House File 431 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 431 BY HANSON A BILL FOR An Act establishing a transportation aid supplement program 1 for certain school districts, making appropriations, and 2 including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2069YH (4) 86 md/sc

H.F. 431 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 257.16C Transportation aid 1 supplement program —— repeal. 2 1. a. A transportation aid supplement program is 3 established to provide additional funding for school districts 4 in which the district transportation costs per pupil for the 5 budget year beginning July 1, 2013, exceeded the state average 6 transportation costs per pupil for the budget year beginning 7 July 1, 2013, as those amounts were determined for that budget 8 year under section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph “c” . 9 b. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2015, 10 but before July 1, 2018, there is appropriated from the general 11 fund of the state to the department of management an amount 12 necessary to pay the transportation aid supplements calculated 13 under subsection 2. 14 2. a. For each school district that meets the requirements 15 of subsection 1, paragraph “a” , the transportation aid 16 supplement amount shall be equal to the district’s actual 17 enrollment used to calculate the district’s average 18 transportation costs per pupil for the budget year beginning 19 July 1, 2013, under section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph 20 “c” , multiplied by the difference between the district’s 21 average transportation costs per pupil and the state average 22 transportation costs per pupil, as those amounts were 23 determined for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, under 24 section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph “c” . However, 25 such resulting amount shall be reduced by the amount of 26 transportation assistance aid received by the district under 27 section 257.31, subsection 17, for the budget year in which the 28 district receives aid under this section. 29 b. (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, each 30 school district with average transportation costs per pupil 31 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, that exceeded six 32 hundred forty-two dollars shall receive a transportation aid 33 supplement. 34 (2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, each school 35 -1- LSB 2069YH (4) 86 md/sc 1/ 4

H.F. 431 district with average transportation costs per pupil for the 1 budget year beginning July 1, 2013, that exceeded five hundred 2 eighteen dollars but was less than six hundred forty-two 3 dollars shall receive a transportation aid supplement. 4 (3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, each school 5 district with average transportation costs per pupil for the 6 budget year beginning July 1, 2013, that exceeded three hundred 7 eighteen dollars but was less than five hundred eighteen 8 dollars shall receive a transportation aid supplement. 9 3. Amounts received by a school district from a 10 transportation aid supplement shall be deposited in the 11 general fund of the school district and expended only for the 12 cost of repairing, maintaining, and fueling school district 13 transportation equipment and school buses, as defined in 14 section 321.1, subsection 69. Revenues received by a school 15 district under this section are miscellaneous income and shall 16 not be included in district cost. 17 4. Except for an adjustment in the amount of the 18 transportation aid supplement under subsection 2, paragraph 19 “a” , participation in the transportation aid supplement 20 program under this section shall not affect a school district’s 21 eligibility for transportation assistance under section 257.31, 22 subsection 17. 23 5. This section is repealed on July 1, 2018. 24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill establishes a transportation aid supplement 30 program to provide additional funding for school districts 31 in which the district transportation costs per pupil for the 32 budget year beginning July 1, 2013, exceeded the state average 33 transportation costs per pupil for the budget year beginning 34 July 1, 2013. 35 -2- LSB 2069YH (4) 86 md/sc 2/ 4

H.F. 431 The bill appropriates an amount necessary from the 1 general fund of the state for each fiscal year beginning on 2 or after July 1, 2015, but before July 1, 2018, to pay the 3 transportation aid supplements authorized in the bill. 4 For each eligible school district, the transportation aid 5 supplement amount is equal to the district’s actual enrollment 6 used to calculate the district’s average transportation 7 costs per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, 8 multiplied by the remainder of the district’s average 9 transportation costs per pupil minus the state average 10 transportation costs per pupil, as those amounts were 11 determined for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013. The 12 bill provides for a reduction in such aid amounts if the 13 district receives transportation assistance aid from the school 14 budget review committee under Code section 257.31(17) for the 15 budget year in which the district receives the transportation 16 aid under the bill. 17 Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, 18 each school district with average transportation costs per 19 pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, that exceeded 20 $642 shall receive a transportation aid supplement. For the 21 budget year beginning July 1, 2016, each school district with 22 average transportation costs per pupil for the budget year 23 beginning July 1, 2013, that exceeded $518 but was less than 24 $642 shall receive a transportation aid supplement. For the 25 budget year beginning July 1, 2017, each school district with 26 average transportation costs per pupil for the budget year 27 beginning July 1, 2013, that exceeded $318 but was less than 28 $518 shall receive a transportation aid supplement. 29 The bill requires amounts received from a transportation 30 aid supplement to be deposited in the general fund of the 31 school district and expended only for the cost of repairing, 32 maintaining, and fueling school district transportation 33 equipment and school buses. The bill specifies that revenues 34 received by a school district under the bill are miscellaneous 35 -3- LSB 2069YH (4) 86 md/sc 3/ 4

H.F. 431 income and shall not be included in district cost. 1 The bill includes a provision that repeals the 2 transportation aid supplement program on July 1, 2018. 3 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 4 -4- LSB 2069YH (4) 86 md/sc 4/ 4