House Journal: Page 1898: Wednesday, April 26, 2000
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1 vocational education, and for not more than the
2 following full-time equivalent positions:
3 $ 210,000
4 FTEs 2.00
5 19. EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ASSESSMENTS REIMBURSEMENTS
6 For reimbursement of school district claims for the
7 costs of acquiring and using employability skills
8 assessment tools as provided in this subsection:
9 $ 200,000
10 a. The department of education shall reimburse
11 school district claims for the costs of acquiring,
12 administering, and scoring assessment tools to assess
13 the employability skills of students. The director of
14 education shall identify available employability
15 skills assessment tools that school districts may use
16 to meet the claim reimbursement requirements of this
17 subsection.
18 b. In order to be eligible for reimbursement under
19 this subsection, a school district shall submit a
20 claim on forms provided by the department by July 15,
21 2001, and the claim shall state the actual costs
22 incurred and shall be accompanied by an affidavit of
23 an officer of the school district affirming the
24 accuracy of the claim.
25 c. A school district that submits to the
26 department a claim for reimbursement in accordance
27 with this subsection shall develop and integrate
28 specific employability skills goals and activities
29 into the comprehensive school improvement plan
30 required under section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph
31 "a".
32 d. The department of education shall certify to
33 the department of revenue and finance the amounts of
34 approved claims to be paid, and the department of
35 revenue and finance shall draw warrants payable to
36 school districts with approved claims, taking into
37 consideration the relative budget and cash position of
38 the state resources.
39 e. Moneys received under this subsection shall not
40 be commingled with state aid payments made under
41 section 257.16 to a school district and shall be
42 accounted for by the school district separately from
43 state aid payments. Payments made to a school
44 district under this subsection are miscellaneous
45 income for purposes of chapter 257.
46 f. If the funds appropriated in this subsection
47 are insufficient to pay in full the claims submitted
48 by school districts and approved by the department,
49 the amounts of approved claims shall be prorated among
50 all school districts with approved claims.
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