House Amendment 1718
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1 1 Amend House File 820 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <DIVISION I
1 5 FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT AND OTHER
1 6 FEDERAL FUNDING == FY 2009=2010>
1 7 #2. Page 15, by striking lines 19 through 25.
1 8 #3. Page 24, by inserting after line 18 the
1 9 following:
1 10 <DIVISION II
1 11 FEDERAL AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
1 12 REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 FUNDING
1 13 Sec. . APPLICABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS ==
1 14 TRANSFERS == UNANTICIPATED FUNDS.
1 15 1. a. The appropriations of available federal
1 16 grants, receipts, and funds made to the departments
1 17 and agencies in division I of this Act and in 2008
1 18 Iowa Acts, chapter 1177, sections 17 through 57, do
1 19 not apply to the federal funding available through the
1 20 federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
1 21 for the fiscal years addressed by the federal Act or
1 22 to additional, unanticipated funding from federal law
1 23 enacted after the effective date of this division of
1 24 this Act.
1 25 b. However, if it is determined by the department
1 26 of management, with the written consent of the
1 27 governor, that federal grants, receipts, and funds
1 28 available through the federal American Recovery and
1 29 Reinvestment Act of 2009 are needed and are available
1 30 without any match requirement and have not been
1 31 appropriated in this division of this Act or are
1 32 provided through federal match of state or local funds
1 33 that have been appropriated, the appropriations
1 34 described in paragraph "a" shall apply.
1 35 2. The department of management, with the written
1 36 consent and approval of the governor, may exercise the
1 37 transfer authority authorized in section 8.39, to
1 38 transfer any of the appropriations made in this
1 39 division of this Act to appropriations made from the
1 40 general fund of the state for the fiscal year
1 41 beginning July 1, 2008, or the fiscal year beginning
1 42 July 1, 2009, provided the transfer is made within the
1 43 same fiscal year for which the appropriation is made
1 44 in this division of this Act. Any such transfer is
1 45 subject to the notice provisions of section 8.39,
1 46 subsection 3.
1 47 Sec. . FEDERAL RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT FUND
1 48 APPROPRIATION FOR SCHOOLS == FY 2008=2009.
1 49 1. There is appropriated from the federal recovery
1 50 and reinvestment fund created in section 8.41A, as
2 1 enacted in this division of this Act, to the
2 2 department of management for the fiscal year beginning
2 3 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following
2 4 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 5 used for the purposes designated:
2 6 From funding designated for education
2 7 stabilization, to be used for state foundation aid to
2 8 school districts in accordance with section 257.16,
2 9 subsection 1:
2 10 .................................................. $ 40,000,000
2 11 2. The appropriation made in subsection 1 is in
2 12 lieu of an equal amount of the appropriation from the
2 13 general fund of the state in section 257.16,
2 14 subsection 1, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2 15 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, after applying the
2 16 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 10
2 17 issued December 22, 2008, and shall be used to pay
2 18 that part of state foundation aid which represents the
2 19 allowable growth amounts for all school districts
2 20 under section 257.8, subsection 1.
2 21 3. For purposes of distributing the appropriation
2 22 made in subsection 1 to school districts, the
2 23 distribution amount shall be calculated as part of the
2 24 May 2009 payment to each school district in the same
2 25 ratio that the weighted enrollment, determined in
2 26 accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5, of the
2 27 school district for the budget year beginning July 1,
2 28 2008, bears to the total weighted enrollment of all
2 29 school districts in the state for that budget year.
2 30 However, if the federal funding is not received in
2 31 time to be included in the May 2009 payment, the
2 32 distribution amount shall instead be included in the
2 33 earliest possible payment to each school district,
2 34 calculated as provided in this subsection.
