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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 203, as passed by the Senate, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 4 clause and inserting the following: 1 5 "Section 1. Section 257.3, subsection 2, Code 1 6 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 7 2. TAX FOR REORGANIZED AND DISSOLVED DISTRICTS. 1 8 Notwithstanding subsection 1, a reorganized school 1 9 district shall cause a foundation property tax of four 1 10 dollars and forty cents per thousand dollars of 1 11 assessed valuation to be levied on all taxable 1 12 property which, in the year preceding a 1 13 reorganization, was within a school district affected 1 14 by the reorganization as defined in section 275.1, or 1 15 in the year preceding a dissolution was a part of a 1 16 school district that dissolved if the dissolution 1 17 proposal has been approved by the director of the 1 18 department of education pursuant to section 275.55. 1 19 In the year preceding the reorganization or 1 20 dissolution, the school district affected by the 1 21 reorganization or the school district that dissolved 1 22 must have had a certified enrollment of fewer than six 1 23 hundred in order for the four-dollar-and-forty-cent 1 24 levy to apply. In succeeding school years, the 1 25 foundation property tax levy on that portion shall be 1 26 increasedtwenty cents per year until it reaches the1 27rate ofto the rate of four dollars and ninety cents 1 28 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation the first 1 29 succeeding year, five dollars and fifteen cents per 1 30 thousand dollars of assessed valuation the second 1 31 succeeding year, and five dollars and forty cents per 1 32 thousand dollars of assessed valuation the third 1 33 succeeding year and each year thereafter. 1 34 For purposes of this section, a reorganized school 1 35 district is one whichabsorbedabsorbs at least thirty 1 36 percent of the enrollment of the school district 1 37 affected by a reorganization or dissolved during a 1 38 dissolution and in which action to bring about a 1 39 reorganization or dissolutionwas initiated by a vote1 40of the board of directors or jointly by the affected1 41boards of directors prior to November 30, 1990, and1 42the reorganization or dissolution takesis initiated 1 43 by a vote of the board of directors or jointly by the 1 44 affected boards of directors to take effect on or 1 45 after July 1,19912002, and on or before July 1,19931 46 2006. Each district which initiated, by a vote of the 1 47 board of directors or jointly by the affected boards, 1 48 action to bring about a reorganization or dissolution 1 49by November 30, 1990to take effect on or after July 1 50 1, 2002, and on or before July 1, 2006, shall certify 2 1 the date and the nature of the action taken to the 2 2 department of education bySeptemberJanuary 1, 19912 3 of the year in which the reorganization or dissolution 2 4 takes effect. 2 5A reorganized school district which meets the2 6requirements of this section for reduced property tax2 7rates, but failed to vote on reorganization or2 8dissolution prior to November 30, 1990, and failed to2 9certify such action to the department of education by2 10September 1, 1991, shall cause to be levied a2 11foundation property tax of four dollars and sixty2 12cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation on2 13all eligible taxable property pursuant to this2 14section. In succeeding school years, the foundation2 15property tax levy on that portion shall be increased2 16twenty cents per year until it reaches the rate of2 17five dollars and forty cents per thousand dollars of2 18assessed valuation.2 19The reduced property tax rates of reorganized2 20school districts that met the requirements of section2 21442.2, Code 1991, prior to July 1, 1991, shall2 22continue to increase as provided in that section until2 23they reach five dollars and forty cents.2 24 Sec. 2. Section 257.3, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 2 25 amended by striking the subsection. 2 26 Sec. 3. Section 257.3, subsection 4, Code 2001, is 2 27 amended to read as follows: 2 28 4. RAILWAY CORPORATIONS. For purposes of section 2 29 257.1, the "amount per pupil of foundation property 2 30 tax" does not include the tax levied under subsection 2 31 1, 2,or32 on the property of a railway corporation, 2 32 or on its trustee if the corporation has been declared 2 33 bankrupt or is in bankruptcy proceedings. 2 34 Sec. 4. Section 257.4, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 2 35 amended to read as follows: 2 36 3. APPLICATION OF TAX. No later than June115 of 2 37 each year, the department of management shall notify 2 38 the county auditor of each county the amount, in 2 39 dollars and cents per thousand dollars of assessed 2 40 value, of the additional property tax levy in each 2 41 school district in the county. A county auditor shall 2 42 spread the additional property tax levy for each 2 43 school district in the county over all taxable 2 44 property in the district. 