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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated 1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of 1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and 1 4 ending June 30, 2000, the following amounts, or so much 1 5 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 1 6 designated: 1 7 1. For extended school year grants as provided in section 1 8 256.22: 1 9 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 1 10 2. For innovative educational program grants as provided 1 11 in section 256.22A: 1 12 .................................................. $ 500,000 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 256.22, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1999, 1 14 are amended to read as follows: 1 15 2. Grant moneys shall be distributed to qualifying school 1 16 districts by the departmentno later thanon or about October 1 17 15, 1998of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is 1 18 made. Grant amounts shall be distributed as determined by the 1 19 department. 1 20 3. By February 15, 1999,a school district or 1 21 collaboration of districts receiving moneys under this section 1 22 shall submit an interim report to the department describing 1 23 the planning activities conducted by the school district or 1 24 the collaboration and providing preliminary conclusions. The 1 25 school district or collaboration shall submit a final report 1 26 by June 1, 1999,to the department. The department shall 1 27 summarize the school district reports in a final report to the 1 28 chairpersons and ranking members of the house and senate 1 29 standing education committees by January 1, 2000of the 1 30 following fiscal year. 1 31 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 256.22A INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL 1 32 PROGRAM GRANTS. 1 33 1. The department of education shall administer and 1 34 approve grants to school districts for new, innovative 1 35 educational programs, with the funds appropriated by the 2 1 general assembly for purposes of innovative educational 2 2 program grants. Grant moneys shall be allocated on a 2 3 competitive basis to school districts that submit to the 2 4 department a plan for a new, innovative educational program. 2 5 Grants shall be equitably distributed to large, medium-sized, 2 6 and small school districts. For purposes of this section, a 2 7 large school district is a district with an actual enrollment 2 8 of five thousand or more pupils; a medium-sized school 2 9 district is a district with an actual enrollment of two 2 10 thousand or more pupils, but less than five thousand pupils; 2 11 and a small school district is a district with an actual 2 12 enrollment of less than two thousand pupils. 2 13 2. Grant moneys shall be distributed to qualifying school 2 14 districts by the department on or about October 15 of the 2 15 fiscal year in which the appropriation is made. Grant amounts 2 16 shall be distributed as determined by the department. 2 17 3. A school district receiving moneys under this section 2 18 shall submit with the report to the department required under 2 19 section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "c", a report 2 20 describing the impact the new, innovative educational program 2 21 funded under this section had on the school district's 2 22 progress in attaining student achievement goals on the 2 23 academic and other core indicators and on districtwide 2 24 progress made in attaining locally established student 2 25 learning goals. The department shall summarize annually the 2 26 school district reports and submit the summary and any 2 27 recommendations regarding the grants and programs to the 2 28 chairpersons and ranking members of the house and senate 2 29 standing education committees by January 1 of the school year 2 30 succeeding the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made. 2 31 4. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 2 32 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal year for 2 33 which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall 2 34 be available for expenditure for the following fiscal year for 2 35 purposes of this section. 3 1 Sec. 4. FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR GRANT 3 2 MONEYS. Notwithstanding section 8.33 and section 256.22, 3 3 subsection 4, the funds appropriated in 1998 Iowa Acts, 3 4 chapter 1216, section 1, subsection 1, to the department of 3 5 education for extended school year grants, which remain 3 6 unencumbered or unobligated on June 30, 1999, shall not revert 3 7 to the general fund of the state or be available for 3 8 expenditure for the following fiscal year for purposes of 3 9 extended school year grants, but shall be available for 3 10 expenditure for the following fiscal year for purposes of the 3 11 innovative educational program as established in section 3 12 256.22A, if enacted. 3 13 Sec. 5. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of education may 3 14 adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and 3 15 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the 3 16 provisions of this Act and the rules shall be effective 3 17 immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in 3 18 the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section 3 19 shall also be published as a notice of intended action as 3 20 provided in section 17A.4. 3 21 EXPLANATION 3 22 This bill appropriates $1 million for FY 1999-2000 from the 3 23 general fund of the state to the department of education for 3 24 extended school year planning and implementation grants. Also 3 25 for fiscal year 1999-2000, the bill appropriates $500,000 from 3 26 the general fund of the state to the department to fund 3 27 innovative educational program grants, which are provided for 3 28 in the bill. 3 29 The department of education is directed to administer and 3 30 approve grants on a competitive basis to school districts for 3 31 new, innovative educational programs. To qualify for grant 3 32 moneys, school districts must submit to the department a plan 3 33 for a new, innovative education program. Grants are to be 3 34 equitably distributed to large, medium-sized, and small school 3 35 districts. 4 1 School districts that receive grants are required to 4 2 submit, with their annual student achievement report to the 4 3 department, a report describing the impact the new, innovative 4 4 educational program had on the school district's progress in 4 5 attaining student achievement goals on academic and other core 4 6 indicators and on districtwide progress made in attaining 4 7 locally established student learning goals. 4 8 The department must summarize annually the school district 4 9 reports and submit the summary and any recommendations 4 10 regarding the grants and programs to the chairpersons and 4 11 ranking members of the house and senate standing education 4 12 committees. The bill strikes 1998 and 1999 payment and 4 13 reporting deadlines, and requires that the payments be made on 4 14 dates tied to the fiscal year in which the appropriation is 4 15 made. 4 16 Moneys appropriated for grants that remain unencumbered or 4 17 unobligated on June 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds 4 18 were appropriated shall not revert but shall be available for 4 19 grants in the following fiscal year. 4 20 The bill captures funds that would have carried over at the 4 21 end of FY 1998-1999 for extended school year grants in fiscal 4 22 year 1999-2000, and requires that they be used for innovative 4 23 educational program grants in FY 1999-2000. 4 24 The bill gives the department of education emergency 4 25 rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of this bill. 4 26 LSB 2292YH 78 4 27 kh/jw/5
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