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

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  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