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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.31, subsection 17, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    17.  a.  If a district's average transportation costs per
  1  4 pupil exceed the state average transportation costs per pupil
  1  5 determined under paragraph "c" by one hundred fifty percent,
  1  6 the committee may grant transportation assistance aid to the
  1  7 district pursuant to rules adopted by the committee.  The
  1  8 committee shall grant such assistance to an eligible district
  1  9 in an amount up to, but not exceeding, fifty cents of
  1 10 transportation assistance for each dollar by which the
  1 11 district's average transportation costs per pupil exceed the
  1 12 state average transportation costs per pupil determined under
  1 13 paragraph "c".  Such aid shall be miscellaneous income and
  1 14 shall not be included in district cost.
  1 15    b.  To be eligible for transportation assistance aid, a
  1 16 school district shall annually certify its actual cost for all
  1 17 children transported in all school buses not later than July
  1 18 31 after each school year on forms prescribed by the
  1 19 committee.  A school district in which a local option sales
  1 20 tax for school infrastructure purposes has been imposed is not
  1 21 eligible for transportation assistance aid under this
  1 22 subsection.  A school district that is partially located in a
  1 23 county in which a local option sales tax for school
  1 24 infrastructure purposes has been imposed is eligible for
  1 25 transportation assistance aid under this subsection only to
  1 26 the extent the district's average transportation costs per
  1 27 pupil residing in the county in which such tax has been
  1 28 imposed exceeds the state average transportation costs per
  1 29 pupil determined under paragraph "c" by one hundred fifty
  1 30 percent.
  1 31    c.  A district's average transportation costs per pupil
  1 32 shall be determined by dividing the district's actual cost for
  1 33 all children transported in all school buses for a school year
  1 34 pursuant to section 285.1, subsection 12, less the amount
  1 35 received for transporting nonpublic school pupils under
  2  1 section 285.1, by the district's actual enrollment for the
  2  2 school year excluding the shared-time enrollment for the
  2  3 school year as defined in section 257.6.  The state average
  2  4 transportation costs per pupil shall be determined by dividing
  2  5 the total actual costs for all children transported in all
  2  6 districts for a school year, by the total of all districts'
  2  7 actual enrollments for the school year.
  2  8    d.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  2  9 state to the committee, for each fiscal year, the sum of four
  2 10 million dollars for transportation assistance aid to school
  2 11 districts as provided in this subsection.  Funds transferred
  2 12 to the committee in accordance with section 321.34, subsection
  2 13 22, are also appropriated to the committee and may be expended
  2 14 for the purposes of the committee, as described in this
  2 15 section this subsection.  However, highest priority shall be
  2 16 given to districts that meet the conditions described in this
  2 17 subsection.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code,
  2 18 unencumbered or unobligated funds appropriated to the
  2 19 committee pursuant to this paragraph or transferred to the
  2 20 committee pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 22, remaining
  2 21 on June 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds were
  2 22 appropriated or transferred, shall not revert but shall be
  2 23 available for expenditure for the purposes of this subsection
  2 24 in subsequent fiscal years.
  2 25    e.  The committee shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
  2 26 for granting transportation assistance aid and for otherwise
  2 27 administering this subsection.  
  2 28                           EXPLANATION
  2 29    This bill appropriates $4 million each year beginning July
  2 30 1, 2001, to the school budget review committee to pay
  2 31 transportation assistance aid to school districts which have
  2 32 average transportation costs per pupil that exceed the state
  2 33 average transportation costs per pupil by 150 percent.  The
  2 34 committee is to grant such assistance to eligible districts in
  2 35 an amount up to 50 cents of assistance for each dollar by
  3  1 which the district's average transportation costs per pupil
  3  2 exceed the state average transportation costs per pupil.  A
  3  3 school district in which a local option sales tax for school
  3  4 infrastructure purposes has been imposed is not eligible for
  3  5 the assistance.  A school district partially located in a
  3  6 county that has imposed such tax is eligible for assistance
  3  7 only to the extent the average transportation costs for pupils
  3  8 in that county exceeds the state average transportation costs
  3  9 per pupil by 150 percent.  Rules relating to granting such aid
  3 10 are to be adopted by the committee pursuant to Code chapter
  3 11 17A.  Currently, the school budget review committee receives
  3 12 funds for the transportation assistance aid from fees for
  3 13 special motor vehicle registration plates with education
  3 14 emblems pursuant to Code section 321.34.  
  3 15 LSB 2293HH 79
  3 16 nh/cls/14
     

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