S-5007

   Amend House File 2316, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 6, after line 1 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  CLASSROOM FUNDING SUPPLEMENT —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2022, each school district shall receive a classroom funding supplement. The supplement for each district shall be in an amount equal to the share of the appropriation under subsection 5 that is proportionate to the school district’s enrollment in grades kindergarten through eight for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2021, as a share of the total enrollment in grades kindergarten through eight for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2021, among all school districts.
   2.  The classroom funding supplement shall be miscellaneous income, shall be deposited in the general fund of the school district, and shall not be included in district cost.
   3.  The classroom funding supplement amount received by a school district shall be used by the school district during the school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022, and ending before July 1, 2025, and shall be used as follows:
   a.  For school districts that have an average class size for grades kindergarten through eight during the school year beginning July 1, 2021, of eighteen students or greater, the classroom funding supplement may be used to address student underperformance following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by funding early intervention initiatives and reducing class sizes among grades kindergarten through eight.
   b.  If the school district does not meet the class-size threshold under paragraph “a”, the classroom funding supplements may be used by a school district for the same purposes allowed for the teacher salary supplement funding under section 257.10, subsection 9, and for the hiring of additional teachers, teacher recruitment bonuses, and teacher retention bonuses.
   4.  The classroom funding supplement shall be paid in full at the same time and in the same manner as the final monthly foundation aid payment under section 257.16 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.
   5.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of management for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, fifteen million dollars to make all supplement payments as calculated under this section.>
   2.  Title page, line 6, after <payments,> by inserting <establishing certain funding, making appropriations,>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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NATE BOULTON