Senate File 40 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY BRUNKHORST
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to establishing the state percent of growth for
2 purposes of the state school foundation program and providing
3 applicability and contingent applicability dates.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1896XS 81
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. STATE PERCENT OF GROWTH. The state percent of growth
1 4 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2004, is two percent.
1 5 The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July
1 6 1, 2005, is four percent. The state percent of growth for the
1 7 budget year beginning July 1, 2006, is four percent. The
1 8 state percent of growth for each subsequent budget year shall
1 9 be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty
1 10 days of the submission in the year preceding the base year of
1 11 the governor's budget under section 8.21. The establishment
1 12 of the state percent of growth for a budget year shall be the
1 13 only subject matter of the bill which enacts the state percent
1 14 of growth for a budget year.
1 15 Sec. 2. ALTERNATIVE STATE PERCENT OF GROWTH OF FIVE
1 16 PERCENT. Notwithstanding section 257.8, subsection 1, the
1 17 state percent of growth for the budget years beginning July 1,
1 18 2005, and July 1, 2006, is five percent if all state public
1 19 employee collective bargaining agreements entered into for
1 20 those years are modified pursuant to section 3 of this Act and
1 21 not declared invalid.
1 22 Sec. 3. STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
1 23 AGREEMENT MODIFICATION.
1 24 1. Notwithstanding section 257.8, subsection 1, or any
1 25 other provision of law to the contrary, all collective
1 26 bargaining agreements between the state of Iowa and an
1 27 employee organization representing state employees shall
1 28 provide, for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2005, and
1 29 ending June 30, 2007, as follows:
1 30 a. That any provision in the applicable collective
1 31 bargaining agreement providing for a cost=of=living
1 32 adjustment, or similar increase in pay, for the fiscal year
1 33 beginning July 1, 2005, shall be limited to a zero percent
1 34 adjustment or increase and moneys shall not be appropriated to
1 35 fund any upward adjustment or increase.
2 1 b. That any provision in the applicable collective
2 2 bargaining agreement providing for a cost=of=living
2 3 adjustment, or similar increase in pay, for the fiscal year
2 4 beginning July 1, 2006, shall be limited to a one percent
2 5 adjustment or increase and moneys shall not be appropriated to
2 6 fund any upward adjustment or increase above one percent.
2 7 Sec. 4. TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT == CONTINGENT
2 8 APPLICATION. Notwithstanding section 257.8, subsection 1, or
2 9 any other provision to the contrary, any Act establishing two
2 10 additional professional development days per school year for
2 11 teachers pursuant to a teacher compensation proposal shall not
2 12 take effect until a state percent of growth of at least five
2 13 percent has been established.
2 14 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. The section of this Act amending
2 15 section 257.8, subsection 1, and establishing a four percent
2 16 state percent of growth is applicable for computing state aid
2 17 under the state school foundation program for the school
2 18 budget year beginning July 1, 2006. The section of this Act
2 19 establishing an alternate state percent of growth of five
2 20 percent is contingently applicable under this Act for
2 21 computing state aid under the state school foundation program
2 22 for the school budget years beginning July 1, 2005, and July
2 23 1, 2006.
2 24 EXPLANATION
2 25 This bill establishes a state percent of growth of 4
2 26 percent for purposes of the state school foundation program
2 27 for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2006. The bill
2 28 also provides that notwithstanding these provisions, an
2 29 alternative state percent of growth for the budget years
2 30 beginning July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006, of 5 percent shall
2 31 apply if all state public employee collective bargaining
2 32 agreements are modified as provided in the bill.
2 33 The bill provides that all collective bargaining agreements
2 34 between the state of Iowa and an employee organization
2 35 representing state employees shall provide that a cost=of=
3 1 living adjustment, or similar increase in pay, during the
3 2 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, shall be limited to zero
3 3 percent and moneys shall not be appropriated to fund any
3 4 upward adjustments or increases, and that a cost=of=living
3 5 adjustment, or similar increase in pay, during the fiscal year
3 6 beginning July 1, 2006, shall be limited to a 1 percent
3 7 adjustment or increase with no appropriations provided for
3 8 payments above 1 percent.
3 9 The bill also provides that any enacted Act establishing
3 10 two additional professional development days per school year
3 11 for teachers pursuant to a teacher compensation proposal shall
3 12 not take effect until a state percent of growth of at least 5
3 13 percent has been established.
3 14 The bill is applicable for state aid computation under the
3 15 school foundation program for the school budget year beginning
3 16 July 1, 2006, with regard to establishing a 4 percent
3 17 allowable growth, and is applicable for state aid computation
3 18 under the school foundation program for the school budget
3 19 years beginning July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006, if the
3 20 alternative state percent of growth provisions establishing a
3 21 5 percent allowable growth become applicable pursuant to the
3 22 state public employee collective bargaining agreement
3 23 modification.
3 24 LSB 1896XS 81
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