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Senate Amendment 3546

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend the House amendment, S-3535, to Senate File
  1  2 203, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  By striking page 1, line 3, through page 9,
  1  4 line 13, and inserting the following:
  1  5    "#   .  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  6 following:
  1  7    "Sec.    .  Section 257.13, subsections 1 and 2,
  1  8 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
  1  9    1.  For the school budget year years beginning July
  1 10 1, 2000 2001, and July 1, 2002, if a district's actual
  1 11 enrollment for the budget year, determined under
  1 12 section 257.6, is greater than its budget enrollment
  1 13 for the budget year, the district shall be eligible to
  1 14 receive an on-time funding budget adjustment.  The
  1 15 adjustment shall be in an amount equal to fifty
  1 16 percent of the difference between the actual
  1 17 enrollment for the budget year and the budget
  1 18 enrollment for the budget year, multiplied by the
  1 19 district cost per pupil.
  1 20    2.  The board of directors of a school district
  1 21 that wishes to receive an on-time funding budget
  1 22 adjustment shall adopt a resolution to receive the
  1 23 adjustment and notify the school budget review
  1 24 committee by November 1, 2000 annually.  The school
  1 25 budget review committee shall establish a modified
  1 26 allowable growth in an amount determined pursuant to
  1 27 subsection 1."
  1 28    #   .  Page 2, by inserting after line 1, the
  1 29 following:
  1 30    "Sec.    .  REORGANIZATION INCENTIVES AND REGIONAL
  1 31 ACADEMIES – INTERIM STUDY.  The legislative council
  1 32 is requested to establish an interim study committee
  1 33 relating to the reauthorization of reorganization
  1 34 incentives for school districts and the establishment
  1 35 of regional academies.
  1 36    The committee shall review the reorganization
  1 37 incentive provisions previously contained within the
  1 38 school finance formula applicable to school districts,
  1 39 and shall evaluate the effectiveness of those
  1 40 provisions in promoting the reorganization or
  1 41 dissolution of school districts.  The committee shall
  1 42 consider possible enhancements and refinements to the
  1 43 provisions previously in effect, and shall make
  1 44 recommendations regarding implementation of the
  1 45 incentives, including supplementary weighting and
  1 46 taxpayer incentives in the form of a reduced
  1 47 foundation property tax levy.
  1 48    The committee shall study the creation and
  1 49 implementation of regional academies as an alternative
  1 50 governing and taxing structure for school districts.
  2  1 The committee shall examine the feasibility of
  2  2 creating and implementing a regional academy system,
  2  3 with the objective of utilizing economies of scale to
  2  4 enhance the educational opportunities of students in
  2  5 grades seven through twelve residing within designated
  2  6 regions.
  2  7    The committee shall make recommendations regarding
  2  8 boundary determination, curriculum content including
  2  9 advanced-level and vocational-technical courses,
  2 10 taxing authority, financial incentives to regional
  2 11 academy formation, and adaptation of the school
  2 12 finance formula to the new regional structure.
  2 13    The committee shall consider transportation
  2 14 provision and funding issues relating to and arising
  2 15 out of its recommendations regarding the
  2 16 reauthorization of reorganization incentives and the
  2 17 establishment of regional academies.
  2 18    The committee shall submit a report of its findings
  2 19 and recommendations to the general assembly by January
  2 20 14, 2002.""
  2 21    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 22 
  2 23 
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  2 25 NANCY BOETTGER
  2 26 SF 203.703 79
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