House File 270 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  PAULSEN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing school districts affected by disaster in 2008 to
  2    use the previous year's budget enrollments in the budget year
  3    beginning July 1, 2009, and providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1065YH 83
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  1  1    Section 1.  DISASTER RELIEF FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS == BUDGET
  1  2 ENROLLMENT.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Code to the
  1  3 contrary, for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2009, a
  1  4 school district determined by the department of education to
  1  5 have been significantly affected during 2008 by a disaster, as
  1  6 defined in section 29C.2, with a basic enrollment for the
  1  7 budget year, as defined under section 257.6, that is less than
  1  8 the previous year's budget enrollment may use the previous
  1  9 year's budget enrollment.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 11 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill allows a school district that was significantly
  1 14 affected by a disaster in 2008 to use predisaster student
  1 15 enrollment counts in order to offset a budget enrollment
  1 16 decrease for the 2009=2010 budget year.  School district
  1 17 budgets for fiscal year 2008=2009 were based on October 2007
  1 18 enrollments.  Any district that was impacted by a disaster and
  1 19 had an enrollment in October 2008 that was less than the
  1 20 previous year's enrollment would be allowed to use the
  1 21 previous year's enrollment for budgeting purposes in fiscal
  1 22 year 2009=2010.  The department of education shall determine
  1 23 which school districts were significantly affected by
  1 24 disasters during 2008, as defined in Code section 29C.2.
  1 25    The bill is effective upon enactment.
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