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30   that meet the requirements of subsection 1 and which
31   limit the district's self-contained grade one
32   classroom sizes to an average student-to-teacher ratio
33   of not more than twenty students to one teacher, or
34   the equivalent, in a school that utilizes team
35   teaching methods.
36     b.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
37   the state to the department of education for the
38   fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June
39   30, 1999, the sum of fifteen million dollars to be
40   used to fund school districts that meet the
41   requirements of subsection 1 and which limit the self-
42   contained grade one and grade two classroom sizes to
43   an average student-to-teacher ratio of not more than
44   twenty students to one teacher, or the equivalent, in
45   a school that utilizes team teaching methods.
46     c.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
47   the state to the department of education for the
48   fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June
49   30, 2000, and for succeeding years, the sum of twenty-
50   two million five hundred thousand dollars to be used

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 1   to fund school districts that meet the requirements of
 2   subsection 1 and which limit the self-contained
 3   classroom sizes in grades one through three to an
 4   average student-to-teacher ratio of not more than
 5   twenty students to one teacher, or the equivalent, in
 6   a school that utilizes team teaching methods.
 7     3.  From the moneys appropriated in subsection 2
 8   for each fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated,
 9   the amount of moneys allocated to school districts
10   shall be in the proportion that the basic enrollment
11   for the budget year of the grade level in the district
12   for which the moneys are appropriated bears to the sum
13   of the basic enrollments for the budget year of the
14   grade level of all school districts in the state
15   qualifying for moneys under subsection 1 for the
16   budget year, as basic enrollment and budget year are
17   defined in chapter 257.
18     4.  For each year in which an appropriation is made
19   to the class size reduction program, the department of
20   education shall notify the department of revenue and
21   finance of the amount to be paid to each school
22   district based upon the distribution plan set forth
23   for the appropriation made pursuant to this section.
24   The allocation to each school district under this
25   section shall be made in one payment on or about
26   October 1 of the fiscal year for which the
27   appropriation is made, taking into consideration the
28   relative budget and cash position of the state
29   resources.  Prior to the receipt of funds, school

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