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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 440, as passed by the Senate, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking line 3 and inserting the 1 4 following: 1 5 "1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 1 6 2004, and". 1 7 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 20 the 1 8 following: 1 9 "2. This section is repealed June 30, 2004. 1 10 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 285.17 NONPUBLIC SCHOOL 1 11 TRANSPORTATION STATE AID TERMINATION. 1 12 The provisions of this chapter relating to general 1 13 fund appropriations for nonpublic school 1 14 transportation costs and reimbursements shall be 1 15 applicable solely for the school budget year beginning 1 16 July 1, 2003. For the school budget year beginning 1 17 July 1, 2004, and succeeding budget years, nonpublic 1 18 schools shall be responsible for school transportation 1 19 costs and the reimbursement of transportation 1 20 expenses. 1 21 Sec. . Section 301.1, subsection 2, Code 2003, 1 22 is amended to read as follows: 1 23 2. Textbooks adopted and purchased by a school 1 24 district shall, to the extent funds are appropriated 1 25 by the general assembly, be made available to pupils 1 26 attending accredited nonpublic schools upon request of 1 27 the pupil or the pupil's parent under comparable terms 1 28 as made available to pupils attending public schools. 1 29 If the general assembly appropriates moneys for 1 30 purposes of making textbooks available to accredited 1 31 nonpublic school pupils, the department of education 1 32 shall ascertain the amount available to a school 1 33 district for the purchase of nonsectarian, 1 34 nonreligious textbooks for pupils attending accredited 1 35 nonpublic schools. The amount shall be in the 1 36 proportion that the basic enrollment of a 1 37 participating accredited nonpublic school bears to the 1 38 sum of the basic enrollments of all participating 1 39 accredited nonpublic schools in the state for the 1 40 budget year. For purposes of this section, a 1 41 "participating accredited nonpublic school" means an 1 42 accredited nonpublic school that submits a written 1 43 request on behalf of the school's pupils in accordance 1 44 with this subsection, and that certifies its actual 1 45 enrollment to the department of education by October 1 46 1, annually. By October 15, annually, the department 1 47 of education shall certify to the director of revenue 1 48 and finance the annual amount to be paid to each 1 49 school district, and the director of revenue and 1 50 finance shall draw warrants payable to school 2 1 districts in accordance with this subsection. For 2 2 purposes of this subsection, an accredited nonpublic 2 3 school's enrollment count shall include only students 2 4 who are residents of Iowa. The costs of providing 2 5 textbooks to accredited nonpublic school pupils as 2 6 provided in this subsection shall not be included in 2 7 the computation of district cost under chapter 257, 2 8 but shall be shown in the budget as an expense from 2 9 miscellaneous income. Textbook expenditures made in 2 10 accordance with this subsection shall be kept on file 2 11 in the school district. This subsection is repealed 2 12 June 30, 2004." 2 13 #3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 2 14 word "circumstances" the following: ", and providing 2 15 for a future repeal". 2 16 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 STEVENS of Dickinson 2 21 SF 440.706 80 2 22 rn/cl
Text: H01523 Text: H01525 Text: H01500 - H01599 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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