House File 754 H-1194 Amend House File 754 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. NEW SECTION . 256.20 School district pandemic 4 recovery competitive grant program. 5 1. There is established a school district pandemic recovery 6 competitive grant program to assist school districts with 7 COVID-19 pandemic recovery efforts. 8 2. The department shall establish a grant application and 9 selection criteria, including but not limited to a method for 10 prioritizing grant applications submitted by school districts. 11 3. Moneys awarded to a school district pursuant to this 12 section may be expended for student mental health services, 13 academic support and remediation services, before- and 14 after-school services, preschool services, or reading recovery 15 services. 16 4. The department shall make every effort to award grants 17 geographically throughout the state. 18 5. Grant funding may be awarded for one or more fiscal years 19 as proposed in an application submitted by a school district 20 and approved by the department. 21 6. This section is repealed July 1, 2025. 22 Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— SCHOOL DISTRICT COVID-19 23 PANDEMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS. There is appropriated from the 24 general fund of the state to the department of education for 25 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 26 2022, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 27 to be used for the purposes designated: 28 For implementation and purposes of the school district 29 pandemic recovery competitive grant program established 30 pursuant to section 256.20, if enacted: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000,000 32 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the 33 department pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 34 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 35 -1- HF754.1329 (1) 89 je/rn 1/ 3 #1.

but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 1 specified in this section for the following fiscal year. 2 Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— SCHOOL DISTRICT COVID-19 3 PANDEMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS. There is appropriated from the 4 general fund of the state to the department of education for 5 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 6 2023, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 7 to be used for the purposes designated: 8 For purposes of the school district pandemic recovery 9 competitive grant program established pursuant to section 10 256.20, if enacted: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000,000 12 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the 13 department pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 14 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 15 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 16 specified in this section for the following fiscal year. 17 Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – SCHOOL DISTRICT COVID-19 18 PANDEMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS. There is appropriated from the 19 general fund of the state to the department of education for 20 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 21 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 22 to be used for the purposes designated: 23 For purposes of the school district pandemic recovery 24 competitive grant program established pursuant to section 25 256.20, if enacted: 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000,000 27 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the 28 department pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 29 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 30 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 31 specified in this section for the following fiscal year. > 32 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting 33 < An Act establishing a school district pandemic recovery 34 competitive grant program in the department of education and 35 -2- HF754.1329 (1) 89 je/rn 2/ 3