2 45 Sec. 5. Section 257.11, subsection 2, paragraph c, 2 46 Code 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph and 2 47 inserting in lieu thereof the following: 2 48 c. Pupils attending class for all or a substantial 2 49 portion of a school day pursuant to a whole grade 2 50 sharing agreement executed under sections 282.10 3 1 through 282.12 shall be eligible for supplementary 3 2 weighting pursuant to this subsection as follows: 3 3 (1) A school district which was participating in a 3 4 whole grade sharing arrangement during the budget year 3 5 beginning July 1, 2001, and which adopts a resolution 3 6 jointly with the other affected boards to study the 3 7 question of undergoing a reorganization or dissolution 3 8 to take effect on or before July 1, 2006, shall 3 9 receive a weighting of one-tenth of the percentage of 3 10 the pupil's school day during which the pupil attends 3 11 classes in another district, attends classes taught by 3 12 a teacher who is jointly employed under section 3 13 280.15, or attends classes taught by a teacher who is 3 14 employed by another school district. A district shall 3 15 be eligible for supplementary weighting pursuant to 3 16 this subparagraph for a maximum of two years. Receipt 3 17 of supplementary weighting for a second year shall be 3 18 conditioned upon submission of information resulting 3 19 from the study to the school budget review committee 3 20 indicating progress toward the objective of 3 21 reorganization on or before July 1, 2006. 3 22 (2) A school district which was not participating 3 23 in a whole grade sharing arrangement during the budget 3 24 year beginning July 1, 2001, which executes a whole 3 25 grade sharing agreement pursuant to sections 282.10 3 26 through 282.12 for the budget year beginning July 1, 3 27 2003, and which adopts a resolution jointly with the 3 28 other affected boards to study the question of 3 29 undergoing a reorganization or dissolution to take 3 30 effect on or before July 1, 2006, shall receive a 3 31 weighting of one-tenth of the percentage of the 3 32 pupil's school day during which the pupil attends 3 33 classes in another district, attends classes taught by 3 34 a teacher who is jointly employed under section 3 35 280.15, or attends classes taught by a teacher who is 3 36 employed by another school district. A district shall 3 37 be eligible for supplementary weighting pursuant to 3 38 this subparagraph for a maximum of three years. 3 39 Receipt of supplementary weighting for a second and 3 40 third year shall be conditioned upon submission of 3 41 information resulting from the study to the school 3 42 budget review committee indicating progress toward the 3 43 objective of reorganization on or before July 1, 2006. 3 44 Sec. 6. Section 257.11, Code 2001, is amended by 3 45 adding the following new subsection: 3 46 NEW SUBSECTION. 4A. REGIONAL ACADEMIES. 3 47 a. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 3 48 2002, and succeeding budget years, in order to provide 3 49 additional funds for school districts in which a 3 50 regional academy is located, a supplementary weighting 4 1 plan for determining enrollment is adopted. 4 2 b. A school district which establishes a regional 4 3 academy shall be eligible to assign its resident 4 4 pupils attending classes at the academy a weighting of 4 5 one-tenth of the percentage of the pupil's school day 4 6 during which the pupil attends classes at the regional 4 7 academy. For the purposes of this subsection, 4 8 "regional academy" means an educational institution 4 9 established by a school district to which multiple 4 10 schools send pupils in grades seven through twelve. A 4 11 regional academy shall include in its curriculum 4 12 advanced-level courses and may include in its 4 13 curriculum vocational-technical programs. The maximum 4 14 amount of additional weighting for which a school 4 15 district establishing a regional academy shall be 4 16 eligible is an amount corresponding to fifteen 4 17 additional pupils. 4 18 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 257.11A SUPPLEMENTARY 4 19 WEIGHTING AND SCHOOL REORGANIZATION. 4 20 1. In determining weighted enrollment under 4 21 section 257.6, if the board of directors of a school 4 22 district has approved a contract for sharing pursuant 4 23 to section 257.11 and the school district has approved 4 24 an action to bring about a reorganization to take 4 25 effect on and after July 1, 2002, and on or before 4 26 July 1, 2006, the reorganized school district shall 4 27 include, for a period of three years following the 4 28 effective date of the reorganization, additional 4 29 pupils added by the application of the supplementary 4 30 weighting plan, equal to the pupils added by the 4 31 application of the supplementary weighting plan in the 4 32 year preceding the reorganization. For the purposes 4 33 of this paragraph, the weighted enrollment for the 4 34 period of three years following the effective date of 4 35 reorganization shall include the supplementary 4 36 weighting in the base year used for determining the 4 37 combined district cost for the first year of the 4 38 reorganization. However, the weighting shall be 4 39 reduced by the supplementary weighting added for a 4 40 pupil whose residency is not within the reorganized 4 41 district. 4 42 2. For purposes of this section, a reorganized 4 43 district is one in which the reorganization was 4 44 approved in an election pursuant to sections 275.18 4 45 and 275.20 and takes effect on or after July 1, 2002, 4 46 and on or before July 1, 2006. Each district which 4 47 initiates, by a vote of the board of directors or 4 48 jointly by the affected boards, action to bring about 4 49 a reorganization or dissolution to take effect on or 4 50 after July 1, 2002, and on or before July 1, 2006, 5 1 shall certify the date and the nature of the action 5 2 taken to the department of education by January 1 of 5 3 the year in which the reorganization or dissolution 5 4 takes effect. 5 5 3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a school district 5 6 which was participating in a whole grade sharing 5 7 arrangement during the budget year beginning July 1, 5 8 2001, and which received a maximum of two years of 5 9 supplementary weighting pursuant to section 257.11, 5 10 subsection 2, paragraph "c", shall include additional 5 11 pupils added by the application of the supplementary 5 12 weighting plan, equal to the pupils added by the 5 13 application of the supplementary weighting plan in the 5 14 year preceding the reorganization, for a period of 5 15 four years following the effective date of the 5 16 reorganization. 