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  3
     2  4                               
     2  5 FRANK B. WOOD
     2  6 SF 277.235 82
     2  7 kh/es/8221

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