2 35 Sec. . STATE FOUNDATION AID FOR SCHOOLS == FY
2 36 2009=2010. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation
2 37 in section 257.16, subsection 1, for state foundation
2 38 aid for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and
2 39 ending June 30, 2010, the amount appropriated from the
2 40 general fund of the state pursuant to that section for
2 41 the following designated purpose shall not exceed the
2 42 following amount:
2 43 For state foundation aid under section 257.16,
2 44 subsection 1:
2 45 ................................................ $2,587,500,000
2 46 1. Of the amount designated in this section for
2 47 state foundation aid, $309,001,736 is allocated for
2 48 the teacher salary supplements, the professional
2 49 development supplements, and the early intervention
2 50 supplement in accordance with section 257.10,
3 1 subsections 9 through 11, and section 257.37A.
3 2 2. If the remaining balance of the moneys
3 3 designated in this section, after the allocation made
3 4 in subsection 1, is less than the amount required to
3 5 pay the remainder of state foundation aid pursuant to
3 6 section 257.16, subsection 1, the difference shall be
3 7 deducted from the payments to each school district and
3 8 area education agency in the manner provided in
3 9 section 257.16, subsection 4. The reduction for area
3 10 education agencies shall be added to the reduction
3 11 made pursuant to section 257.35, subsection 5, as
3 12 amended by this division of this Act.
3 13 Sec. . FEDERAL RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT FUND
3 14 APPROPRIATIONS == FY 2009=2010. There is appropriated
3 15 from the federal recovery and reinvestment fund
3 16 created in section 8.41A, as enacted in this division
3 17 of this Act, to the department of management for the
3 18 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June
3 19 30, 2010, the following amounts, or so much thereof as
3 20 is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
3 21 1. From funding designated for education
3 22 stabilization:
3 23 a. For state foundation aid to schools, to be used
3 24 as provided in this lettered paragraph for state
3 25 foundation aid to schools in accordance with section
3 26 257.16, subsection 1:
3 27 .................................................. $202,546,705
3 28 (1) The appropriation made in this lettered
3 29 paragraph is in lieu of an equal amount of the
3 30 appropriation made from the general fund of the state
3 31 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending
3 32 June 30, 2010, pursuant to section 257.16, as limited
3 33 by this division of this Act, and shall be used to pay
3 34 that part of state foundation aid which represents the
3 35 allowable growth amounts for all school districts
3 36 under section 257.8, subsection 1.
3 37 (2) For purposes of distributing the appropriation
3 38 made in this lettered paragraph to school districts,
3 39 the distribution amount shall be calculated equally in
3 40 the monthly payment to each school district in the
3 41 same ratio that the weighted enrollment, determined in
3 42 accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5, of the
3 43 school district for the budget year beginning July 1,
3 44 2009, bears to the total weighted enrollment of all
3 45 school districts in the state for that budget year.
3 46 b. For the institutions under the control of the
3 47 state board of regents:
3 48 .................................................. $ 80,280,000
3 49 The state board of regents shall report to the
3 50 department of management and the legislative services
4 1 agency on or before July 1, 2009, as to the
4 2 distribution of the amount appropriated in this
4 3 lettered paragraph among the five institutions.
4 4 c. For general state financial aid to merged areas
4 5 as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with
4 6 chapters 258 and 260C to supplement the appropriation
4 7 made for this purpose in 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File
4 8 470, if enacted:
4 9 .................................................. $ 23,100,000
4 10 The amount appropriated in this lettered paragraph
4 11 shall be allocated to merged areas in proportion to
4 12 each merged area's share of general state financial
4 13 aid appropriated in 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 470,
4 14 if enacted.
4 15 2. From funding designated for government
4 16 stabilization, for administration and regulation:
4 17 a. For the department of administrative services:
4 18 .................................................. $ 100,000
4 19 b. For the office of the governor and lieutenant
4 20 governor:
4 21 .................................................. $ 100,000
4 22 c. For the department of management:
4 23 .................................................. $ 100,000
4 24 d. For the legislative services agency:
4 25 .................................................. $ 100,000
4 26 3. From funding designated for government
4 27 stabilization, for general state financial aid to
4 28 merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in
4 29 accordance with chapters 258 and 260C to supplement
4 30 the appropriation made for this purpose in 2009 Iowa
4 31 Acts, Senate File 470, if enacted:
4 32 .................................................. $ 2,500,000
4 33 The amount appropriated in this subsection shall be
4 34 allocated to merged areas in proportion to each merged
4 35 area's share of general state financial aid
4 36 appropriated in 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 470, if
4 37 enacted.
