House File 737 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON REBUILD
                                           IOWA AND DISASTER RECOVERY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 427)


    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 or a state of disaster emergency to
  3    use the previous year's budget enrollments in certain current
  4    budget years after the disaster, and providing an effective
  5    date.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  7 TLSB 2473HV 83
  8 ak/sc/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  257.6A  DISASTER RELIEF == BUDGET
  1  2 ENROLLMENTS.
  1  3    Notwithstanding any provision of the Code to the contrary,
  1  4 for any school budget year, a school district determined by
  1  5 the department of education to have been in an area
  1  6 significantly affected by a governor=declared state of
  1  7 disaster emergency or a presidentially declared major
  1  8 disaster, with a basic enrollment for the budget year, as
  1  9 defined under section 257.6, that is less than the previous
  1 10 year's budget enrollment may use the previous year's budget
  1 11 enrollment.  A school district may use the previous year's
  1 12 budget enrollment for the basic enrollment, as authorized
  1 13 under this section, for no more than two school budget years
  1 14 after the disaster.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 16 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill allows a school district that is significantly
  1 19 affected by a governor=declared state of disaster emergency or
  1 20 a presidentially declared major disaster to use predisaster
  1 21 student enrollment counts for no more than two years after the
  1 22 disaster in order to offset a budget enrollment decrease.  The
  1 23 department of education shall determine which school districts
  1 24 are significantly affected by such disasters.
  1 25    The bill is effective upon enactment.
  1 26 LSB 2473HV 83
  1 27 ak/sc/5