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House Journal: Page 1040: Monday, March 30, 1998

25   of the state average transportation costs per pupil
26   determined under paragraph "b".
27     b.  A district's average transportation costs per
28   pupil shall be determined by dividing the district's
29   actual cost for all children transported in all school
30   buses for a school year pursuant to section 285.8, by
31   the district's actual enrollment for the school year,
32   as defined in section 257.6.  The state average
33   transportation costs per pupil shall be determined by
34   dividing the total actual costs for all children
35   transported in all districts for a school year, by the
36   total of all districts' actual enrollments for the
37   school year.
38     c.  A school district shall annually certify its
39   actual cost for all children transported in all school
40   buses by July 15 after each school year on forms
41   prescribed by the department of education.
42     d.  If a school district's average transportation
43   costs per pupil are greater than one hundred twenty-
44   five percent of the state average transportation costs
45   per pupil, the department of education shall pay
46   transportation assistance aid equal to the amount of
47   the difference multiplied by the district's actual
48   enrollment for the school year.  However, if the funds
49   appropriated for purposes of this section are
50   insufficient to pay transportation assistance aid as

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 1   provided in this section, the payments to school
 2   districts determined by the department of education to
 3   be eligible for transportation assistance as provided
 4   in this section shall be prorated such that each
 5   school district eligible for assistance aid under this
 6   section shall receive an amount of transportation
 7   assistance aid equal to the percentage that the
 8   transportation assistance aid to be provided to the
 9   district bears to the total amount of transportation
10   assistance aid to be provided to all school districts
11   determined by the department of education to be
12   eligible for transportation assistance aid in
13   accordance with this subsection.
14     e.  Transportation assistance aid received by a
15   school district pursuant to this section is
16   miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257."
17     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Grundberg of Polk rose on a point of order that amendment H-8777
was not germane.
The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-8777 not
germane.

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