4 38 4. From funding designated for government
4 39 stabilization, for the department of corrections:
4 40 a. For the operation of the Fort Madison
4 41 correctional facility:
4 42 .................................................. $ 3,206,000
4 43 b. For the operation of the Anamosa correctional
4 44 facility:
4 45 .................................................. $ 119,000
4 46 c. For the operation of the Oakdale correctional
4 47 facility:
4 48 .................................................. $ 504,000
4 49 d. For the operation of the Newton correctional
4 50 facility:
5 1 .................................................. $ 301,000
5 2 e. For the operation of the Mt. Pleasant
5 3 correctional facility:
5 4 .................................................. $ 189,000
5 5 f. For the operation of the Rockwell City
5 6 correctional facility:
5 7 .................................................. $ 63,000
5 8 g. For the operation of the Clarinda correctional
5 9 facility:
5 10 .................................................. $ 1,862,000
5 11 h. For the operation of the Mitchellville
5 12 correctional facility:
5 13 .................................................. $ 266,000
5 14 i. For the operation of the Fort Dodge
5 15 correctional facility:
5 16 .................................................. $ 280,000
5 17 j. For general administration of the department:
5 18 .................................................. $ 210,000
5 19 5. From funding designated for government
5 20 stabilization, for the department of human services:
5 21 a. For the medical assistance program:
5 22 .................................................. $ 6,237,173
5 23 Of the funds appropriated in this lettered
5 24 paragraph, $6,000,000 is allocated for rebasing of
5 25 nursing facility reimbursement and $237,173 for
5 26 interpreter services associated with 2009 Iowa Acts,
5 27 Senate File 389, if enacted.
5 28 b. For coverage of children under the medical
5 29 assistance and hawk=i programs and for additional
5 30 coverage provisions for children under 2009 Iowa Acts,
5 31 Senate File 389, if enacted:
5 32 .................................................. $ 6,263,231
5 33 Of the funds appropriated in this lettered
5 34 paragraph, $510,249 is allocated for supplemental
5 35 dental services under the hawk=i program.
5 36 c. For transfer to the department of public health
5 37 to be used for 0.25 full=time equivalent position and
5 38 other costs associated with the volunteer health care
5 39 provider program:
5 40 .................................................. $ 20,000
5 41 d. For the property tax relief fund in lieu of an
5 42 equal amount of the appropriation made from the
5 43 general fund of the state in section 426B.1,
5 44 subsection 2:
5 45 .................................................. $ 10,480,000
5 46 Notwithstanding section 426B.1, subsection 2, for
5 47 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, the amount of
5 48 the appropriation made from the general fund of the
5 49 state in section 426B.1, subsection 2, shall be
5 50 reduced by $2,964,543 and the appropriation made from
6 1 the property tax relief fund and for the fiscal year
6 2 to supplement the medical assistance program in
6 3 section 426B.1, subsection 3, shall be reduced by the
6 4 same amount.
6 5 e. For the risk pool created in the property tax
6 6 relief fund in accordance with section 426B.5:
6 7 .................................................. $ 10,000,000
6 8 f. For a demonstration project providing health
6 9 care coverage premium assistance for direct care
6 10 workers to implement recommendations developed
6 11 pursuant to 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1188, section 72:
6 12 .................................................. $ 400,000
6 13 g. For the department's field operations, if 2009
6 14 Iowa Acts, Senate File 389, is enacted:
6 15 .................................................. $ 605,596
6 16 The funds appropriated in this lettered paragraph
6 17 shall be used for 17.00 additional full=time
6 18 equivalent positions for implementation costs
6 19 associated with 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 389, if
6 20 enacted.
