House File 288 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 139) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the state school foundation program by 2 increasing the regular program foundation base, and providing 3 an effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2134HV 81 6 rn/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.1, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 2, Code 2005, is amended by striking the unnumbered 1 3 paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 1 4 The regular program foundation base per pupil is the 1 5 following: 1 6 a. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2005, the 1 7 regular program foundation base per pupil is eighty=nine and 1 8 twenty=eight hundredths percent of the regular program state 1 9 cost per pupil. 1 10 b. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2006, the 1 11 regular program foundation base per pupil is ninety=one and 1 12 six hundredths percent of the regular program state cost per 1 13 pupil. 1 14 c. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2007, the 1 15 regular program foundation base per pupil is ninety=two and 1 16 eighty=four hundredths percent of the regular program state 1 17 cost per pupil. 1 18 d. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2008, the 1 19 regular program foundation base per pupil is ninety=four and 1 20 sixty=two hundredths percent of the regular program state cost 1 21 per pupil. 1 22 e. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2009, the 1 23 regular program foundation base per pupil is ninety=six and 1 24 forty hundredths percent of the regular program state cost per 1 25 pupil. 1 26 f. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2010, the 1 27 regular program foundation base per pupil is ninety=eight and 1 28 eighteen hundredths percent of the regular program state cost 1 29 per pupil. 1 30 g. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2011, and 1 31 succeeding budget years, the regular program foundation base 1 32 per pupil is one hundred percent of the regular program state 1 33 cost per pupil. 1 34 For each budget year the special education support services 1 35 foundation base is seventy=nine percent of the special 2 1 education support services state cost per pupil. The combined 2 2 foundation base is the sum of the regular program foundation 2 3 base and the special education support services foundation 2 4 base. 2 5 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 7 EXPLANATION 2 8 This bill provides for an increase in the regular program 2 9 foundation base under the state school foundation program. 2 10 The foundation base is the specified percentage of the state 2 11 cost per pupil calculation which is paid as state aid to 2 12 school districts, above and beyond the uniform property tax 2 13 levy imposed in Code section 257.3. The increase would be 2 14 gradually phased in over a seven=year period in equal annual 2 15 increments, from the current foundation base level of 87.5 2 16 percent to the level of 100 percent. 2 17 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 18 LSB 2134HV 81 2 19 rn:rj/pj/5