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Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:
HF 265
A bill for an act relating to authorized transfers of school district funds to the student activity fund.(See HF 602.)
Subcommittee members: Stone-CH, Dolecheck, Winckler
Date: Monday, February 15, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Location: House Lounge
Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.
Comments Submitted:

02-15-2021
Dave Daughton [Rural School Advocates of Iowa]
Dave Daughton representing Rural School Advocates of Iowa(RSAI). We are registered in favor of this bill. We appreciate the consideration to rural districts to allow them flexibility within accounts, particularly during the pandemic. Cancelled sports and events have put undue strain on activity budgets in all districts, and allowing local boards to shift funds as needed from the general fund to support those activities is a nod to local decision making. We understand that this is for the current and next school year only, as it is written, and hope it will not be needed beyond that time. Thank you for considering this legislation.
02-15-2021
Margaret Buckton [RSAI and UEN]
Both the Urban Education Network and Rural School Advocates of Iowa are in support of HF 265, which would allow flexibility and local control, with public transparency, for a school board to transfer funds from another fund to the student activities fund. It's limited to two years, to help districts recover from student activity fund revenue losses due to COVID19 pandemic. Despite those losses, many of the costs for activities, from officials to coaches, still continued. Restrictions on attendance at activities restricted gate receipts. We appreciate this conversation and urge you to move the bill forward. Margaret