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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 261C.10 PAYMENT OF SCHOOL
1 2 DISTRICT CLAIMS – APPROPRIATION.
1 3 1. If the general assembly appropriates funds to the
1 4 department of education for the payment of school district
1 5 postsecondary enrollment options costs, a school district that
1 6 paid a tuition reimbursement amount as provided in section
1 7 261C.6 may submit a claim to the department, on forms provided
1 8 by the department, for reimbursement of the amount paid to the
1 9 eligible postsecondary institution. Claims submitted to the
1 10 department shall state the actual costs incurred. Claims
1 11 shall be accompanied by an affidavit of an officer of the
1 12 school district affirming the accuracy of the claim.
1 13 2. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 4, taking
1 14 into consideration the relative budget and cash position of
1 15 the state resources, the department shall certify to the
1 16 department of revenue and finance, by February 1 and on or
1 17 about June 15, the amounts of approved claims to be paid, and
1 18 the department of revenue and finance shall draw warrants
1 19 payable to school districts with approved claims.
1 20 3. Payments made to a school district under this section
1 21 are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257.
1 22 4. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 23 state to the department of education for each fiscal year the
1 24 sum of one million seven hundred thousand dollars for the
1 25 payment of school district postsecondary enrollment options
1 26 costs.
1 27 5. If the director of the department of education
1 28 determines that the moneys appropriated by the general
1 29 assembly as provided in subsection 4 are insufficient to pay
1 30 in full all claims submitted in accordance with this section,
1 31 the amounts of approved claims to be paid shall be prorated
1 32 among all school districts with approved claims.
1 33 6. The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant
1 34 to chapter 17A to implement this section.
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 This bill appropriates $1.7 million annually to the
2 2 department of education for the payment of claims submitted to
2 3 the department by school districts for reimbursement of the
2 4 amounts the districts paid to postsecondary institutions in
2 5 accordance with the postsecondary enrollment options Act.
2 6 Claims submitted to the department shall state the actual
2 7 costs incurred, and shall be accompanied by an affidavit of an
2 8 officer of the public school district affirming the accuracy
2 9 of the claim.
2 10 The bill requires the department to certify to the
2 11 department of revenue and finance, by February 1 and on or
2 12 about June 15, the amounts of approved claims to be paid, and
2 13 the department of revenue and finance shall draw warrants
2 14 payable to school districts with approved claims.
2 15 If the director of the department of education determines
2 16 that the moneys appropriated by the general assembly are
2 17 insufficient to pay in full all claims, the amounts paid shall
2 18 be prorated among all school districts with approved claims.
2 19 LSB 1338SS 78
2 20 kh/cf/24
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