Senate Study Bill 1122 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON QUIRMBACH) A BILL FOR An Act establishing the categorical state percent of growth for 1 the school budget year beginning July 1, 2014, and including 2 effective date and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2118SC (2) 85 md/sc
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 257.8, subsection 2, Code 2013, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Categorical state percent of growth. The categorical 3 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 4 1, 2010, is two percent. The categorical state percent of 5 growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, is two 6 percent. The categorical state percent of growth for the 7 budget year beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent. The 8 categorical state percent of growth for each budget year shall 9 be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty 10 days of the submission in the year preceding the base year of 11 the governor’s budget under section 8.21 . The establishment 12 of the categorical state percent of growth for a budget year 13 shall be the only subject matter of the bill which enacts the 14 categorical state percent of growth for a budget year. The 15 categorical state percent of growth may include state percents 16 of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the professional 17 development supplement, and the early intervention supplement. 18 Sec. 2. CODE SECTION 257.8 —— IMPLEMENTATION. The 19 requirement of section 257.8, subsection 2, regarding the 20 enactment of a bill establishing the categorical state percent 21 of growth within thirty days of the submission in the year 22 preceding the base year of the governor’s budget does not apply 23 to this Act. 24 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 26 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act is applicable for computing 27 state aid under the state school foundation program for the 28 school budget year beginning July 1, 2014. 29 EXPLANATION 30 This bill establishes a categorical state percent of growth 31 of 4 percent for purposes of the state school foundation 32 program for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2014. 33 The categorical state percent of growth includes the teacher 34 salary supplement, the professional development supplement, 35 -1- LSB 2118SC (2) 85 md/sc 1/ 2
S.F. _____ and the early intervention supplement. The bill takes effect 1 upon enactment and is applicable for computing state aid under 2 the state school foundation program for the school budget year 3 beginning July 1, 2014. 4 The bill provides that the requirement of Code section 257.8 5 regarding the timing of enactment of a bill establishing the 6 categorical state percent of growth does not apply to the bill. 7 -2- LSB 2118SC (2) 85 md/sc 2/ 2