House File 755 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 47) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to reimbursement of advanced placement 2 examination fees paid by or on behalf of students enrolled in 3 public school districts and accredited nonpublic schools or 4 receiving competent private instruction and making an 5 appropriation. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 1094HV 82 8 kh/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.24 ADVANCED PLACEMENT 1 2 EXAMINATION FEE REIMBURSEMENT == APPROPRIATION. 1 3 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and each 1 4 subsequent fiscal year, the board of directors of a public 1 5 school district shall reimburse a qualifying student or the 1 6 parent or legal guardian of a qualifying student enrolled in 1 7 the public school district or in an accredited nonpublic 1 8 school located within the boundaries of the school district, 1 9 or of a qualifying resident student receiving competent 1 10 private instruction in accordance with the requirements of 1 11 chapter 299A, the amount of the advanced placement examination 1 12 fee the student, parent, or legal guardian paid. However, a 1 13 student, parent, or guardian shall not receive reimbursement 1 14 for more than one advanced placement examination paid for and 1 15 taken by a qualifying student annually. For purposes of this 1 16 section, "qualifying student" means a student who took an 1 17 advanced placement examination and has received the student's 1 18 results on the examination. 1 19 2. To be reimbursed in accordance with subsection 1, the 1 20 student or parent or legal guardian of a student attending an 1 21 accredited nonpublic school or receiving competent private 1 22 instruction who paid the advanced placement examination fee 1 23 shall submit by August 15 proof of the student's examination 1 24 results and the amount of the fee paid and, on a form approved 1 25 by the department, a claim for reimbursement to the school 1 26 district. The school district shall verify the student's 1 27 examination results. 1 28 3. By September 1 of the school year following the school 1 29 year in which the advanced placement examination fees were 1 30 paid, the school district shall submit its claims for 1 31 reimbursements paid pursuant to subsection 1 to the 1 32 department. 1 33 4. By October 1 of the school year following the school 1 34 year in which the advanced placement examination fees were 1 35 paid, the department of education shall distribute to each 2 1 school district, from moneys appropriated to the department 2 2 for this purpose, an amount of aid to each school district 2 3 that submitted claims as provided in subsection 3, equal to 2 4 the total amount of the advanced placement examination fees 2 5 paid by the school district. 2 6 5. The costs of paying advanced placement examination fees 2 7 as provided in this section shall not be included in the 2 8 computation of district cost under chapter 257, but shall be 2 9 shown in the budget as an expense from miscellaneous income. 2 10 Any moneys received by a school district for the payment of 2 11 student advanced placement examination fees under this section 2 12 shall not affect district cost limitations of chapter 257. 2 13 The moneys paid to a school district as provided in this 2 14 section are miscellaneous income as defined in section 257.2. 2 15 6. There is annually appropriated from the general fund of 2 16 the state to the department an amount sufficient to pay the 2 17 claims submitted to the department pursuant to this section. 2 18 EXPLANATION 2 19 This bill requires the board of directors of a public 2 20 school district to annually reimburse a student or the parent 2 21 or legal guardian of a student enrolled in the public school 2 22 district or in an accredited nonpublic school located within 2 23 the boundaries of the school district, or of a resident 2 24 student receiving competent private instruction, the fee for 2 25 one advanced placement examination the student, parent, or 2 26 legal guardian paid. The bill provides for the reimbursement 2 27 from a standing, unlimited, annual appropriation made to the 2 28 department of education for that purpose. 2 29 To qualify for a reimbursement, the student or parent or 2 30 guardian of a student attending an accredited nonpublic school 2 31 must submit a claim and proof of the student's results on the 2 32 examination to the public school district of enrollment by 2 33 August 15. The school district must, by September 1, submit 2 34 to the department of education the claims for reimbursement. 2 35 By October 1, the department must distribute to each school 3 1 district an amount of aid equal to the amount of the total 3 2 amount of the advanced placement examination fees paid by the 3 3 school district. 3 4 LSB 1094HV 82 3 5 kh:rj/je/5