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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 This section is repealed June 30, 2004.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
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