House Journal: Page 1838: Wednesday, April 26, 2000
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Grundberg of Polk called up for consideration Senate File 2252, a
bill for an act eliminating the future repeal of the school finance
formula and providing for periodic legislative review, amended by the
House, further amended by the Senate and moved that the House
concur in the following Senate amendment H-9098 to the House
amendment:
H-9098
1 Amend the House amendment, S-5336, to Senate File
2 2252, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 12 and
4 inserting the following:
5 " ___. Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 26 and
6 inserting the following:
7 "NEW SUBSECTION. 4. LEGISLATIVE REVIEW. The
8 provisions of this chapter shall be subject to
9 legislative review at least every five years. The
10 review shall be based upon a school finance formula
11 status report containing the recommendations of a
12 legislative interim committee appointed to conduct a
13 review of the school finance formula, to be prepared
14 with the assistance of the department of education, in
15 association with the departments of management and
16 revenue and finance. The report shall include
17 recommendations for school finance formula changes or
18 revisions based upon demographic changes, enrollment
19 trends, and property tax valuation fluctuations
20 observed during the preceding five-year interval; an
21 analysis of the operation of the school finance
22 formula during the preceding five-year interval; and a
23 summary of issues that have arisen since the previous
24 review and potential approaches for their resolution.
25 The first such report shall be submitted to the
26 general assembly no later than January 1, 2005, with
27 subsequent reports developed and submitted by January
28 1 at least every fifth year thereafter." "
29 2. By renumbering as necessary.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-9098, to the House amendment.
Grundberg of Polk moved that the bill, as amended by the House,
further amended by the Senate and concurred in by the House, be
read a last time now and placed upon its passage which motion
prevailed and the bill was read a last time.
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