H-8299

   Amend House File 2473 as follows:
   1.  Page 15, after line 12 by inserting: 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT SUPPLEMENT
   Sec. ___.  Section 257.13, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2001, and succeeding budget years, if a district’s actual enrollment for the budget year, determined under section 257.6, is greater than its budget enrollment for the budget year, the district shall be eligible to receive an on-time funding budget adjustment. The adjustment shall be in an amount equal to the difference between the actual enrollment for the budget year and the budget enrollment for the budget year, multiplied by the regular program district cost per pupil, and then, if the district receives a school district supplement payment under section 257.13A for the same budget year, reduced by an amount equal to the product of the regular program district cost per pupil multiplied by the amount calculated in section 257.13A, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  257.13A  School district enrollment supplement program —— appropriation.
   1.  For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2014, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education an amount necessary to make all school district enrollment supplement payments under this section, as calculated in subsection 2.
   2.  a.  A school district enrollment supplement program is established to provide additional funding for school districts in which the district’s actual enrollment for the budget year exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget year by ten percent or more.
   b.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, the department of education shall calculate for each school district satisfying the requirements of paragraph “a”, all of the following:
   (1)  The school district’s budget enrollment for the budget year multiplied by one hundred ten percent.
   (2)  The difference between the school district’s actual enrollment for the budget year minus the amount determined under subparagraph (1).
   (3)  The school district’s combined district cost, as determined under section 257.10, subsection 8, divided by the school district’s budget enrollment.
   c.  The amount of the school district enrollment supplement for each district satisfying the requirements of paragraph “a” shall be an amount equal to the product of the amount determined under paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), multiplied by the amount determined under paragraph “b”, subparagraph (3).
   3.  School district enrollment supplement payments shall be paid by the department of education in a lump sum at the same time and in the same manner as the first monthly installment is paid on or after January 1 of the budget year under section 257.16, subsection 2.
   4.  School district enrollment supplement payments received under this section are miscellaneous income and shall be deposited in the general fund of the school district. However, the school district enrollment supplement amount shall not be included in district cost.
   5.  Except for an adjustment to an amount authorized under section 257.13, subsection 1, or an amount under section 257.31, subsection 5, participation in the school district enrollment supplement program under this section shall not affect a school district’s eligibility to receive an on-time funding budget adjustment under section 257.13 or an amount from the school budget review committee under section 257.31.
   Sec. ___.  Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Any unusual increase or decrease in enrollment.  In deciding a school district’s need for additional funds under this paragraph, the school budget review committee shall consider an on-time funding budget adjustment established under section 257.13 and amounts received by the school district under section 257.13A for the same budget year, and may accordingly adjust amounts granted for the purposes of this paragraph.
   Sec. ___.  IMPLEMENTATION —— EMERGENCY RULES.  The department of education may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement the provisions of this division of this Act and the rules shall be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section shall also be published as a notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4.
   Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   Sec. ___.  APPLICABILITY.  This division of this Act applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014.>
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