6 21 6. From funding designated for government
6 22 stabilization, for the state department of
6 23 transportation:
6 24 .................................................. $ 5,550,000
6 25 The department shall allocate the amount
6 26 appropriated in this subsection as follows: 50
6 27 percent shall be allocated to the street construction
6 28 fund of the cities and 50 percent shall be allocated
6 29 to the secondary road fund of the counties, to be used
6 30 for construction, reconstruction, repair, and
6 31 maintenance of city roads or secondary roads. The
6 32 moneys allocated from the funds shall be expended
6 33 within two years. Any allocated moneys not expended
6 34 within two years shall be reallocated by the state
6 35 transportation commission to other projects. The
6 36 department shall, in cooperation with the cities and
6 37 counties, provide a report to the legislative services
6 38 agency regarding the projects funded by this
6 39 appropriation by January 15 each year until the
6 40 projects are completed.
6 41 Sec. . DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TRANSFERS
6 42 == FY 2008=2009. There is transferred to the human
6 43 services reinvestment fund created in this division of
6 44 this Act, from the following appropriations made for
6 45 the purposes indicated from the general fund of the
6 46 state to the department of human services for the
6 47 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
6 48 30, 2009, the following amounts:
6 49 1. For child support recovery, in 2008 Iowa Acts,
6 50 chapter 1187, section 8:
7 1 .................................................. $ 3,465,000
7 2 2. For child and family services, in 2008 Iowa
7 3 Acts, chapter 1187, section 16:
7 4 .................................................. $ 1,128,221
7 5 3. For adoption subsidy, in 2008 Iowa Acts,
7 6 chapter 1187, section 17:
7 7 .................................................. $ 1,151,849
7 8 4. For the state resource center at Glenwood, in
7 9 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1187, section 22, subsection
7 10 1, paragraph "a":
7 11 .................................................. $ 2,301,276
7 12 5. For the state resource center at Woodward, in
7 13 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1187, section 22, subsection
7 14 1, paragraph "b":
7 15 .................................................. $ 1,347,221
7 16 Sec. . DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TRANSFERS
7 17 == FY 2009=2010. There is transferred to the human
7 18 services reinvestment fund created in this division of
7 19 this Act, from the following appropriations made for
7 20 the purposes indicated from the general fund of the
7 21 state in 2009 Iowa Acts, House File 811, if enacted,
7 22 to the department of human services for the fiscal
7 23 year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010,
7 24 the following amounts:
7 25 1. For child support recovery:
7 26 .................................................. $ 2,937,999
7 27 2. For child and family services:
7 28 .................................................. $ 1,387,581
7 29 For fiscal year 2009=2010 the statewide expenditure
7 30 target under section 232.143 for group foster care
7 31 maintenance and services shall be $32,812,819 in lieu
7 32 of the target amount specified in the appropriation
7 33 from which this transfer is made.
7 34 3. For the state resource center at Glenwood:
7 35 .................................................. $ 2,544,675
7 36 4. For the state resource center at Woodward:
7 37 .................................................. $ 642,029
7 38 Sec. . HUMAN SERVICES REINVESTMENT FUND.
7 39 1. The human services reinvestment fund is created
7 40 in the office of the treasurer of state under the
7 41 authority of the department of human services.
7 42 2. There is appropriated from the human services
7 43 reinvestment fund to the department of human services
7 44 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending
7 45 June 30, 2010, the following amounts to be used for
7 46 the following designated purposes:
7 47 a. For the Iowa juvenile home at Toledo:
7 48 .................................................. $ 836,515
7 49 b. For the state training school at Eldora:
7 50 .................................................. $ 1,327,300
8 1 c. For the state mental health institute at
8 2 Cherokee:
8 3 .................................................. $ 673,209
8 4 d. For the state mental health institute at
8 5 Clarinda:
8 6 .................................................. $ 804,256
8 7 e. For the state mental health institute at
8 8 Independence:
8 9 .................................................. $ 1,177,799
8 10 f. For the state mental health institute at Mt.
