Text: HF00377 Text: HF00379 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 285.17 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. 1 2 Transportation services provided by a school district, 1 3 other than for reimbursement of nonpublic school pupil 1 4 transportation pursuant to section 285.2, shall be funded 1 5 pursuant to the district transportation levy established in 1 6 section 298.4A. A school district with an average 1 7 transportation cost exceeding the state average transportation 1 8 cost by one hundred fifty percent shall be eligible for 1 9 transportation assistance aid pursuant to section 257.31, 1 10 subsection 17. 1 11 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 298.4A DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION 1 12 LEVY. 1 13 1. The board of directors of an eligible school district 1 14 may certify for levy by April 15 of a school year, a tax on 1 15 all taxable property in the school district for a district 1 16 transportation levy. A school district shall be eligible to 1 17 levy for transportation costs if the district's average 1 18 transportation cost exceeds one hundred seventy dollars per 1 19 pupil. The revenues from the tax levied in this section shall 1 20 be placed in the district transportation levy fund of the 1 21 school district. District transportation levy revenues shall 1 22 be expended for transportation costs incurred pursuant to 1 23 chapter 285 including, but not limited to, costs for the 1 24 following: 1 25 a. Transporting students. 1 26 b. Purchasing of transportation equipment. 1 27 c. Purchasing transportation services. 1 28 d. Leasing transportation equipment and lease-purchasing 1 29 transportation equipment. 1 30 2. The amount certified for levy shall not include claims 1 31 for reimbursement of nonpublic school pupil transportation for 1 32 which funds are appropriated to the department of education 1 33 pursuant to section 285.2. 1 34 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 298A.3A DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION 1 35 LEVY FUND. 2 1 The district transportation levy fund is a special revenue 2 2 fund. A district transportation levy fund must be established 2 3 in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized 2 4 under section 298.4A. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill provides that transportation services provided by 2 7 a school district pursuant to Code chapter 285 shall be funded 2 8 by a district transportation levy. The bill provides that a 2 9 school district shall be eligible to levy for transportation 2 10 costs if the district's average transportation cost exceeds 2 11 $170 per pupil. The bill provides that revenue from the levy 2 12 shall be placed in a district transportation levy fund of the 2 13 school district, and expended for transporting students, 2 14 purchasing transportation equipment, purchasing transportation 2 15 services, and leasing or lease-purchasing transportation 2 16 equipment. The bill provides that the amount certified for 2 17 levy shall not include reimbursement claims for nonpublic 2 18 school pupil transportation for which funds are appropriated 2 19 to the department of education pursuant to Code section 285.2. 2 20 The bill also provides that a school district with an average 2 21 transportation cost exceeding the state average transportation 2 22 cost by 150 percent shall remain eligible for transportation 2 23 assistance aid pursuant to Code section 257.31, subsection 17. 2 24 LSB 1950YH 79 2 25 rn/cf/24
Text: HF00377 Text: HF00379 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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