Text: S05416 Text: S05418 Text: S05400 - S05499 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2496, as passed by the House, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 6, line 2 through page 7, 1 4 line 22, and inserting the following: 1 5 "4. AT-RISK PROGRAMS AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS. 1 6 a. In order to provide additional funding to 1 7 school districts for programs serving at-risk pupils 1 8 and alternative school pupils in secondary schools, a 1 9 supplementary weighting plan for at-risk pupils is 1 10 adopted. A supplementary weighting of forty-eight 1 11 ten-thousandths per pupil shall be assigned to the 1 12 percentage of pupils in a school district enrolled in 1 13 grades one through six, as reported by the school 1 14 district on the basic educational data survey for the 1 15 base year, who are eligible for free and reduced price 1 16 meals under the federal National School Lunch Act and 1 17 the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1 18 1751-1785, multiplied by the budget enrollment in the 1 19 school district; and a supplementary weighting of one 1 20 hundred fifty-six one-hundred-thousandths per pupil 1 21 shall be assigned to pupils included in the budget 1 22 enrollment of the school district. Amounts received 1 23 as supplementary weighting for at-risk pupils shall be 1 24 utilized by a school district to develop or maintain 1 25 at-risk pupils' programs, which may include 1 26 alternative school programs. 1 27 b. Notwithstanding paragraph "a", a school 1 28 district which received supplementary weighting for an 1 29 alternative high school program for the school budget 1 30 year beginning July 1, 1999, shall receive an amount 1 31 of supplementary weighting for the next three school 1 32 budget years as follows: 1 33 (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2000, 1 34 the greater of the amount of supplementary weighting 1 35 determined pursuant to paragraph "a", or sixty-five 1 36 percent of the amount received for the budget year 1 37 beginning July 1, 1999. 1 38 (2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, 1 39 the greater of the amount of supplementary weighting 1 40 determined pursuant to paragraph "a", or forty percent 1 41 of the amount received for the budget year beginning 1 42 July 1, 1999. 1 43 (3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2002, 1 44 and succeeding budget years, the amount of 1 45 supplementary weighting determined pursuant to 1 46 paragraph "a". 1 47 If a school district receives an amount pursuant to 1 48 this paragraph "b" which exceeds the amount the 1 49 district would otherwise have received pursuant to 1 50 paragraph "a", the department of management shall 2 1 annually determine the amount of the excess that would 2 2 have been state aid and the amount that would have 2 3 been property tax if the school district had generated 2 4 that amount pursuant to paragraph "a", and shall 2 5 include the amounts in the state aid payments and 2 6 property tax levies of school districts. The 2 7 department of management shall recalculate the 2 8 supplementary weighting amount received each year to 2 9 reflect the amount of the reduction in funding from 2 10 one budget year to the next pursuant to subparagraphs 2 11 (1) through (3). It is the intent of the general 2 12 assembly that when weights are recalculated under this 2 13 subsection, the total amounts generated by each weight 2 14 shall be approximately equal. 2 15 c. If the amount to be received under paragraph 2 16 "a" or "b" by a school district or a consortium of 2 17 school districts is less than fifty thousand dollars 2 18 and the school district or consortium received funds 2 19 under section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraph "c" or 2 20 "e", Code 1999, for school-based youth services during 2 21 the budget year beginning July 1, 1999, such school 2 22 district or consortium shall receive a total amount 2 23 under this subsection of fifty thousand dollars for 2 24 each of the budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and 2 25 July 1, 2001. The department of management shall 2 26 adjust the supplementary weighting of a school 2 27 district or the school district acting as the fiscal 2 28 agent for a consortium eligible under this paragraph 2 29 in a manner to assure that the district or the 2 30 consortium receives the total sum of fifty thousand 2 31 dollars as guaranteed in this paragraph. If the 2 32 consortium elects not to continue a school based youth 2 33 service program, the funds shall be distributed 2 34 equally to the school districts in the consortium. 2 35 This paragraph is repealed effective July 1, 2002, for 2 36 budget years beginning on or after that date. To the 2 37 extent possible, the total amount of moneys generated 2 38 by the enactment of this subsection, including this 2 39 paragraph, shall be equivalent to the amount generated 2 40 under this subsection without the inclusion of this 2 41 paragraph. The department of management shall adjust 2 42 the weighting assigned in this subsection to reflect 2 43 this intent." 2 44 #2. Page 7, by inserting after line 33 the 2 45 following: 2 46 "7. SCHOOL FINANCE APPROPRIATIONS REPORT. The 2 47 department of education shall annually prepare a 2 48 report regarding school finance provisions or programs 2 49 receiving a standing appropriation, including 2 50 supplementary weighting programs. The report shall 3 1 provide information regarding amounts received or 3 2 accessed by school districts pursuant to the 3 3 provisions or programs, whether the amounts received 3 4 represent an increase or decrease over amounts 3 5 received during the previous budget year and the 3 6 percentage increase or decrease, conclusions regarding 3 7 the adequacy of amounts received by school districts 3 8 and whether the amounts received are equitable between 3 9 school districts based upon input from the school 3 10 districts and analysis by the department, and the 3 11 rationale for current trends being observed by the 3 12 department and projections regarding possible trends 3 13 in the future. The report shall be submitted to the 3 14 general assembly by January 1 each year, and copies of 3 15 the report shall be forwarded to the chairpersons and 3 16 members of the committee on education in the senate 3 17 and in the house of representatives." 3 18 #3. Page 7, by inserting before line 34 the 3 19 following: 3 20 "Sec. . Section 279.51, subsection 1, 3 21 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1999, is 3 22 amended to read as follows: 3 23 There is appropriated from the general fund of the 3 24 state to the department of education for the fiscal 3 25 year beginning July 1,19982000, and each succeeding 3 26 fiscal year, the sum offifteentwelve millionthree3 27 five hundred sixty thousand dollars. 3 28 Sec. . Section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs 3 29 c and e, Code Supplement 1999, are amended by striking 3 30 the paragraphs. 3 31 Sec. . Section 279.51, subsection 3, Code 3 32 Supplement 1999, is amended by striking the 3 33 subsection." 3 34 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 3 35 3 36 3 37 3 38 DONALD B. REDFERN 3 39 HF 2496.505 78 3 40 rn/as
Text: S05416 Text: S05418 Text: S05400 - S05499 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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