8 11 Pleasant:
8 12 .................................................. $ 222,694
8 13 g. For distribution to counties for state case
8 14 services for persons with mental illness, mental
8 15 retardation, and developmental disabilities:
8 16 .................................................. $ 325,430
8 17 h. For costs associated with the commitment and
8 18 treatment of sexually violent predators in the unit
8 19 located at the state mental health institute at
8 20 Cherokee:
8 21 .................................................. $ 503,554
8 22 i. For the department's field operations:
8 23 .................................................. $ 8,386,761
8 24 j. For the department's general administration:
8 25 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
8 26 3. There is appropriated from the human services
8 27 reinvestment fund for the fiscal year beginning July
8 28 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, the following
8 29 amount to be used for the following designated
8 30 purpose:
8 31 For the legislative services agency to be used for
8 32 costs associated with the legislative health care
8 33 coverage commission created in 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate
8 34 File 389, if enacted, or a similar legislative
8 35 commission:
8 36 .................................................. $ 315,000
8 37 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
8 38 in this subsection that remain unencumbered or
8 39 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not
8 40 revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
8 41 the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal
8 42 year that begins July 1, 2010.
8 43 4. Any unexpended or unobligated moneys remaining
8 44 in the human services reinvestment fund at the close
8 45 of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, or
8 46 succeeding fiscal years shall be credited to the
8 47 general fund of the state.
8 48 Sec. . COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ==
8 49 HOUSING AND RECOVERY ACT.
8 50 1. There is appropriated from the fund created by
9 1 section 8.41 to the department of economic development
9 2 for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2007,
9 3 and ending September 30, 2008, the following amount:
9 4 .................................................. $ 21,607,197
9 5 2. The funds appropriated in this section are
9 6 community development block grant funds awarded to the
9 7 state under the federal Housing and Economic Recovery
9 8 Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110=289.
9 9 3. The department of economic development shall
9 10 expend the funds appropriated in this section for
9 11 emergency assistance for redevelopment of abandoned
9 12 and foreclosed homes and residential properties,
9 13 commonly referred to as the neighborhood stabilization
9 14 program, as provided in the federal law and in
9 15 conformance with chapter 17A. An amount not to exceed
9 16 4 percent of the funds appropriated in this section
9 17 shall be used by the department for administrative
9 18 expenses. From the funds set aside for administrative
9 19 expenses, the department shall pay to the auditor of
9 20 state an amount sufficient to pay the cost of auditing
9 21 the use and administration of the state's portion of
9 22 the funds appropriated in this section.
9 23 4. This section is retroactively applicable to
9 24 October 1, 2007.
9 25 Sec. . COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ==
9 26 DISASTER RELIEF.
9 27 1. There is appropriated from the fund created by
9 28 section 8.41 to the department of economic development
9 29 for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2007,
9 30 and ending September 30, 2008, the following amount:
9 31 .................................................. $125,297,142
9 32 2. The funds appropriated in this section are
9 33 federal community development block grant funds
9 34 awarded to the state under the federal Consolidated
9 35 Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing
9 36 Appropriations Act, 2009, Pub. L. No. 110=329.
9 37 3. The department of economic development shall
9 38 expend the funds appropriated in this section for
9 39 disaster relief, long=term recovery, and restoration
9 40 of infrastructure as provided in the federal law
9 41 making the funds available and in conformance with
9 42 chapter 17A. An amount not to exceed 3 percent of the
9 43 funds appropriated in this section shall be used by
9 44 the department for administrative expenses. From the
9 45 funds set aside for administrative expenses, the
9 46 department shall pay to the auditor of state an amount
9 47 sufficient to pay the cost of auditing the use and
9 48 administration of the state's portion of the funds
9 49 appropriated in this section.
9 50 4. If the actual federal funding received is less
10 1 than or greater than the amount appropriated in this
10 2 section, the procedures specified in 2007 Iowa Acts,
10 3 chapter 204, section 16 or 17, are applicable.
10 4 5. This section is retroactively applicable to
10 5 October 1, 2007.
10 6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 8.41A FEDERAL RECOVERY
10 7 AND REINVESTMENT FUND.
10 8 1. A federal recovery and reinvestment fund is
10 9 created in the state treasury under the control of the
10 10 department of management consisting of moneys received
10 11 from the federal government for state and local
10 12 government fiscal relief under the federal American
10 13 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No.
