House File 594 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to transportation assistance aid to school
  2    districts under certain circumstances and providing an
  3    appropriation.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1328YH 83
  6 kh/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph a,
  1  2 Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  If a district's average transportation costs per pupil
  1  4 exceed the state average transportation costs per pupil
  1  5 determined under paragraph "c" by one hundred fifty percent,
  1  6 the committee may shall grant transportation assistance aid to
  1  7 the district in an amount up to, but not exceeding, twenty=six
  1  8 cents for each dollar by which the district's average
  1  9 transportation costs per pupil exceeds the state average
  1 10 transportation costs per pupil as determined under paragraph
  1 11 "c".  Such aid shall be miscellaneous income and shall not be
  1 12 included in district cost.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 257.31, subsection 17, Code 2009, is
  1 14 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
  1 15    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  There is appropriated from the general
  1 16 fund of the state to the committee, for the fiscal year
  1 17 beginning July 1, 2009, and each succeeding fiscal year, up to
  1 18 one million dollars for transportation assistance aid to
  1 19 school districts as provided in this subsection, which shall
  1 20 supplement, not supplant, the moneys appropriated pursuant to
  1 21 paragraph "d".  If the amount appropriated under this
  1 22 paragraph is insufficient to pay the amount of transportation
  1 23 assistance aid determined under this subsection, the committee
  1 24 shall prorate the amount of the transportation assistance aid
  1 25 provided to each district.
  1 26    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  The committee shall adopt rules
  1 27 pursuant to chapter 17A for granting transportation assistance
  1 28 aid and for otherwise administering this subsection.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill appropriates from the state general fund
  1 31 beginning July 1, 2009, $1 million annually to the school
  1 32 budget review committee for transportation assistance aid to
  1 33 school districts, in an amount up to 26 cents for each dollar
  1 34 by which the district's average transportation costs per pupil
  1 35 exceeds the state average transportation costs per pupil.
  2  1    If the amount appropriated is insufficient, the committee
  2  2 is directed to prorate the amount of aid provided to school
  2  3 districts.
  2  4    The moneys appropriated are to supplement, not supplant,
  2  5 moneys appropriated to the committee from the sale of vehicle
  2  6 registration plates with an education emblem.
  2  7 LSB 1328YH 83
  2  8 kh/rj/8