House
File
2022
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2022
BY
J.
TAYLOR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
and
school
district
finances
by
1
increasing
the
regular
program
foundation
base
percentage.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.1,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph
and
inserting
in
2
lieu
thereof
the
following:
3
b.
(1)
The
regular
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
the
4
following:
5
(a)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2012,
the
6
regular
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
eighty-seven
and
7
five-tenths
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
8
pupil.
9
(b)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2013,
the
10
regular
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
eighty-nine
and
11
twenty-eight
hundredths
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
12
cost
per
pupil.
13
(c)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2014,
the
14
regular
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
ninety-one
and
six
15
hundredths
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil.
16
(d)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2015,
the
regular
17
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
ninety-two
and
eighty-four
18
hundredths
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil.
19
(e)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2016,
the
regular
20
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
ninety-four
and
sixty-two
21
hundredths
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil.
22
(f)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2017,
the
regular
23
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
ninety-six
and
forty
24
hundredths
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil.
25
(g)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2018,
the
regular
26
program
foundation
base
per
pupil
is
ninety-eight
and
eighteen
27
hundredths
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil.
28
(h)
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2019,
and
29
succeeding
budget
years,
the
regular
program
foundation
base
30
per
pupil
is
one
hundred
percent
of
the
regular
program
state
31
cost
per
pupil.
32
(2)
For
each
budget
year,
the
special
education
support
33
services
foundation
base
is
seventy-nine
percent
of
the
special
34
education
support
services
state
cost
per
pupil.
The
combined
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foundation
base
is
the
sum
of
the
regular
program
foundation
1
base,
the
special
education
support
services
foundation
base,
2
the
total
teacher
salary
supplement
district
cost,
the
total
3
professional
development
supplement
district
cost,
the
total
4
early
intervention
supplement
district
cost,
the
total
area
5
education
agency
teacher
salary
supplement
district
cost,
6
and
the
total
area
education
agency
professional
development
7
supplement
district
cost.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
257.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2011,
9
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
b.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2008,
and
11
succeeding
budget
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2019
,
the
12
department
of
management
shall
annually
determine
an
adjusted
13
additional
property
tax
levy
and
a
statewide
maximum
adjusted
14
additional
property
tax
levy
rate,
not
to
exceed
the
statewide
15
average
additional
property
tax
levy
rate,
calculated
by
16
dividing
the
total
adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
17
dollars
statewide
by
the
statewide
total
net
taxable
valuation.
18
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
the
adjusted
additional
19
property
tax
levy
shall
be
that
portion
of
the
additional
20
property
tax
levy
corresponding
to
the
state
cost
per
pupil
21
multiplied
by
a
school
district’s
weighted
enrollment,
and
then
22
multiplied
by
one
hundred
percent
less
the
regular
program
23
foundation
base
per
pupil
percentage
pursuant
to
section
24
257.1
.
The
For
budget
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2019,
the
25
district
shall
receive
adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
26
aid
in
an
amount
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
adjusted
27
additional
property
tax
levy
rate
and
the
statewide
maximum
28
adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
rate,
as
applied
per
29
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
valuation
on
all
taxable
property
30
in
the
district.
The
statewide
maximum
adjusted
additional
31
property
tax
levy
rate
shall
be
annually
determined
by
the
32
department
taking
into
account
amounts
allocated
pursuant
to
33
section
257.15,
subsection
4
.
The
For
budget
years
beginning
34
before
July
1,
2019,
the
statewide
maximum
adjusted
additional
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property
tax
levy
rate
shall
be
annually
determined
by
the
1
department
taking
into
account
amounts
allocated
pursuant
to
2
section
257.15,
subsection
4
,
and
the
balance
of
the
property
3
tax
equity
and
relief
fund
created
in
section
257.16A
at
the
4
end
of
the
calendar
year.
5
Sec.
3.
Section
257.15,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
4.
a.
Allocations
for
maximum
adjusted
additional
property
8
tax
levy
rate
calculation
and
adjusted
additional
property
9
tax
levy
aid.
The
For
fiscal
years
beginning
before
July
1,
10
2019,
the
department
of
management
shall
allocate
from
amounts
11
appropriated
pursuant
to
section
257.16,
subsection
1
,
and
from
12
funds
appropriated
from
the
property
tax
equity
and
relief
13
fund
created
in
section
257.16A
for
the
purpose
of
calculating
14
the
statewide
maximum
adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
15
rate
and
providing
adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
aid
16
as
provided
in
section
257.4,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“b”
,
17
an
amount
equal
to
the
sum
of
subparagraphs
(1)
and
(2)
as
18
follows:
19
(1)
From
the
amount
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
20
the
state
pursuant
to
section
257.16,
subsection
1
,
equal
to
21
the
following:
22
(a)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2006,
six
million
23
dollars.
24
(b)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2007,
twelve
25
million
dollars.
26
(c)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2008,
eighteen
27
million
dollars.
28
(d)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2009,
and
29
succeeding
budget
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2019
,
30
twenty-four
million
dollars.
31
(2)
From
the
amount
appropriated
from
the
property
tax
32
equity
and
relief
fund
created
in
section
257.16A
.
33
b.
