Text: HF00302 Text: HF00304 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 285.17 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. 1 2 Transportation services provided by a school district, 1 3 other than for reimbursement of nonpublic school pupil 1 4 transportation pursuant to section 285.2, shall be funded 1 5 pursuant to the district transportation levy established in 1 6 section 298.4A. A school district with an average 1 7 transportation cost exceeding the state average transportation 1 8 cost by one hundred fifty percent shall be eligible for 1 9 transportation assistance aid pursuant to section 257.31. 1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 298.4A DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION 1 11 LEVY. 1 12 1. The board of directors of an eligible school district 1 13 may certify for levy by April 15 of a school year, a tax on 1 14 all taxable property in the school district for a district 1 15 transportation levy. A school district shall be eligible to 1 16 levy for transportation costs if the district's average 1 17 transportation cost exceeds one hundred seventy dollars per 1 18 pupil. The revenues from the tax levied in this section shall 1 19 be placed in the district transportation levy fund of the 1 20 school district. District transportation levy revenues shall 1 21 be expended for transportation costs incurred pursuant to 1 22 chapter 285 including, but not limited to, costs for the 1 23 following: 1 24 a. Transporting students. 1 25 b. Purchasing of transportation equipment. 1 26 c. Purchasing transportation services. 1 27 d. Leasing transportation equipment and lease-purchasing 1 28 transportation equipment. 1 29 2. The amount certified for levy shall not include claims 1 30 for reimbursement of nonpublic school pupil transportation for 1 31 which funds are appropriated to the department of education 1 32 pursuant to section 285.2. 1 33 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 298A.3A DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION 1 34 LEVY FUND. 1 35 The district transportation levy fund is a special revenue 2 1 fund. A district transportation levy fund must be established 2 2 in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized 2 3 under section 298.4A. 2 4 EXPLANATION 2 5 This bill provides that transportation services provided by 2 6 a school district pursuant to Code chapter 285 shall be funded 2 7 by a district transportation levy. The bill provides that a 2 8 school district shall be eligible to levy for transportation 2 9 costs if the district's average transportation cost exceeds 2 10 $170 per pupil. The bill provides that revenue from the levy 2 11 shall be placed in a district transportation levy fund of the 2 12 school district, and expended for transporting students, 2 13 purchasing transportation equipment, purchasing transportation 2 14 services, and leasing or lease-purchasing transportation 2 15 equipment. The bill provides that the amount certified for 2 16 levy shall not include reimbursement claims for nonpublic 2 17 school pupil transportation for which funds are appropriated 2 18 to the department of education pursuant to Code section 285.2. 2 19 The bill also provides that a school district with an average 2 20 transportation cost exceeding the state average transportation 2 21 cost by 150 percent shall remain eligible for transportation 2 22 assistance aid pursuant to Code section 257.31. 2 23 LSB 2743YH 80 2 24 rn/cf/24
Text: HF00302 Text: HF00304 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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