House Amendment 1182


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 737 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  3 clause and inserting the following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  257.6A  DISASTER RELIEF
     1  5 == BUDGET ENROLLMENTS.
     1  6    1.  a.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Code
     1  7 to the contrary, for the school budget year beginning
     1  8 July 1, 2009, and succeeding school budget years, if a
     1  9 school district located in a governor=declared state
     1 10 of disaster emergency area or a presidentially
     1 11 declared major disaster area experiences a
     1 12 significantly reduced actual enrollment for the next
     1 13 school budget year after the disaster occurred then
     1 14 the district shall be eligible to receive a budget
     1 15 enrollment adjustment for the two school budget years
     1 16 following the disaster.
     1 17    b.  The adjustment shall be an amount equal to the
     1 18 difference between the actual enrollment for the
     1 19 school budget year prior to the disaster and the
     1 20 actual enrollment for the next school budget year
     1 21 following the disaster, multiplied by the district
     1 22 cost per pupil.
     1 23    c.  A board of directors that requests a budget
     1 24 enrollment adjustment shall adopt a resolution
     1 25 requesting to receive the adjustment and shall notify
     1 26 the school budget review committee annually but no
     1 27 earlier than November 1, as determined by the
     1 28 department of education.
     1 29    2.  a.  A board of directors that determines a need
     1 30 exists for additional funds exceeding the authorized
     1 31 budget adjustment for a budget enrollment adjustment
     1 32 pursuant to this section shall submit a request for
     1 33 modified allowable growth to the school budget review
     1 34 committee as provided in section 257.31.
     1 35    b.  The school budget review committee shall
     1 36 establish if modified allowable growth is justified
     1 37 and, if so, shall set the modified allowable growth in
     1 38 an amount determined pursuant to subsection 1.
     1 39    c.  Modified allowable growth pursuant to this
     1 40 section shall only be available for the reduction in
     1 41 the number of pupils that is attributable to the
     1 42 disaster.
     1 43    Sec. 2.  Section 257.31, subsection 5, Code 2009,
     1 44 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
     1 45    NEW PARAGRAPH.  o.  Unusual need for funds
     1 46 exceeding an authorized budget adjustment following a
     1 47 disaster pursuant to section 257.6A.>
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     2  1 T. TAYLOR of Linn
     2  2 HF 737.701 83
     2  3 ak/sc/22834

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