Text: HF02037 Text: HF02039 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 301.30, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 301.30 PAYMENT OF CLAIMS FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPIL 1 4 TEXTBOOK SERVICES. 1 5 1. Boards of directors of school districts shall be 1 6 required to provide textbook services to nonpublic school 1 7 pupils as provided in section 301.1 only during school years 1 8 when the general assembly has appropriated funds to the 1 9 department of education for the payment of claims for textbook 1 10 costs submitted by the school district. 1 11If the funds appropriated by the general assembly are not1 12sufficient to pay claims submitted by the school districts,1 13the amount paid to each school district by the department1 14shall be prorated on the basis of funds so appropriated. The1 15difference between the amount of the claim of a school1 16district and the amount of payment received from the1 17department of education shall be paid by the parent or1 18guardian of the nonpublic school pupil served.1 19 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 1 20 state to the department of education, for each fiscal year, an 1 21 amount necessary to pay claims submitted to the department as 1 22 provided in this section. 1 23 3. The costs of providing textbook services to nonpublic 1 24 school pupils as provided in section 301.1 shall not be 1 25 included in the computation of district cost under chapter 1 26 257, but shall be shown in the budget as an expense from 1 27 miscellaneous income. Any textbook reimbursements received by 1 28 alocalschool district for serving nonpublic school pupils 1 29 shall not affect district cost limitations of chapter 257. 1 30 The reimbursements provided in this section are miscellaneous 1 31 income as defined in section 257.2. 1 32 4. Claims for reimbursement shall be made to the 1 33 department of education by July 15 by the public school 1 34 district providing textbook services during a school year on a 1 35 form prescribed by the department, and the claim shall state 2 1 the actual costs incurred in, and the actual number of 2 2 nonpublic students requesting, the provision of textbook 2 3 services. Claims shall be accompanied by an affidavit of an 2 4 officer of the public school district affirming the accuracy 2 5 of the claim. The department shall certify to the director of 2 6 revenue and finance the amounts of approved claims to be paid, 2 7 and the director of revenue and finance shall draw warrants 2 8 payable to school districts which have established claims. 2 9 The public school district of attendance shall furnish the 2 10 services and shall receive reimbursement from the state. 2 11 However, the services must be comparable to the services of 2 12 the district of attendance and cannot exceed the per pupil 2 13 cost of the program of the district of attendance. 2 14 EXPLANATION 2 15 This bill provides full state funding for textbook services 2 16 school districts provide to accredited nonpublic school 2 17 students. Under Code section 301.1, school districts are 2 18 required to make available to accredited nonpublic school 2 19 students, upon request and to the extent funds are 2 20 appropriated by the general assembly, textbooks adopted and 2 21 purchased by the school district. 2 22 LSB 5135HH 78 2 23 kh/as/5
Text: HF02037 Text: HF02039 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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