After
lowering
all
school
district
additional
property
34
tax
levy
rates
to
the
statewide
maximum
adjusted
additional
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property
tax
levy
rate
under
paragraph
“a”
,
the
department
of
1
management
shall
use
any
remaining
funds
at
the
end
of
the
2
calendar
year
to
further
lower
additional
property
taxes
by
3
increasing
for
the
budget
year
beginning
the
following
July
4
1,
the
state
foundation
base
percentage.
If,
however,
the
5
state
foundation
base
percentage
is
one
hundred
percent,
the
6
department
of
management
shall
deposit
those
remaining
funds
7
in
the
taxpayers
trust
fund
created
in
section
8.57E.
Moneys
8
used
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
supplant
an
equal
amount
9
of
the
appropriation
made
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
10
pursuant
to
section
257.16
that
represents
the
increase
in
11
state
foundation
aid.
12
Sec.
4.
Section
257.16A,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2011,
are
13
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
2.
There
For
fiscal
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2019,
15
there
is
appropriated
annually
all
moneys
in
the
fund
to
the
16
department
of
management
for
purposes
of
section
257.15,
17
subsection
4
.
18
3.
Notwithstanding
Except
as
provided
in
subsection
4,
19
and
notwithstanding
section
8.33
,
any
moneys
remaining
in
the
20
property
tax
equity
and
relief
fund
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year
21
shall
not
revert
to
any
other
fund
but
shall
remain
in
the
22
property
tax
equity
and
relief
fund
for
use
as
provided
in
this
23
section
for
the
following
fiscal
year.
24
Sec.
5.
Section
257.16A,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
25
following
new
subsection:
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
Any
moneys
in
the
property
tax
equity
27
and
relief
fund
on
June
30,
2019,
shall
be
deposited
by
the
28
department
of
management
in
the
taxpayers
trust
fund
created
29
in
section
8.57E.
30
Sec.
6.
Section
423F.2,
subsection
3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
31
to
read
as
follows:
32
3.
The
moneys
available
in
a
fiscal
year
in
the
secure
an
33
advanced
vision
for
education
fund
shall
be
distributed
by
the
34
department
of
revenue
to
each
school
district
in
an
amount
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equal
to
the
amount
the
school
district
would
have
received
1
pursuant
to
the
formula
in
section
423E.4
as
if
the
local
2
sales
and
services
tax
for
school
infrastructure
purposes
was
3
imposed.
Moneys
collected
in
a
fiscal
year
beginning
before
4
July
1,
2017,
that
are
in
excess
of
that
needed
to
provide
each
5
school
district
with
its
formula
amount
shall
be
distributed
6
and
credited
to
the
property
tax
equity
and
relief
fund
7
created
in
section
257.16A
.
Moneys
collected
in
a
fiscal
year
8
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017,
that
are
in
excess
of
that
9
amount
needed
to
provide
each
school
district
with
its
formula
10
amount
shall
be
deposited
in
the
taxpayers
trust
fund
created
11
in
section
8.57E.
12
EXPLANATION
13
This
bill
relates
to
state
and
school
district
finances
by
14
increasing
the
regular
program
foundation
base
percentage.
15
The
bill
provides
for
an
increase
in
the
regular
program
16
foundation
base
under
the
state
school
foundation
program.
17
The
foundation
base
is
the
specified
percentage
of
the
state
18
cost
per
pupil
calculation
which
is
paid
as
state
aid
to
19
school
districts,
above
and
beyond
the
uniform
property
tax
20
levy
imposed
in
Code
section
257.3.
Beginning
with
the
budget
21
year
commencing
July
1,
2013,
the
increase
is
phased
in
over
22
a
seven-year
period
in
annual
increments,
from
the
current
23
foundation
base
level
of
87.5
percent
to
the
level
of
100
24
percent
in
the
seventh
year.
25
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
of
management’s
26
determination
of
an
adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
and
a
27
statewide
maximum
adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
rate
28
only
applies
to
budget
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2019.
29
The
bill
also
provides
that
adjusted
additional
property
tax
30
levy
aid
to
school
districts
is
only
provided
for
budget
years
31
beginning
before
July
1,
2019.
The
elimination
of
adjusted
32
additional
property
tax
levy
aid
is
the
result
of
the
regular
33
program
foundation
base
percentage
reaching
100
percent.
34
The
bill
sunsets
the
annual
appropriation
of
$24
million
for
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adjusted
additional
property
tax
levy
aid
under
Code
section
1
257.15(4)
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
2
provides
that
if
the
state
foundation
base
percentage
is
100
3
percent,
the
department
of
management
shall
deposit
those
4
remaining
funds
allocated
for
adjusted
additional
property
tax
5
levy
aid
in
the
taxpayers
trust
fund.
6
The
bill
specifies
that
any
moneys
in
the
property
tax
equity
7
and
relief
fund
established
under
Code
section
257.16A
on
June
8
30,
2019,
shall
be
deposited
by
the
department
of
management
in
9
the
taxpayers
trust
fund.
10
The
bill
provides
that
moneys
collected
in
a
fiscal
year
11
beginning
before
July
1,
2017,
in
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
12
for
education
fund
(SAVE)
that
are
in
excess
of
that
needed
to
13
provide
each
school
district
with
its
formula
amount
continue,
14
as
under
current
law,
to
be
distributed
and
credited
to
the
15
property
tax
equity
and
relief
fund
created
in
Code
section
16
257.16A.
The
bill
provides
that
such
excess
moneys
collected
17
in
a
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017,
shall
be
18
deposited
in
the
taxpayers
trust
fund.
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