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House Journal: Page 1039: Monday, March 30, 1998

13   the area education agencies, and from any other source
14   necessary.  The auditor of state shall have access to
15   all records of the area education agencies.
16     The analysis shall include, but shall not be
17   limited to, major areas of".
18     2.  Page 34, by striking lines 3 through 8 and
19   inserting the following:  "staffing levels, number of
20   students served, purchase or lease of equipment and
21   facilities, and funding from local school districts.
22   The results of the analysis,".
23     3.  Page 34, line 10, by inserting after the
24   figure "1999" the following:  ", and shall be utilized
25   in the comprehensive study of school finance requested
26   in accordance with House Concurrent Resolution 15, if
27   resolved by the Seventy-seventh General Assembly".
28     4.  By renumbering as necessary.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 44, nays 25.
Amendment H-8721 was adopted.
Weigel of Chickasaw offered amendment H-8777 filed by him and
Mertz of Kossuth, Koenigs of Mitchell, Scherrman of Dubuque,
Osterhaus of Jackson and Thomas of Clayton, from the floor as
follows:

H-8777

 1     Amend House File 2533 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 34, by inserting after line 10 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION - TAXABLE
 5   VALUATION INCREASE - TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AID.
 6     1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and
 7   ending June 30, 1999, if the actual taxable valuation
 8   of real property located in this state, based upon
 9   January 1, 1997, assessments, which is used in the
10   computation of property taxes payable in the fiscal
11   year beginning July 1, 1998, increases from the
12   estimate of such taxable valuation, there is
13   appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
14   department of education the lesser of $4,000,000 or
15   the amount of the reduction in state foundation aid
16   under section 257.1 as a result of such increase in
17   taxable valuation to be used to fund transportation
18   assistance to school districts as provided in
19   subsection 2.
20     2.  a.  Subject to an appropriation of sufficient
21   funds by the general assembly pursuant to subsection
22   1, the department shall pay transportation assistance
23   aid to school districts whose average transportation
24   costs per pupil exceed one hundred twenty-five percent

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