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1 1 Section 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of
1 2 the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
1 3 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the
1 4 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 5 used for the purpose designated:
1 6 For the elimination of certified negative balances in
1 7 school district funds raised for special education instruction
1 8 programs for the school budget year beginning July 1, 1998,
1 9 and ending June 30, 1999:
1 10 .................................................. $16,500,000
1 11 Sec. 2. The funds appropriated in section 1 of this Act
1 12 shall be allocated by the department to the school budget
1 13 review committee for distribution to school districts for
1 14 which the committee, pursuant to section 257.31, subsection
1 15 14, has certified to the director of the department of
1 16 management a negative balance of funds for the school budget
1 17 year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999. The
1 18 funds appropriated shall be considered supplemental aid and
1 19 added to the supplemental aid otherwise payable and
1 20 distributed pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 14,
1 21 paragraph "b". For purposes of the funds appropriated in
1 22 section 1, however, the provisions of section 257.31,
1 23 subsection 14, paragraph "b", relating to supplemental aid
1 24 being payable in an amount equal to the state aid portion of a
1 25 school district's negative balance, and eligibility to receive
1 26 funds being contingent on an increase in allowable growth for
1 27 the year following the budget year, respectively, shall not
1 28 apply.
1 29 If the funds appropriated in section 1 of this Act are
1 30 insufficient to fully eliminate the negative special education
1 31 balances for all school districts, distribution shall be made
1 32 on a pro rata basis in proportion to the ratio which the
1 33 negative special education balance for a school district bears
1 34 to the sum of the negative special education balances for all
1 35 school districts reporting such balances to the school budget
2 1 review committee for the budget year beginning July 1, 1998,
2 2 and ending June 30, 1999. School districts receiving prorated
2 3 distributions may apply to the school budget review committee
2 4 for supplemental aid pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 5,
2 5 paragraph "h", in an amount equal to the difference between
2 6 the distribution received and the negative special education
2 7 balance certified.
2 8 Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 12, the
2 9 school budget review committee within 30 days of the effective
2 10 date of this section shall review the special education
2 11 weighting plan in effect for the school budget year beginning
2 12 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and adjust the
2 13 weighting levels to eliminate special education negative
2 14 balance projections. In reviewing the weighting plan, the
2 15 committee shall utilize the most recent information available
2 16 regarding special education instruction program funding
2 17 balances and the average costs of providing instruction for
2 18 children requiring special education in the categories of the
2 19 weighting plan.
2 20 Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act, being deemed of immediate
2 21 importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies to special
2 22 education funding calculations for the school budget year
2 23 beginning on July 1, 1999.
2 24 EXPLANATION
2 25 This bill appropriates $16.5 million from the general fund
2 26 of the state to the department of education for the fiscal
2 27 year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000. The
2 28 appropriated funds shall be allocated by the department to the
2 29 school budget review committee for distribution to school
2 30 districts which incurred a negative balance of funds for
2 31 special education instruction for the school budget year
2 32 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, and shall be
2 33 considered supplemental aid distributed pursuant to Code
2 34 section 257.31, subsection 14, paragraph "b".
2 35 If the appropriated funds are not sufficient to fully
3 1 eliminate the negative special education balances for all
3 2 school districts, the bill provides that distribution shall be
3 3 made on a pro rata basis in proportion to the ratio which the
3 4 negative special education balance for a school district bears
3 5 to the sum of the negative special education balances for all
3 6 school districts for the budget year beginning July 1, 1998,
3 7 and ending June 30, 1999. The bill provides that school
3 8 districts receiving prorated distributions may apply to the
3 9 school budget review committee for supplemental aid, pursuant
3 10 to Code section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph "h".
3 11 The bill additionally directs the school budget review
3 12 committee, within 30 days of the effective date of this
3 13 portion of the bill, to review the special education weighting
3 14 plan in effect for the school budget year beginning July 1,
3 15 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and to adjust the weighting
3 16 levels to eliminate special education negative balances
3 17 projected for that school budget year, utilizing the most
3 18 recent information available regarding special education
3 19 instruction program funding balances and costs. The bill
3 20 would take effect upon enactment with regard to these special
3 21 education weighting level review and adjustment provisions.
3 22 LSB 1564SS 78
3 23 rn/gg/8
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