5 17 4. A school district shall be eligible for a 5 18 combined maximum total of six years of supplementary 5 19 weighting under the provisions of this section and 5 20 section 257.11, subsection 2, paragraph "c". 5 21 Sec. 8. Section 257.13, subsections 1 and 2, Code 5 22 2001, are amended to read as follows: 5 23 1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 5 2420002001, and succeeding budget years, if a 5 25 district's actual enrollment for the budget year, 5 26 determined under section 257.6, is greater than its 5 27 budget enrollment for the budget year, the district 5 28 shall be eligible to receive an on-time funding budget 5 29 adjustment. The adjustment shall be in an amount 5 30 equal tofifty percent ofthe difference between the 5 31 actual enrollment for the budget year and the budget 5 32 enrollment for the budget year, multiplied by the 5 33 district cost per pupil. 5 34 2. The board of directors of a school district 5 35 that wishes to receive an on-time funding budget 5 36 adjustment shall adopt a resolution to receive the 5 37 adjustment and notify the school budget review 5 38 committee by November 1,2000annually. The school 5 39 budget review committee shall establish a modified 5 40 allowable growth in an amount determined pursuant to 5 41 subsection 1. 5 42 Sec. 9. Section 257.14, subsection 1, Code 2001, 5 43 is amended to read as follows: 5 44 1. For the budget year commencing July 1,20005 45 2001, if the department of management determines that 5 46 the regular program district cost of a school district 5 47 for a budget year is less than the total of the 5 48 regular program district cost plus any adjustment 5 49 added under this section for the base year for that 5 50 school district, the school district shall be eligible 6 1 to receive a budget adjustment for that district for 6 2 that budget year up to an amount equal to the 6 3 difference. The board of directors of a school 6 4 district that wishes to receive a budget adjustment 6 5 pursuant to this subsection shall, notwithstanding the 6 6 public notice and hearing provisions of chapter 24 or 6 7 any other provision to the contrary, within thirty 6 8 days followingApril 6, 2000the effective date of 6 9 this Act, adopt a resolution to receive the budget 6 10 adjustment and immediately notify the department of 6 11 management of the adoption of the resolution and the 6 12 amount of the budget adjustment to be received. 6 13 Sec. 10. Section 257.14, subsection 2, Code 2001, 6 14 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in 6 15 lieu thereof the following: 6 16 2. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2002, 6 17 and succeeding budget years, if the department of 6 18 management determines that the regular program 6 19 district cost of a school district for a budget year 6 20 is less than one hundred one percent of the regular 6 21 program district cost for the base year for that 6 22 school district, a district shall be eligible for a 6 23 budget adjustment corresponding to the following 6 24 schedule: 6 25 a. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2002, 6 26 the greater of the difference between the regular 6 27 program district cost for the budget year and one 6 28 hundred one percent of the regular program district 6 29 cost for the base year, or ninety percent of the 6 30 amount by which the budget guarantee as calculated for 6 31 the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 6 32 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 6 33 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 6 34 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 6 35 beginning July 1, 2002, if the budget guarantee were 6 36 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 6 37 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 6 38 b. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2003, 6 39 the greater of the difference between the regular 6 40 program district cost for the budget year and one 6 41 hundred one percent of the regular program district 6 42 cost for the base year, or eighty percent of the 6 43 amount by which the budget guarantee as calculated for 6 44 the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 6 45 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 6 46 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 6 47 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 6 48 beginning July 1, 2003, if the budget guarantee were 6 49 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 6 50 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 7 1 c. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2004, 7 2 the greater of the difference between the regular 7 3 program district cost for the budget year and one 7 4 hundred one percent of the regular program district 7 5 cost for the base year, or seventy percent of the 7 6 amount by which the budget guarantee as calculated for 7 7 the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 7 8 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 7 9 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 7 10 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 7 11 beginning July 1, 2004, if the budget guarantee were 7 12 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 7 13 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 7 14 d. