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1 1 Amend House File 2549 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 9, by inserting after line 30 the
1 3 following:
1 4 " . EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ASSESSMENT
1 5 REIMBURSEMENTS
1 6 For reimbursement of school district claims for the
1 7 costs of acquiring and using employability skills
1 8 assessment tools as provided in section 256.39A:
1 9 .................................................. $ 800,000"
1 10 #2. Page 27, by inserting after line 32 the
1 11 following:
1 12 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256.39A EMPLOYABILITY
1 13 SKILLS ASSESSMENT REIMBURSEMENTS.
1 14 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys to
1 15 pay school district claims for the costs of
1 16 employability skills assessment tools, the department
1 17 of education shall reimburse school district claims
1 18 for the costs of acquiring, administering, and scoring
1 19 assessment tools to assess the employability skills of
1 20 students. The director of education shall identify
1 21 available employability skills assessment tools that
1 22 school districts may use to meet the claim
1 23 reimbursement requirements of this section.
1 24 2. In order to be eligible for reimbursement under
1 25 this section, a school district must receive at least
1 26 a one-dollar-per-dollar match from the business
1 27 community for the school district's costs under
1 28 subsection 1, shall submit a claim on forms provided
1 29 by the department by July 15, and the claim shall
1 30 state the actual costs incurred and shall be
1 31 accompanied by an affidavit of an officer of the
1 32 school district affirming the accuracy of the claim.
1 33 3. A school district that submits to the
1 34 department a claim for reimbursement in accordance
1 35 with this section shall develop and integrate specific
1 36 employability skills, goals, and activities into the
1 37 comprehensive school improvement plan required under
1 38 section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "a".
1 39 4. The department of education shall certify to
1 40 the department of revenue and finance the total
1 41 amounts of approved claims to be paid and, to the
1 42 extent moneys are appropriated, the department of
1 43 revenue and finance shall draw warrants payable to
1 44 school districts with approved claims, taking into
1 45 consideration the relative budget and cash position of
1 46 the state resources. If the funds appropriated for
1 47 purposes of this section are insufficient to pay in
1 48 full the claims submitted by school districts and
1 49 approved by the department, the amounts of approved
1 50 claims shall be prorated among all school districts
2 1 with approved claims.
2 2 5. Moneys received under this section shall not be
2 3 commingled with state aid payments made under section
2 4 257.16 to a school district and shall be accounted for
2 5 by the school district separately from state aid
2 6 payments. Payments made to a school district under
2 7 this section are miscellaneous income for purposes of
2 8 chapter 257."
2 9 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
2 10
2 11
2 12
2 13 MASCHER of Johnson
2 14 HF 2549.204 78
2 15 kh/gg
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