House File 2618 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 734)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to state aid to reimburse a portion of the
2 advanced placement examination fee for students enrolled in
3 public school districts.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.24 ADVANCED PLACEMENT
1 2 EXAMINATION FEE REIMBURSEMENT.
1 3 1. If a parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in
1 4 a public school district, a student enrolled in a public
1 5 school district, or a school district on behalf of a student
1 6 pays an advanced placement examination fee, the parent, legal
1 7 guardian, student, or school district may be reimbursed as
1 8 provided in this section for up to one=half of the fee paid.
1 9 2. To apply for reimbursement under subsection 1, a claim
1 10 and proof of payment must be submitted by a parent, guardian,
1 11 or student to the public school district of enrollment.
1 12 3. The board of directors of a school district shall
1 13 estimate the number of advanced placement examinations which
1 14 students who are enrolled in the school district will take
1 15 during the current school year and shall submit the estimate
1 16 to the department of education by the third Friday in
1 17 September of the current school year.
1 18 4. By October 1, the department shall distribute to each
1 19 school district, from moneys appropriated to the department
1 20 for this purpose, an amount of aid to a school district which
1 21 the school district shall use to reimburse a parent, guardian,
1 22 student, or the school district in accordance with this
1 23 section, for up to one=half of the advanced placement
1 24 examination fee paid in the current fiscal year.
1 25 5. If the amount received by a school district under
1 26 subsection 4 is insufficient to pay reimbursements for all
1 27 advanced placement examination fee claims submitted in
1 28 accordance with this section, the school district shall
1 29 prorate the reimbursement amounts paid for advanced placement
1 30 examination fees.
1 31 6. The costs of paying advanced placement examination fees
1 32 as provided in this section shall not be included in the
1 33 computation of district cost under chapter 257, but shall be
1 34 shown in the budget as an expense from miscellaneous income.
1 35 Any moneys received by a school district for the payment of
2 1 student advanced placement examination fees under this section
2 2 shall not affect district cost limitations of chapter 257.
2 3 The moneys paid to a school district as provided in this
2 4 section are miscellaneous income as defined in section 257.2.
2 5 EXPLANATION
2 6 This bill provides for the reimbursement from moneys
2 7 appropriated to the department of education for that purpose,
2 8 of a parent, legal guardian, student, or school district, for
2 9 up to one=half of the advanced placement examination fee paid
2 10 by or on behalf of a student taking the examination.
2 11 To qualify for a reimbursement the parent, guardian, or
2 12 student must submit a claim and proof of payment to the public
2 13 school district of enrollment.
2 14 The school district must, by the third Friday in September,
2 15 submit to the department of education an estimate of the
2 16 number of advanced placement examinations which students who
2 17 are enrolled in the school district will take during the
2 18 current school year.
2 19 By October 1, the department must distribute to each school
2 20 district, from moneys appropriated to the department for this
2 21 purpose, an amount of aid to a school district which the
2 22 school district shall use to pay reimbursements. If the
2 23 amount received by a school district is insufficient to pay
2 24 the claims submitted, the school district must prorate the
2 25 amounts to be reimbursed.
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