House Journal: Page 1531: Wednesday, April 21, 1999

28   or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year, shall

29   not revert but shall be available for expenditure for
30   purposes of issuing national board certification
31   awards during the succeeding fiscal year.
32     14.  EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ASSESSMENTS
33   REIMBURSEMENTS
34     For reimbursement of school district claims for the
35   costs of acquiring and using employability skills
36   assessment tools as provided in this subsection:
37   	 $    350,000
38     a.  The department of education shall reimburse
39   school district claims for the costs of acquiring,
40   administering, and scoring assessment tools to assess
41   the employability skills of students enrolled in grade
42   12.  The director of education shall identify
43   available employability skills assessment tools that
44   school districts may use to meet the claim
45   reimbursement requirements of this subsection.
46     b.  In order to be eligible for reimbursement under
47   this subsection, a school district shall submit a
48   claim on forms provided by the department by July 15,
49   2000, and the claim shall state the actual costs
50   incurred and shall be accompanied by an affidavit of
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 1   an officer of the school district affirming the
 2   accuracy of the claim.
 3     c.  The department of education shall certify to
 4   the department of revenue and finance the amounts of
 5   approved claims to be paid, and the department of
 6   revenue and finance shall draw warrants payable to
 7   school districts with approved claims, taking into
 8   consideration the relative budget and cash position of
 9   the state resources.
10     d.  Moneys received under this subsection shall not
11   be commingled with state aid payments made under
12   section 257.16 to a school district and shall be
13   accounted for by the school district separately from
14   state aid payments.  Payments made to a school
15   district under this subsection are miscellaneous
16   income for purposes of chapter 257.
17     e.  If the funds appropriated in this subsection
18   are insufficient to pay in full the claims submitted
19   by school districts and approved by the department,
20   the amounts of approved claims shall be prorated among
21   all school districts with approved claims.
22     15.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES
23     For general state financial aid, including general
24   financial aid to merged areas in lieu of personal
25   property tax replacement payments, to merged areas as
26   defined in section 260C.2, for vocational education

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