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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
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