Senate Amendment 3345
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the House amendment, S=3298, to Senate File
1 2 277, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
1 3 as follows:
1 4 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 39 the
1 5 following:
1 6 <<Sec. . Section 257.31, Code 2007, is amended
1 7 by adding the following new subsection:
1 8 NEW SUBSECTION. 18. Subject to appropriation of
1 9 sufficient funds by the general assembly, the school
1 10 budget review committee shall establish a grant
1 11 assistance program and application process to provide
1 12 one=time grants to eligible school districts for
1 13 purposes of adding one or more teacher librarians
1 14 pursuant to section 256.11, subsection 9, one or more
1 15 guidance counselors pursuant to section 256.11,
1 16 subsection 9A, or one or more school nurses pursuant
1 17 to section 256.11, subsection 9B.
1 18 a. The committee shall establish criteria to be
1 19 used in evaluating the applications for grant
1 20 assistance submitted by school districts in accordance
1 21 with this subsection. The criteria shall include but
1 22 is not limited to requirements that an eligible school
1 23 district have a cash reserve of twenty=five percent or
1 24 less and a demonstrated need for the funding.
1 25 b. A professional support fund is created in the
1 26 state treasury to be administered by the school budget
1 27 review committee for purposes of this subsection.
1 28 Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund
1 29 on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the
1 30 general fund of the state but shall remain available
1 31 to the committee for purposes of this subsection.
1 32 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, any interest and
1 33 earnings on investments from money in the fund shall
1 34 be credited to the fund.>
1 35 #2. Page 3, by inserting after line 41 the
1 36 following:
1 37 <# . Page 15, line 34, by striking the words
1 38 <four hundred> and inserting the following:
1 39 <hundred>.
1 40 # . Page 16, line 7, by inserting after the
1 41 figure <256.45> the following: <and not less than one
1 42 million dollars shall be deposited in the professional
1 43 support fund created pursuant to section 257.31,
1 44 subsection 18, as enacted by this Act>.>
1 45 #3. Page 6, by inserting after line 17 the
1 46 following:
1 47 <# . Page 29, by striking line 14 and inserting
1 48 the following: <173,943,894>.
1 49 # . Page 29, by striking line 16 and inserting
1 50 the following: <248,943,894>.>
2 1 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 5 FRANK B. WOOD
2 6 SF 277.235 82
2 7 kh/es/8221
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