House File 2258 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WENDT


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to and making an appropriation to the department
  2    of education for the establishment of a grant program for the
  3    purchase and installation of air conditioning units in
  4    attendance centers.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  APPROPRIATION == DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == AIR
  1  2 CONDITIONING GRANT PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the
  1  3 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the department of
  1  4 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
  1  5 ending June 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof
  1  6 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For the establishment and implementation of a grant program
  1  8 for the purchase and installation of air conditioning units in
  1  9 attendance centers, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection
  1 10 6, paragraph "c":
  1 11 .................................................. $  3,000,000
  1 12    A recipient of a grant under this section shall provide a
  1 13 local match share of 50 percent of the cost of the project.
  1 14 The department shall take into account the life expectancy of
  1 15 the attendance center or anticipated changes in the use of the
  1 16 attendance center in determining whether to award a grant.
  1 17    Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated
  1 18 moneys remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall not
  1 19 revert but shall remain available for expenditure during the
  1 20 following fiscal year for purposes of the grant program.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill appropriates $3 million from the rebuild Iowa
  1 23 infrastructure fund to the department of education for the
  1 24 establishment and implementation of a grant program for the
  1 25 purchase and installation of air conditioning units in
  1 26 attendance centers, notwithstanding the definition of
  1 27 "vertical infrastructure" in Code section 8.57.  A recipient
  1 28 of a grant under the bill shall provide a local match share of
  1 29 50 percent of the cost of the project.  The department of
  1 30 education shall take into account the life expectancy of the
  1 31 attendance center or anticipated changes in the use of the
  1 32 attendance center in determining whether to award a grant.
  1 33    Notwithstanding Code section 8.33, unencumbered or
  1 34 unobligated moneys remaining at the end of the fiscal year
  1 35 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
  2  1 during the following fiscal year for purposes of the grant
  2  2 program.
  2  3    "Attendance center" means a public school building that
  2  4 contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for
  2  5 elementary, middle, or secondary school students pursuant to
  2  6 Code section 256F.2.
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