House File 303

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a school district transportation levy.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2743YH 80
  4 rn/cf/24

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  285.17  TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
  1  2    Transportation services provided by a school district,
  1  3 other than for reimbursement of nonpublic school pupil
  1  4 transportation pursuant to section 285.2, shall be funded
  1  5 pursuant to the district transportation levy established in
  1  6 section 298.4A.  A school district with an average
  1  7 transportation cost exceeding the state average transportation
  1  8 cost by one hundred fifty percent shall be eligible for
  1  9 transportation assistance aid pursuant to section 257.31.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  298.4A  DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION
  1 11 LEVY.
  1 12    1.  The board of directors of an eligible school district
  1 13 may certify for levy by April 15 of a school year, a tax on
  1 14 all taxable property in the school district for a district
  1 15 transportation levy.  A school district shall be eligible to
  1 16 levy for transportation costs if the district's average
  1 17 transportation cost exceeds one hundred seventy dollars per
  1 18 pupil.  The revenues from the tax levied in this section shall
  1 19 be placed in the district transportation levy fund of the
  1 20 school district.  District transportation levy revenues shall
  1 21 be expended for transportation costs incurred pursuant to
  1 22 chapter 285 including, but not limited to, costs for the
  1 23 following:
  1 24    a.  Transporting students.
  1 25    b.  Purchasing of transportation equipment.
  1 26    c.  Purchasing transportation services.
  1 27    d.  Leasing transportation equipment and lease=purchasing
  1 28 transportation equipment.
  1 29    2.  The amount certified for levy shall not include claims
  1 30 for reimbursement of nonpublic school pupil transportation for
  1 31 which funds are appropriated to the department of education
  1 32 pursuant to section 285.2.
  1 33    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  298A.3A  DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION
  1 34 LEVY FUND.
  1 35    The district transportation levy fund is a special revenue
  2  1 fund.  A district transportation levy fund must be established
  2  2 in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized
  2  3 under section 298.4A.
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill provides that transportation services provided by
  2  6 a school district pursuant to Code chapter 285 shall be funded
  2  7 by a district transportation levy.  The bill provides that a
  2  8 school district shall be eligible to levy for transportation
  2  9 costs if the district's average transportation cost exceeds
  2 10 $170 per pupil.  The bill provides that revenue from the levy
  2 11 shall be placed in a district transportation levy fund of the
  2 12 school district, and expended for transporting students,
  2 13 purchasing transportation equipment, purchasing transportation
  2 14 services, and leasing or lease=purchasing transportation
  2 15 equipment.  The bill provides that the amount certified for
  2 16 levy shall not include reimbursement claims for nonpublic
  2 17 school pupil transportation for which funds are appropriated
  2 18 to the department of education pursuant to Code section 285.2.
  2 19 The bill also provides that a school district with an average
  2 20 transportation cost exceeding the state average transportation
  2 21 cost by 150 percent shall remain eligible for transportation
  2 22 assistance aid pursuant to Code section 257.31.
  2 23 LSB 2743YH 80
  2 24 rn/cf/24