Senate Study Bill 1182
SENATE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON LAMBERTI)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for an annual increase in specified state aid to
2 nonpublic schools under prescribed circumstances.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.8A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL STATE
1 2 AID == ANNUAL INCREASE.
1 3 For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2004, and
1 4 succeeding budget years, school districts shall receive an
1 5 amount for nonpublic school transportation costs and nonpublic
1 6 school textbooks equal to the greater of the amount
1 7 appropriated for the base year increased by an amount
1 8 corresponding to the state percent of growth established for
1 9 the budget year pursuant to section 257.8, or the amount the
1 10 school district would receive for the budget year pursuant to
1 11 the standing unlimited appropriation contained in sections
1 12 285.2 and 285.3 for nonpublic school transportation costs, and
1 13 section 301.1 for textbooks. In the event that an
1 14 appropriation is made for a budget year for nonpublic school
1 15 technology assistance, the provisions of this section shall be
1 16 applicable for the year following the year in which the
1 17 appropriation is made and each succeeding year thereafter.
1 18 The amount of an annual increase received pursuant to this
1 19 section shall be considered miscellaneous income to the school
1 20 district.
1 21 EXPLANATION
1 22 This bill provides for an annual increase in the amount
1 23 appropriated to a school district for nonpublic school
1 24 transportation costs and textbooks in an amount corresponding
1 25 to the state percent of growth established for the budget
1 26 year, commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2004,
1 27 and each year thereafter. The bill provides that the increase
1 28 shall be applied to the amount appropriated for the base year,
1 29 if the result would be a greater appropriation than would
1 30 otherwise be received pursuant to the standing unlimited
1 31 appropriations contained in Code sections 285.2 and 285.3 for
1 32 nonpublic school transportation costs, and pursuant to Code
1 33 section 301.1 for nonpublic school textbooks. The bill
1 34 provides that these provisions shall be applied to amounts
1 35 appropriated for nonpublic school technology assistance, in
2 1 the event such an appropriation is made. The bill provides
2 2 that amounts received pursuant to this new Code section shall
2 3 be considered miscellaneous income to the school district.
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