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.
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STECKMAN
of
Cerro
Gordo
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HF
729.2194
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