Senate File 256 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY KETTERING
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing qualifying school districts with transportation
2 foundation aid reimbursement.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 257.35, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The Except as provided in subsection 1A, the department
1 4 of management shall deduct the amounts calculated for special
1 5 education support services, media services, area education
1 6 agency teacher salary supplement district cost, area education
1 7 agency professional development supplement district cost, and
1 8 educational services for each school district from the state
1 9 aid due to the district pursuant to this chapter and shall pay
1 10 the amounts to the respective area education agencies on a
1 11 monthly basis from September 15 through June 15 during each
1 12 school year. The department of management shall notify each
1 13 school district of the amount of state aid deducted for these
1 14 purposes and the balance of state aid shall be paid to the
1 15 district. If a district does not qualify for state aid under
1 16 this chapter in an amount sufficient to cover its amount due
1 17 to the area education agency as calculated by the department
1 18 of management, the school district shall pay the deficiency to
1 19 the area education agency from other moneys received by the
1 20 district, on a quarterly basis during each school year.
1 21 Sec. 2. Section 257.35, Code 2009, is amended by adding
1 22 the following new subsection:
1 23 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. a. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the
1 24 department of management shall deduct the total amount of
1 25 transportation foundation aid reimbursement pursuant to
1 26 section 285.1A from the total amount to be paid to area
1 27 education agencies from school district state aid pursuant to
1 28 subsection 1.
1 29 b. The amount of transportation foundation aid
1 30 reimbursement determined under section 285.1A for a school
1 31 district shall be paid to the school district as part of the
1 32 state aid payments made to school districts in accordance with
1 33 section 257.16.
1 34 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 285.1A SCHOOL DISTRICT
1 35 TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION AID REIMBURSEMENT.
2 1 1. For the purposes of this section:
2 2 a. "Base year", "budget year", "regular program state cost
2 3 per pupil", and "school district" mean the same as defined or
2 4 described in chapter 257.
2 5 b. "Eligible percentage" means eligible students divided
2 6 by the actual enrollment for the base year.
2 7 c. "Eligible students" for a school district means
2 8 students who meet transportation eligibility requirements
2 9 under section 285.1, subsection 1, paragraphs "a" and "b", as
2 10 determined by October 1 of the base year or the first Monday
2 11 in October if October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
2 12 d. "Total square miles" means the number of square miles
2 13 in each school district as determined by the department of
2 14 education by October 1 of the base year or the first Monday in
2 15 October if October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
2 16 e. "Transportation factor" for a school district means the
2 17 total square miles multiplied by the eligible percentage.
2 18 2. a. In order to qualify for transportation foundation
2 19 aid reimbursement, a school district's transportation factor
2 20 must be one hundred or greater.
2 21 b. The amount of transportation foundation aid
2 22 reimbursement a qualifying school district shall receive
2 23 equals the product of the regular program state cost per pupil
2 24 for the budget year times five hundredths, multiplied by the
2 25 actual enrollment for the base year.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 This bill creates a transportation foundation aid
2 28 reimbursement for qualifying school districts payable in the
2 29 budget year. The reimbursement is for transportation of
2 30 elementary students who live more than two miles from the
2 31 school and high school students who live more than three miles
2 32 from the school.
2 33 A school district qualifies for reimbursement of
2 34 transportation costs if the total square miles in the school
2 35 district multiplied by the percentage of students eligible for
3 1 transportation for the base year is 100 or more. This
3 2 qualifying number is called the school's transportation factor
3 3 for the budget year. In order to determine the amount of
3 4 transportation foundation aid reimbursement the qualifying
3 5 school district will receive, the regular program state cost
3 6 per pupil for the budget year is multiplied by five hundredths
3 7 and then multiplied by the actual enrollment for the base
3 8 year. This final calculation yields the amount of
3 9 transportation foundation aid reimbursement that the school
3 10 district may receive.
3 11 The reimbursement amounts are drawn from the area education
3 12 agency funding under Code section 257.35, and the department
3 13 of management is directed to send the calculated amounts to
3 14 each school district along with the regular state aid
3 15 payments.
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