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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.6, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 4. BUDGET ENROLLMENT.
1 4 a. Budget enrollment for the budget year is the basic
1 5 enrollment for the budget year.
1 6 b. For a school district that elects to receive a
1 7 decreasing enrollment rolling average budget adjustment
1 8 pursuant to section 257.13A, budget enrollment for the budget
1 9 year is the greater of the basic enrollment for the budget
1 10 year or the average of the basic enrollment for the budget
1 11 year and the basic enrollment for the base year.
1 12 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 257.13A DECREASING ENROLLMENT
1 13 ROLLING AVERAGE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.
1 14 1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2002, and
1 15 succeeding budget years, if a school district's actual
1 16 enrollment for the budget year, determined under section
1 17 257.6, subsection 1, is less than its budget enrollment for
1 18 the budget year, determined under section 257.6, subsection 4,
1 19 paragraph "b", the school district shall be eligible to
1 20 receive a decreasing enrollment rolling average budget
1 21 adjustment. The adjustment shall be in an amount up to the
1 22 sum of the difference between the actual enrollment and the
1 23 budget enrollment for the budget year, determined under
1 24 section 257.6, subsection 4, paragraph "b", multiplied by the
1 25 district cost per pupil.
1 26 2. The board of directors of a school district that wishes
1 27 to receive a decreasing enrollment rolling average budget
1 28 adjustment for a budget year shall adopt a resolution to
1 29 receive the adjustment and notify the school budget review
1 30 committee by November 1 of the base year. The school budget
1 31 review committee shall establish a modified allowable growth
1 32 in an amount equal to the budget adjustment determined
1 33 pursuant to subsection 1. A school district may utilize
1 34 moneys from its unexpended cash balance or may use cash
1 35 reserve moneys to reduce the district's property tax levy.
2 1 3. If the board of directors of a school district
2 2 determines that a need exists for additional funds exceeding
2 3 the authorized budget adjustment for decreasing enrollment
2 4 pursuant to this section, a request for modified allowable
2 5 growth based upon decreasing enrollment may be submitted to
2 6 the school budget review committee as provided in section
2 7 257.31.
2 8 Sec. 3. Section 257.14, Code 2001, is amended by adding
2 9 the following new subsection:
2 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. For a school district receiving a
2 11 budget adjustment pursuant to this section, which school
2 12 district received a decreasing enrollment rolling average
2 13 budget adjustment pursuant to section 257.13A for the previous
2 14 budget year, the department of management shall determine the
2 15 amount of the budget adjustment which the school district
2 16 would have received if the district had elected to receive a
2 17 budget adjustment pursuant to this section for the previous
2 18 budget year, and utilize that amount in determining the
2 19 difference between the regular program district cost of the
2 20 school district for the budget year and the total of the
2 21 regular program district cost plus any adjustment added under
2 22 this section for the base year pursuant to subsection 1.
2 23 EXPLANATION
2 24 This bill provides for a decreasing enrollment rolling
2 25 average budget adjustment for school districts. The bill
2 26 provides that a school district that elects to receive a
2 27 decreasing enrollment rolling average budget adjustment for
2 28 the school budget year beginning July 1, 2002, and succeeding
2 29 budget years, shall be eligible to determine budget enrollment
2 30 for the budget year as the greater of the basic enrollment for
2 31 the budget year or the average of the basic enrollment for the
2 32 budget year and the basic enrollment for the base year. The
2 33 bill provides that for the school budget year beginning July
2 34 1, 2002, if a school district's actual enrollment for the
2 35 budget year is less than its budget enrollment for the budget
3 1 year, as budget enrollment is determined pursuant to new Code
3 2 section 257.6, subsection 4, paragraph "b", the school
3 3 district shall be eligible to receive a decreasing enrollment
3 4 rolling average budget adjustment. The bill provides that the
3 5 adjustment shall be in an amount up to the sum of the
3 6 difference between the actual enrollment and the new
3 7 alternative budget enrollment for the budget year, multiplied
3 8 by the district cost per pupil. The bill provides that the
3 9 board of directors of a school district that wishes to receive
3 10 a decreasing enrollment rolling average budget adjustment for
3 11 a budget year shall adopt a resolution and notify the school
3 12 budget review committee by November 1 of the base year. The
3 13 bill provides that the school budget review committee shall
3 14 establish a modified allowable growth in an amount up to the
3 15 sum of the difference between the actual and budget
3 16 enrollment, and that a school district may utilize moneys from
3 17 its unexpended cash balance or may use cash reserve moneys to
3 18 reduce the property tax levy. The bill also provides that if
3 19 the board of directors of a school district determines that a
3 20 need exists for additional funds exceeding the authorized
3 21 budget adjustment for decreasing enrollment, a request for
3 22 modified allowable growth based upon decreasing enrollment may
3 23 be submitted to the school budget review committee as provided
3 24 in Code section 257.31.
3 25 The bill provides that a school district receiving a budget
3 26 guarantee adjustment pursuant to Code section 257.14, which
3 27 received a decreasing enrollment rolling average budget
3 28 adjustment for the previous budget year, shall be treated as
3 29 if the district had elected to receive a budget guarantee
3 30 adjustment for the previous budget year in determining the
3 31 difference between the regular program district cost of the
3 32 school district for the budget year and the total of the
3 33 regular program district cost plus any adjustment added under
3 34 section 257.14 for the base year.
3 35 LSB 2138XS 79
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