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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated
1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2001, the following amount, or so much thereof
1 5 as is necessary, to be used for the following purpose:
1 6 For reimbursement of school district claims for the costs
1 7 of acquiring and using employability skills assessment tools
1 8 as provided in section 256.39A:
1 9 .................................................. $ 800,000
1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 256.39A EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
1 11 ASSESSMENT REIMBURSEMENTS.
1 12 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys to pay
1 13 school district claims for the costs of employability skills
1 14 assessment tools, the department of education shall reimburse
1 15 school district claims for the costs of acquiring,
1 16 administering, and scoring assessment tools to assess the
1 17 employability skills of students. The director of the
1 18 department of education shall identify available employability
1 19 skills assessment tools that school districts may use to meet
1 20 the claim reimbursement requirements of this section.
1 21 2. In order to be eligible for reimbursement under this
1 22 section, a school district shall submit a claim on forms
1 23 provided by the department by July 15, and the claim shall
1 24 state the actual costs incurred and shall be accompanied by an
1 25 affidavit of an officer of the school district affirming the
1 26 accuracy of the claim.
1 27 3. A school district that submits to the department a
1 28 claim for reimbursement in accordance with this section shall
1 29 develop and integrate specific employability skills, goals,
1 30 and activities into the comprehensive school improvement plan
1 31 required under section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "a".
1 32 4. The department of education shall certify to the
1 33 department of revenue and finance the total amounts of
1 34 approved claims to be paid and, to the extent moneys are
1 35 appropriated, the department of revenue and finance shall draw
2 1 warrants payable to school districts with approved claims,
2 2 taking into consideration the relative budget and cash
2 3 position of the state resources. If the funds appropriated
2 4 for purposes of this section are insufficient to pay in full
2 5 the claims submitted by school districts and approved by the
2 6 department, the amounts of approved claims shall be prorated
2 7 among all school districts with approved claims.
2 8 5. Moneys received under this section shall not be
2 9 commingled with state aid payments made under section 257.16
2 10 to a school district and shall be accounted for by the school
2 11 district separately from state aid payments. Payments made to
2 12 a school district under this section are miscellaneous income
2 13 for purposes of chapter 257.
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the
2 16 state to the department of education for employability skills
2 17 assessment reimbursements to school districts for fiscal year
2 18 2000-2001.
2 19 The bill establishes in statute the claims process a school
2 20 district shall follow in order to be reimbursed for the costs
2 21 of acquiring, administering, and scoring assessment tools to
2 22 assess the employability skills of students. The bill
2 23 requires the director of the department of education to
2 24 identify eligible tools.
2 25 LSB 5448XS 78
2 26 kh/cls/14
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