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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 Page 2 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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