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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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