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2005, 7 15 the greater of the difference between the regular 7 16 program district cost for the budget year and one 7 17 hundred one percent of the regular program district 7 18 cost for the base year, or sixty percent of the amount 7 19 by which the budget guarantee as calculated for the 7 20 budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 7 21 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 7 22 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 7 23 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 7 24 beginning July 1, 2005, if the budget guarantee were 7 25 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 7 26 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 7 27 e. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2006, 7 28 the greater of the difference between the regular 7 29 program district cost for the budget year and one 7 30 hundred one percent of the regular program district 7 31 cost for the base year, or fifty percent of the amount 7 32 by which the budget guarantee as calculated for the 7 33 budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 7 34 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 7 35 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 7 36 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 7 37 beginning July 1, 2006, if the budget guarantee were 7 38 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 7 39 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 7 40 f. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2007, 7 41 the greater of the difference between the regular 7 42 program district cost for the budget year and one 7 43 hundred one percent of the regular program district 7 44 cost for the base year, or forty percent of the amount 7 45 by which the budget guarantee as calculated for the 7 46 budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 7 47 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 7 48 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 7 49 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 7 50 beginning July 1, 2007, if the budget guarantee were 8 1 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 8 2 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 8 3 g. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2008, 8 4 the greater of the difference between the regular 8 5 program district cost for the budget year and one 8 6 hundred one percent of the regular program district 8 7 cost for the base year, or thirty percent of the 8 8 amount by which the budget guarantee as calculated for 8 9 the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 8 10 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 8 11 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 8 12 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 8 13 beginning July 1, 2008, if the budget guarantee were 8 14 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 8 15 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 8 16 h. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2009, 8 17 the greater of the difference between the regular 8 18 program district cost for the budget year and one 8 19 hundred one percent of the regular program district 8 20 cost for the base year, or twenty percent of the 8 21 amount by which the budget guarantee as calculated for 8 22 the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 8 23 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 8 24 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 8 25 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 8 26 beginning July 1, 2009, if the budget guarantee were 8 27 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 8 28 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 8 29 i. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2010, 8 30 the greater of the difference between the regular 8 31 program district cost for the budget year and one 8 32 hundred one percent of the regular program district 8 33 cost for the base year, or ten percent of the amount 8 34 by which the budget guarantee as calculated for the 8 35 budget year beginning July 1, 2001, exceeds the 8 36 adjusted guarantee amount. For purposes of this 8 37 paragraph, the "adjusted guarantee amount" means the 8 38 amount which would be applicable for the budget year 8 39 beginning July 1, 2010, if the budget guarantee were 8 40 determined for that budget year as calculated for the 8 41 budget year beginning July 1, 2001. 8 42 j. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2011, 8 43 and each budget year thereafter, the difference 8 44 between the regular program district cost for the 8 45 budget year and one hundred one percent of the regular 8 46 program district cost for the base year. 8 47 For the purposes of this subsection, a school 8 48 district shall be eligible to apply the eighty, 8 49 seventy, sixty, fifty, forty, thirty, twenty, and ten 8 50 percent provisions in paragraphs "b" through "i", only 9 1 if the school district received a budget adjustment 9 2 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2002, based on 9 3 the ninety percent provision in paragraph "a". 9 4 The board of directors of a school district that 9 5 wishes to receive a budget adjustment pursuant to this 9 6 subsection shall adopt a resolution to receive the 9 7 budget adjustment and shall, by April 1, annually, 9 8 notify the department of management of the adoption of 9 9 the resolution and the amount of the budget adjustment 9 10 to be received. 9 11 Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 4 and 9 of this 9 12 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, take effect 9 13 upon enactment." 9 14 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and 9 15 inserting the following: "An Act relating to certain 9 16 school finance provisions and providing an effective 9 17 date." 9 18 SF 203H 9 19 rn/es/25
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