the proportion that the basic
3 13 enrollment of the district bears to the sum of the basic
3 14 enrollments of all school districts in the state for the
3 15 budget year. The allocation shall be made to school districts
3 16 by the department of management in one payment on or about
3 17 October 15 annually, based upon the actual enrollment
3 18 certified to the department of education for each school
3 19 district, taking into consideration the relative budget and
3 20 cash position of the state resources.
3 21 Prior to the receipt of funds, by October 1 annually,
3 22 school districts shall submit to the department of education a
3 23 school infrastructure progress report providing adequate
3 24 assurance that the school district has developed or is
3 25 developing a school infrastructure plan containing an analysis
3 26 of school district infrastructure needs, priorities, and an
3 27 estimated timetable for completion of infrastructure projects
3 28 or allocation of funds received by the school district.
3 29 The bill provides that school districts shall expend the
3 30 appropriated funds for school infrastructure needs, which are
3 31 defined to include the construction, reconstruction, repair,
3 32 purchasing, or remodeling of schoolhouses, stadiums, gyms,
3 33 fieldhouses, and bus garages; the procurement of school house
3 34 construction sites and the making of site improvements; and
3 35 the payment or retirement of outstanding bonds previously
4 1 issued for school infrastructure purposes if the department of
4 2 education determines that the school district has made a
4 3 significant effort in meeting its infrastructure needs.
4 4 Additionally, school infrastructure includes the maintenance
4 5 of schoolhouses and school district property, and school
4 6 improvement technology programs pursuant to chapter 295.
4 7 LSB 3460XS 77
4 8 rn/jl/8
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