House File 729 H-1356 Amend House File 729 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 23 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES —— FUNDING FOR RURAL 3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS —— FY 2023-2024. Notwithstanding the 4 reduction in funding required by section 257.35, subsection 2, 5 the state aid for area education agencies and the portion of 6 the combined district cost calculated for these agencies for 7 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 8 2024, shall instead be reduced by the department of management 9 by three million five hundred thousand dollars. An area 10 education agency shall use the additional funding retained 11 pursuant to this section only for rural school districts. > 12 2. Page 3, by striking lines 1 through 12. 13 3. By renumbering as necessary. 14 ______________________________ STECKMAN of Cerro Gordo -1- HF 729.2194 (2) 90 ns/jh 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.