10 14 111=5, and other moneys received for state and local
10 15 government fiscal relief under any other federal
10 16 legislation. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest
10 17 or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to
10 18 the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
10 19 credited to the fund that remain unexpended or
10 20 unobligated at the end of a fiscal year shall not
10 21 revert to any other fund.
10 22 2. Moneys appropriated from the fund shall be
10 23 expended as provided in the federal law making the
10 24 moneys available and in conformance with chapter 17A.
10 25 3. The recipient of an appropriation made from the
10 26 fund shall account for the appropriation in a manner
10 27 agreed to by the department of management and the
10 28 legislative services agency.
10 29 4. The governor shall create an Iowa
10 30 accountability and transparency board to monitor the
10 31 state's use of federal American Recovery and
10 32 Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding in order to prevent
10 33 fraud, waste, and abuse, and to make recommendations
10 34 to the governor and general assembly to assure best
10 35 practices are implemented for the use of the funding.
10 36 Sec. . Section 257.35, subsection 5, Code 2009,
10 37 is amended to read as follows:
10 38 5. Notwithstanding subsection 1, and in addition
10 39 to the reduction applicable pursuant to subsection 2,
10 40 the state aid for area education agencies and the
10 41 portion of the combined district cost calculated for
10 42 these agencies for the each fiscal year of the fiscal
10 43 period beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
10 44 2010, shall be reduced by the department of management
10 45 by two million five hundred thousand dollars. The
10 46 reduction for each area education agency for each
10 47 fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1,
10 48 2008, and ending June 30, 2010, shall be prorated
10 49 based on the reduction that the agency received in the
10 50 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
11 1 Sec. . Section 298.10, Code 2009, is amended to
11 2 read as follows:
11 3 298.10 LEVY FOR CASH RESERVE.
11 4 1. The board of directors of a school district may
11 5 certify for levy by April 15 of a school year, a tax
11 6 on all taxable property in the school district in
11 7 order to raise an amount for a necessary cash reserve
11 8 for a school district's general fund. The amount
11 9 raised for a necessary cash reserve does not increase
11 10 a school district's authorized expenditures as defined
11 11 in section 257.7.
11 12 2. For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1,
11 13 2012, the cash reserve levy for a budget year shall
11 14 not exceed sixteen and seven=tenths percent of the
11 15 general fund expenditures for the year previous to the
11 16 base year minus the general fund unexpended fund
11 17 balance for the year previous to the base year.
11 18 Sec. . 2009 Iowa Acts, House File 414, section
11 19 45, subsection 2, is amended to read as follows:
11 20 2. The section of this division of this Act
11 21 appropriating federal community development block
11 22 grant funds is retroactively applicable to June 30,
11 23 2008 October 1, 2007.
11 24 Sec. . LEGISLATIVE INTENT == SCHOOL DISTRICT
11 25 CASH RESERVES. It is the intent of the general
11 26 assembly that school districts begin the process of
11 27 maintaining a general fund unexpended fund balance
11 28 that does not exceed the target percentage established
11 29 in section 298.10, subsection 2, as enacted by this
11 30 division of this Act. A school district with a
11 31 general fund unexpended fund balance in excess of the
11 32 statutory target percentage should reduce the
11 33 unexpended balance to be within the target percentage
11 34 by the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1,
11 35 2011. If there is a shortfall in state foundation aid
11 36 to school districts during the period beginning on the
11 37 effective date of this section and ending June 30,
11 38 2012, in lieu of implementing staff reductions, a
11 39 school district should first utilize unexpended or
11 40 unobligated cash balances to adjust for the shortfall.
11 41 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE == RETROACTIVE
11 42 APPLICABILITY.
11 43 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, this
11 44 division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
11 45 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
11 46 2. The section of this division of this Act
11 47 amending section 257.35 is retroactively applicable to
11 48 July 1, 2008.>
11 49 #4. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
11 50 word <Act> the following: <relating to state and
12 1 local financial matters by revising certain
12 2 appropriations and>.
12 3 #5. Title page, line 6, by inserting after the
12 4 word <anticipated> the following: <, and including
12 5 effective and retroactive applicability date
12 6 provisions>.
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