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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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