House Study Bill 15 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            EDUCATION BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to an on=site fiscal review to be conducted under
  2    phase II of the accreditation process upon recommendation by
  3    the school budget review committee.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1226XD 82
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 10, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  The school budget review committee
  1  4 submits to the department a recommendation for a fiscal review
  1  5 pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 18.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 257.31, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  7 the following new subsection:
  1  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  18.  If a school district exceeds its
  1  9 authorized budget or carries a negative unspent balance for
  1 10 two or more consecutive years, the committee may recommend
  1 11 that the department implement a phase II on=site visit to
  1 12 conduct a fiscal review pursuant to section 256.11, subsection
  1 13 10, paragraph "e".
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill permits the school budget review committee to
  1 16 recommend that the department of education send an
  1 17 accreditation team in to a school district for an on=site
  1 18 fiscal review under phase II of the accreditation process if a
  1 19 school district exceeds its authorized budget or carries a
  1 20 negative unspent balance for two or more consecutive years.
  1 21 LSB 1226XD 82
  1 22 kh:nh/je/5