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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 allocated pursuant
1 22 to this Act, the supplemental aid amount shall be equal to a
1 23 school district's negative balance.
1 24 Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 12, the
1 25 school budget review committee within 30 days of the effective
1 26 date of this section shall review the special education
1 27 weighting plan in effect for the school budget year beginning
1 28 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and adjust the
1 29 weighting levels to eliminate special education negative
1 30 balance projections. In reviewing the weighting plan, the
1 31 committee shall utilize the most recent information available
1 32 regarding special education instruction program funding
1 33 balances and the average costs of providing instruction for
1 34 children requiring special education in the categories of the
1 35 weighting plan.
2 1 Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act, being deemed of immediate
2 2 importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies to special
2 3 education funding calculations for the school budget year
2 4 beginning on July 1, 1999.
2 5 EXPLANATION
2 6 This bill appropriates $16.5 million from the general fund
2 7 of the state to the department of education for the fiscal
2 8 year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000. The
2 9 appropriated funds shall be allocated by the department to the
2 10 school budget review committee for distribution to school
2 11 districts which incurred a negative balance of funds for
2 12 special education instruction for the school budget year
2 13 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, and shall be
2 14 considered supplemental aid distributed pursuant to Code
2 15 section 257.31, subsection 14, paragraph "b".
2 16 The bill additionally directs the school budget review
2 17 committee, within 30 days of the effective date of this
2 18 portion of the bill, to review the special education weighting
2 19 plan in effect for the school budget year beginning July 1,
2 20 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and to adjust the weighting
2 21 levels to eliminate special education negative balances
2 22 projected for that school budget year, utilizing the most
2 23 recent information available regarding special education
2 24 instruction program funding balances and costs. The bill
2 25 would take effect upon enactment with regard to these special
2 26 education weighting level review and adjustment provisions.
2 27 LSB 2509SS 78
2 28 rn/gg/8
Text: SF00324 Text: SF00326 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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