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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.1, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 3, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 For the budget year commencing July 1,19951999, the 1 4 department of management shall add the amount of the 1 5 additional budget adjustment computed in section 257.14, 1 6 subsection21, to the combined foundation base. 1 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 257.13 ON-TIME FUNDING FOR NEW 1 8 STUDENTS. 1 9 1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 1999, if a 1 10 district's actual enrollment for the budget year, determined 1 11 under section 257.6, is greater than its budget enrollment for 1 12 the budget year, the district may submit a request to the 1 13 school budget review committee for on-time funding for new 1 14 students. The school budget review committee shall consider 1 15 the relative increase in enrollment on a district-by-district 1 16 basis, in determining whether to approve the request, and 1 17 shall determine the amount of additional funding to be 1 18 provided if the request is granted. An application for on- 1 19 time funding pursuant to this subsection must be received by 1 20 the department of education by November 1. Written notice of 1 21 the committee's decision shall be given through the department 1 22 of education to the school board for a district. 1 23 2. If the school budget review committee approves a 1 24 request for on-time funding for new students, the funding 1 25 shall be in an amount up to the product of the state cost per 1 26 pupil for the budget year multiplied by the difference between 1 27 the actual enrollment for the budget year and the budget 1 28 enrollment for the budget year. The additional funding 1 29 received under this section is miscellaneous income to the 1 30 district. 1 31 3. There is appropriated for the fiscal year beginning 1 32 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, from the general fund 1 33 of the state to the department of education up to four million 1 34 dollars to pay additional funding authorized under this 1 35 section, which shall be paid to school districts in the same 2 1 manner as other state aids payable under section 257.16. If 2 2 the requests approved by the school budget review committee 2 3 exceed the appropriation in this subsection, the payments to 2 4 school districts receiving approval for on-time funding shall 2 5 be prorated such that each school district approved for on- 2 6 time funding shall receive an amount of on-time funding equal 2 7 to the percentage that the on-time funding to be provided to 2 8 the district bears to the total amount of on-time funding to 2 9 be provided to all districts receiving approval. 2 10 4. If the board of directors of a school district 2 11 determines that a need exists for additional funds exceeding 2 12 the state aid amount provided in this section, a request for 2 13 modified allowable growth based upon increased enrollment may 2 14 be submitted to the school budget review committee as provided 2 15 in section 257.31. 2 16 5. A school district which is receiving a budget 2 17 adjustment for a budget year pursuant to section 257.14 shall 2 18 receive on-time funding for increased enrollment, reduced by 2 19 the amount of the budget adjustment for that budget year. The 2 20 resulting amount shall not be less than zero. The school 2 21 district shall comply with the procedures established in 2 22 subsection 1. 2 23 6. If a district receives additional funding under this 2 24 section for a budget year, the department of management shall 2 25 determine the amount of the additional funding which would 2 26 have been generated by local property tax revenues, in 2 27 proportion to the amount of funding actually received pursuant 2 28 to this section, if the actual enrollment for the budget year 2 29 had been used in determining district cost for that budget 2 30 year. The department of management shall reduce, but not by 2 31 more than the amount of the additional funding, the district's 2 32 total state school aids otherwise available under this chapter 2 33 for the next following budget year by the amount so 2 34 determined, and shall increase the district's additional 2 35 property tax levy for the next following budget year by the 3 1 amount necessary to compensate for the reduction in state aid, 3 2 so that the local property tax for the next following year 3 3 will be increased only by the amount which it would have been 3 4 increased in the budget year if the enrollment calculated in 3 5 this section could have been used to establish the levy. 3 6 Sec. 3. Section 257.14, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 3 7 amended to read as follows: 3 8 1. For the budget years commencing July 1, 1997,andJuly 3 9 1, 1998, and July 1, 1999, if the department of management 3 10 determines that the regular program district cost of a school 3 11 district for a budget year is less than the total of the 3 12 regular program district cost plus any adjustment added under 3 13 this section for the base year for that school district, the 3 14 department of management shall provide a budget adjustment for 3 15 that district for that budget year that is equal to the 3 16 difference. 3 17 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being 3 18 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment 3 19 and applies to the computation of school aid under the state 3 20 school foundation program for the school budget year beginning 3 21 July 1, 1999. 3 22 EXPLANATION 3 23 This bill provides additional funding for certain school 3 24 districts that have either decreasing or increasing 3 25 enrollments. 3 26 The bill extends the budget guarantee provision currently 3 27 applicable to school districts for the budget year commencing 3 28 July 1, 1998, to the next succeeding budget year, commencing 3 29 July 1, 1999. The bill additionally provides, for the budget 3 30 year beginning July 1, 1999, that if a school district's 3 31 regular program district cost is less than its regular program 3 32 district cost with the budget guarantee provision for the year 3 33 preceding the budget year, the department of management shall 3 34 provide an additional budget adjustment to reach the 100 3 35 percent level. The bill provides that this additional budget 4 1 adjustment to reach the 100 percent level shall be added to 4 2 the combined foundation base, resulting in amounts guaranteed 4 3 being fully comprised of additional state aid. 4 4 The bill also provides that for the school budget year 4 5 beginning July 1, 1999, school districts experiencing 4 6 increases in enrollment may submit a request to the school 4 7 budget review committee for on-time funding for new students. 4 8 The request would be due by November 1, 1999. The school 4 9 budget review committee shall determine whether, and to what 4 10 extent, a request shall be granted on a district-by-district 4 11 basis. If a request is approved, the funding shall be in an 4 12 amount of up to the product of the state cost per pupil for 4 13 the budget year multiplied by the difference between the 4 14 actual enrollment for the budget year and the budget 4 15 enrollment for the budget year. 4 16 The bill makes an appropriation from the general fund of 4 17 the state to the department of education of up to $4 million 4 18 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 4 19 30, 2000, payable in the same manner as other state aids 4 20 payable to school districts pursuant to Code section 257.16. 4 21 If requests for on-time funding exceed the appropriation 4 22 available, school districts with approved requests shall 4 23 receive prorated payments. School districts may request 4 24 modified allowable growth above and beyond amounts received 4 25 for on-time funding pursuant to Code section 257.31. 4 26 The additional funding received in a given budget year will 4 27 impact the following year's state aid and property tax levels. 4 28 The amount which would have been generated by property taxes 4 29 if the actual (increased) enrollment figure was used in 4 30 determining the district cost will be calculated by the 4 31 department of management. This amount will reduce the level 4 32 of state aid available to the district for the following year, 4 33 but not by more than the amount of the additional funding. 4 34 The district's additional property tax levy for the following 4 35 budget year will then be increased by the amount necessary to 5 1 compensate for the reduction in state aid. 5 2 The bill would take effect upon enactment and apply to the 5 3 school budget year beginning July 1, 1999. 5 4 LSB 1929XC 78 5 5 rn/cf/24.2
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