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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 2 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year 1 3 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the 1 4 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 1 5 used for the purpose designated: 1 6 For the elimination of certified negative balances in 1 7 school district funds raised for special education instruction 1 8 programs for the school budget year beginning July 1, 1998, 1 9 and ending June 30, 1999: 1 10 .................................................. $22,000,000 1 11 Sec. 2. The funds appropriated in section 1 of this Act 1 12 shall be allocated by the department to the school budget 1 13 review committee for distribution to school districts for 1 14 which the committee, pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 1 15 14, has certified to the director of the department of 1 16 management a negative balance of funds for the school budget 1 17 year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999. The 1 18 funds appropriated shall be considered supplemental aid and 1 19 added to the supplemental aid otherwise payable and 1 20 distributed pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 14, 1 21 paragraph "b". For purposes of the funds appropriated in 1 22 section 1, however, the provisions of section 257.31, 1 23 subsection 14, paragraph "b", relating to supplemental aid 1 24 being payable in an amount equal to the state aid portion of a 1 25 school district's negative balance, and eligibility to receive 1 26 funds being contingent on an increase in allowable growth for 1 27 the year following the budget year, respectively, shall not 1 28 apply. 1 29 If funds appropriated in section 2 of this Act are 1 30 insufficient to fully eliminate the negative special education 1 31 balances for all school districts, distribution shall be made 1 32 on a pro rata basis in proportion to the ratio which the 1 33 negative special education balance for a school district bears 1 34 to the sum of the negative special education balances for all 1 35 school districts reporting such balances to the school budget 2 1 review committee for the budget year beginning July 1, 1998, 2 2 and ending June 30, 1999. School districts receiving prorated 2 3 distributions may apply to the school budget review committee 2 4 for supplemental aid pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 5, 2 5 paragraph "h", in an amount equal to the difference between 2 6 the distribution received and the negative special education 2 7 balance certified. 2 8 EXPLANATION 2 9 This bill appropriates $22 million from the general fund of 2 10 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year 2 11 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000. The 2 12 appropriated funds shall be allocated by the department to the 2 13 school budget review committee for distribution to school 2 14 districts which incurred a negative balance of funds for 2 15 special education instruction for the school budget year 2 16 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, and shall be 2 17 considered supplemental aid distributed pursuant to Code 2 18 section 257.31, subsection 14, paragraph "b". 2 19 If the appropriated funds are not sufficient to fully 2 20 eliminate the negative special education balances for all 2 21 school districts, the bill provides that distribution shall be 2 22 made on a pro rata basis in proportion to the ratio which the 2 23 negative special education balance for a school district bears 2 24 to the sum of the negative special education balances for all 2 25 school districts reporting such balances to the school budget 2 26 review committee for the budget year beginning July 1, 1998, 2 27 and ending June 30, 1999. The bill provides that school 2 28 districts receiving prorated distributions may apply to the 2 29 school budget review committee for supplemental aid pursuant 2 30 to Code section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph "h". 2 31 LSB 1345YH 78 2 32 rn/gg/8
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