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:
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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.
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