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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.11B REORGANIZATION
1 2 INCENTIVES – TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
1 3 1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2004, and
1 4 succeeding budget years, a school district which undergoes a
1 5 reorganization or dissolution effective on or after July 1,
1 6 2004, and which contains as a portion of the reorganized
1 7 district one or more school districts which had a certified
1 8 enrollment of fewer than two hundred fifty pupils in the year
1 9 preceding the reorganization or dissolution, shall be eligible
1 10 for additional state transportation funding as provided in
1 11 this section.
1 12 2. The additional state transportation funding shall be
1 13 received by a reorganized school district in an amount
1 14 corresponding to the transportation costs required to be
1 15 incurred for public and nonpublic school pupil transportation
1 16 pursuant to chapter 285, for that portion or portions of the
1 17 reorganized district referred to in subsection 1. State aid
1 18 paid pursuant to this section shall be utilized to pay the
1 19 cost of transportation attributable to the applicable portion
1 20 or portions of the reorganized district either directly or to
1 21 compensate for reimbursement expenses, and shall be reduced
1 22 proportionately in the case of a pupil transported for less
1 23 than a full school year due to relocation to another school
1 24 district or change in enrollment status. A reorganized
1 25 district shall annually certify mileage figures for the
1 26 portion or portions of the district referred to in subsection
1 27 1 to the department of management by the third Friday in
1 28 September for use in budget calculations for the following
1 29 budget year.
1 30 3. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2004, and
1 31 succeeding budget years, there is appropriated from amounts
1 32 deposited in the road use tax fund pursuant to section 312.2,
1 33 subsection 19, to the department of management for
1 34 distribution to school districts an amount sufficient to pay
1 35 the additional state transportation funding pursuant to this
2 1 section.
2 2 4. Additional transportation funding paid pursuant to this
2 3 section is miscellaneous income and shall be paid together
2 4 with, and shall not otherwise supplant, state foundation aid
2 5 paid under section 257.16.
2 6 Sec. 2. Section 312.2, Code 2003, is amended by adding the
2 7 following new subsection:
2 8 NEW SUBSECTION. 19. The treasurer of state, before making
2 9 the allotments provided for in this section, shall credit
2 10 annually from the road use tax fund to the department of
2 11 management funds sufficient to pay the additional state
2 12 transportation funding provided for in section 257.11B.
2 13 Amounts credited pursuant to this subsection are appropriated
2 14 to the department of management for the purposes designated in
2 15 section 257.11B. Moneys credited under this subsection shall
2 16 be taken from moneys credited to the road use tax fund under
2 17 section 423.24.
2 18 EXPLANATION
2 19 This bill provides for additional state transportation
2 20 funding as a reorganization incentive for specified school
2 21 districts.
2 22 The bill provides that for the school budget year beginning
2 23 July 1, 2004, and succeeding budget years, if a school
2 24 district reorganizes or dissolves, and contains as a portion
2 25 of the reorganized district one or more school districts which
2 26 had a certified enrollment of fewer than 250 pupils in the
2 27 year preceding the reorganization or dissolution, the district
2 28 shall be eligible for additional state transportation funding.
2 29 The bill provides that the amount of additional funding shall
2 30 correspond to the transportation costs required to be incurred
2 31 for public and nonpublic school pupil transportation pursuant
2 32 to Code chapter 285 for that portion or portions of the
2 33 reorganized district which had previously had a certified
2 34 enrollment of fewer than 250 pupils. The bill provides that
2 35 the additional funding shall be reduced proportionately in the
3 1 case of a pupil transported for less than a full school year
3 2 due to relocation to another school district or change in
3 3 enrollment status. The bill provides that a reorganized
3 4 district shall annually certify mileage figures for the
3 5 applicable portion or portions of the district for which
3 6 transportation funding shall be received to the department of
3 7 management by the third Friday in September for use in budget
3 8 calculations for the following budget year.
3 9 The bill provides that the amount necessary to provide the
3 10 additional funding shall be transferred from the road use tax
3 11 fund pursuant to Code section 312.2 from motor vehicle use tax
3 12 revenues and appropriated to the department of management for
3 13 distribution to school districts.
3 14 LSB 2051HH 80
3 15 rn/cf/24
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