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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 464 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 28, by inserting after line 13 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. 201. NEW SECTION. 285.7 TRANSPORTATION 1 5 ASSISTANCE FUND. 1 6 1. A transportation assistance fund is established 1 7 in the office of the treasurer of state under the 1 8 authority of the department of education to provide 1 9 additional transportation funding assistance to school 1 10 districts incurring transportation costs which exceed 1 11 one hundred fifty percent of the statewide average 1 12 transportation cost as provided in subsection 2. 1 13 2. To be eligible for additional transportation 1 14 funding assistance pursuant to this section, a school 1 15 district's average transportation cost per pupil shall 1 16 exceed one hundred fifty percent of the state average 1 17 transportation cost per pupil. A school district 1 18 shall annually determine and certify the district's 1 19 average transportation cost per pupil to the school 1 20 budget review committee as provided in section 257.31, 1 21 subsection 17, paragraphs "b" and "c". The school 1 22 budget review committee shall certify to the 1 23 department of management a list of all school 1 24 districts exceeding one hundred fifty percent of the 1 25 state average transportation cost per pupil, as 1 26 determined by the school budget review committee 1 27 pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph 1 28 "c", and the amount by which each school district 1 29 exceeds one hundred fifty percent of the state average 1 30 transportation cost amount. 1 31 3. a. (1) There is appropriated for the fiscal 1 32 year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, 1 33 from the general fund of the state to the department 1 34 of education, two million five hundred thousand 1 35 dollars to be deposited in the transportation 1 36 assistance fund for distribution as additional 1 37 transportation funding assistance pursuant to this 1 38 section. 1 39 (2) There is appropriated annually for the fiscal 1 40 year beginning July 1, 2000, and succeeding fiscal 1 41 years, from the general fund of the state to the 1 42 department of education, an amount not exceeding four 1 43 million dollars, less the amounts in paragraph "b", to 1 44 be deposited in the transportation assistance fund for 1 45 distribution as additional transportation funding 1 46 assistance pursuant to this section. 1 47 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, funds 1 48 appropriated in paragraph "a" for the prior fiscal 1 49 year which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30 1 50 of the fiscal year for which the funds were 2 1 appropriated shall not revert but shall remain 2 2 available for expenditure for the purposes of this 2 3 section in subsequent fiscal years. The amount 2 4 appropriated for a fiscal year in paragraph "a" shall 2 5 be reduced by that amount which, after taking into 2 6 account funds transferred to the school budget review 2 7 committee in accordance with section 321.34, 2 8 subsection 22, and any remaining balance of unexpended 2 9 funds appropriated under this subsection for the prior 2 10 fiscal year which did not revert. 2 11 4. Additional transportation funding assistance 2 12 shall be distributed, in an amount determined by the 2 13 department of management, to eligible school districts 2 14 in an amount up to, but not exceeding, a maximum of 2 15 fifty cents of transportation assistance for each 2 16 dollar by which a school district's average 2 17 transportation cost per pupil exceeds one hundred 2 18 fifty percent of the state average transportation cost 2 19 per pupil amount, as determined in subsection 2. If 2 20 the amount appropriated under this section is 2 21 insufficient to pay the amount of transportation 2 22 assistance to which all eligible school districts are 2 23 otherwise entitled, the department shall prorate the 2 24 amount of additional transportation funding assistance 2 25 provided to each eligible school district. A school 2 26 district receiving additional transportation funding 2 27 assistance pursuant to this section may apply to the 2 28 school budget review committee for transportation 2 29 assistance aid pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 2 30 17. The school budget review committee shall take 2 31 into account amounts received pursuant to this section 2 32 in determining whether, or by what amount, to grant a 2 33 request." 2 34 #2. Page 31, by inserting after line 18 the 2 35 following: 2 36 " . Section 201 of this Act, relating to 2 37 transportation assistance, being deemed of immediate 2 38 importance, takes effect upon enactment for the 2 39 computation of state school aid for budget years 2 40 beginning on or after July 1, 1999." 2 41 2 42 2 43 2 44 TOM FLYNN 2 45 JOHN P. KIBBIE 2 46 JOHN JUDGE 2 47 BETTY A. SOUKUP 2 48 MARK SHEARER 2 49 WALLY E. HORN 2 50 BILL FINK 3 1 EUGENE S. FRAISE 3 2 SF 464.709 78 3 3 kh/sc
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