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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