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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.35, Code 2001, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 257.35 AREA EDUCATION AGENCY PAYMENTS.
1 4 1. The department of management shall deduct the amounts
1 5 calculated for special education support services, media
1 6 services, and educational services for each school district
1 7 from the state aid due to the district pursuant to this
1 8 chapter and shall pay the amounts to the respective area
1 9 education agencies on a monthly basis from September 15
1 10 through June 15 during each school year. The department of
1 11 management shall notify each school district of the amount of
1 12 state aid deducted for these purposes and the balance of state
1 13 aid shall be paid to the district. If a district does not
1 14 qualify for state aid under this chapter in an amount
1 15 sufficient to cover its amount due to the area education
1 16 agency as calculated by the department of management, the
1 17 school district shall pay the deficiency to the area education
1 18 agency from other moneys received by the district, on a
1 19 quarterly basis during each school year.
1 20 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the state aid for area
1 21 education agencies and the portion of the combined district
1 22 cost calculated for these agencies for each fiscal year of the
1 23 fiscal period beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30,
1 24 2004, shall be reduced by the department of management by
1 25 seven million five hundred thousand dollars. The reduction
1 26 for each area education agency shall be equal to the reduction
1 27 that the agency received in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 28 2001.
1 29 Sec. 2. Section 257.37, Code 2001, is amended by adding
1 30 the following new subsection:
1 31 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. For the budget years beginning July 1,
1 32 2002, and July 1, 2003, notwithstanding the requirements of
1 33 this section for determining the budgets and funding of media
1 34 services and education services, an area education agency may,
1 35 within the limits of the total of the funds provided for the
2 1 budget years pursuant to section 257.35, expend for special
2 2 education support services an amount that exceeds the payment
2 3 for special education support services pursuant to section
2 4 257.35 in order to maintain the level of required special
2 5 education support services in the area education agency.
2 6 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 7 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 8 EXPLANATION
2 9 This bill provides that the state school foundation aid for
2 10 area education agencies and the portion of the combined
2 11 district cost calculated for these agencies for the fiscal
2 12 years beginning July 1, 2002, and July 1, 2003, shall be
2 13 reduced for each fiscal year by the department of management
2 14 by $7,500,000. The bill also provides that the amount of the
2 15 reduction for each area education agency shall equal the
2 16 reduction that each agency received in the fiscal year
2 17 beginning July 1, 2001. The bill additionally provides that
2 18 for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2002, and July 1, 2003,
2 19 an area education agency may, within the limits of the total
2 20 of the funds provided to an area education agency pursuant to
2 21 Code section 257.35, expend for special education support
2 22 services an amount that exceeds the payment for special
2 23 education support services pursuant to Code section 257.35 in
2 24 order to maintain the level of required special education
2 25 support services in the area education agency.
2 26 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 27 LSB 5946XL 79
2 28 rn/cf/24
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