House File 427 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  T. TAYLOR


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing school districts affected by a presidentially
  2    declared major disaster between May 4, 2008, and August 14,
  3    2008, to use the previous year's budget enrollments in the
  4    budget year beginning July 1, 2009, and providing an effective
  5    date.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  7 TLSB 2473HH 83
  8 ak/sc/5

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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 by a presidentially declared
  1  6 major disaster between May 4, 2008, and August 14, 2008, with
  1  7 a basic enrollment for the budget year, as defined under
  1  8 section 257.6, that is less than the previous year's budget
  1  9 enrollment may use the previous 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 presidentially declared major disaster between
  1 15 May 4, 2008, and August 14, 2008, to use predisaster student
  1 16 enrollment counts in order to offset a budget enrollment
  1 17 decrease for the 2009=2010 budget year.  School district
  1 18 budgets for fiscal year 2008=2009 were based on October 2007
  1 19 enrollments.  Any district that was impacted by a
  1 20 presidentially declared major disaster between May 4, 2008,
  1 21 and August 14, 2008, and had an enrollment in October 2008
  1 22 that was less than the previous year's enrollment would be
  1 23 allowed to use the previous year's enrollment for budgeting
  1 24 purposes in fiscal year 2009=2010.  The department of
  1 25 education shall determine which school districts were
  1 26 significantly affected by disasters during 2008.
  1 27    The bill is effective upon enactment.
  1 28 LSB 2473HH 83
  1 29 ak/sc/5