House File 311 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 311 BY MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act relating to the requirements for the enactment of bills 1 establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical 2 state percent of growth and including applicability 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2298HH (2) 86 md/sc

H.F. 311 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2015, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 1. State percent of growth. The state percent of growth 3 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, is two percent. 4 The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 5 1, 2013, is two percent. The state percent of growth for the 6 budget year beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent. The state 7 percent of growth for each subsequent budget year shall be 8 established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty 9 days of the submission in the year preceding the base year of 10 the governor’s budget under section 8.21 . However, if the 11 statute establishing the state percent of growth for a budget 12 year is not enacted within thirty days of the submission in the 13 year preceding the base year of the governor’s budget under 14 section 8.21, the state percent of growth for that budget year 15 is four percent. The establishment of the state percent of 16 growth for a budget year shall be the only subject matter of 17 the bill which enacts the state percent of growth for a budget 18 year. 19 2. Categorical state percent of growth. The categorical 20 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 21 2012, is two percent. The categorical state percent of growth 22 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, is two percent. 23 The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year 24 beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent. The categorical state 25 percent of growth for each budget year shall be established 26 by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of 27 the submission in the year preceding the base year of the 28 governor’s budget under section 8.21 . However, if the statute 29 establishing the categorical state percent of growth for a 30 budget year is not enacted within thirty days of the submission 31 in the year preceding the base year of the governor’s budget 32 under section 8.21, the categorical state percent of growth 33 for that budget year is four percent. The establishment of 34 the categorical state percent of growth for a budget year 35 -1- LSB 2298HH (2) 86 md/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 311 shall be the only subject matter of the bill which enacts the 1 categorical state percent of growth for a budget year. The 2 categorical state percent of growth may include state percents 3 of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the professional 4 development supplement, the early intervention supplement, and 5 the teacher leadership supplement. 6 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 7 years beginning on or after July 1, 2016. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill modifies the requirements for enacting the state 12 percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth 13 under Code section 257.8. 14 Current law requires the state percent of growth and the 15 categorical state percent of growth to be established by 16 statute within 30 days of the submission of the governor’s 17 budget in the year preceding the base year. The bill 18 provides that if the statute establishing the state percent 19 of growth for a budget year is not enacted within 30 days of 20 the submission in the year preceding the base year of the 21 governor’s budget under Code section 8.21, the state percent of 22 growth for that budget year is 4 percent. The bill establishes 23 a similar requirement for the failure to enact the statute 24 establishing the categorical state percent of growth for a 25 budget year. 26 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after 27 July 1, 2016. 28 -2- LSB 2298HH (2) 86 md/sc 2/ 2