Senate Study Bill 1247 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            EDUCATION BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON SCHMITZ)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment of the categorical state
  2    percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation
  3    program, and providing an applicability date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2639XC 83
  6 ak/rj/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.8, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  CATEGORICAL STATE PERCENT OF GROWTH.  The categorical
  1  4 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1,
  1  5 2010, is two percent.  The categorical state percent of growth
  1  6 for each budget year shall be established by statute which
  1  7 shall be enacted within thirty days of the submission in the
  1  8 year preceding the base year of the governor's budget under
  1  9 section 8.21.  The establishment of the categorical state
  1 10 percent of growth for a budget year shall be the only subject
  1 11 matter of the bill which enacts the categorical state percent
  1 12 of growth for a budget year.  The categorical state percent of
  1 13 growth may include state percents of growth for the teacher
  1 14 salary supplement, the professional development supplement,
  1 15 and the early intervention supplement.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act is applicable for
  1 17 computing state aid under the state school foundation program
  1 18 for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2010.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill establishes a categorical state percent of growth
  1 21 of 2 percent for purposes of the state school foundation
  1 22 program for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2010.
  1 23 The categorical state percent of growth includes the teacher
  1 24 salary supplement, the professional development supplement,
  1 25 and the early intervention supplement.  The bill is applicable
  1 26 for state aid computation under the school foundation program
  1 27 for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2010.
  1 28 LSB 2639XC 83
  1 29 ak/rj/24