House File 81 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 81 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 57) A BILL FOR An Act establishing the categorical state percent of growth and 1 including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1548HV (4) 86 md/sc
H.F. 81 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsection 2, Code 2015, 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 1, 4 2012, is two percent. The categorical state percent of growth 5 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, is two percent. 6 The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year 7 beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent. The categorical 8 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 9 1, 2015, is one and twenty-five hundredths percent. The 10 categorical state percent of growth for each budget year shall 11 be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty 12 days of the submission in the year preceding the base year of 13 the governor’s budget under section 8.21 . The establishment 14 of the categorical state percent of growth for a budget year 15 shall be the only subject matter of the bill which enacts the 16 categorical state percent of growth for a budget year. The 17 categorical state percent of growth may include state percents 18 of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the professional 19 development supplement, the early intervention supplement, and 20 the teacher leadership supplement. 21 Sec. 2. CODE SECTION 257.8 —— IMPLEMENTATION. The 22 requirement of section 257.8, subsection 2, regarding the 23 enactment of bills establishing the categorical state percent 24 of growth within thirty days of the submission in the year 25 preceding the base year of the governor’s budget does not apply 26 to this Act. 27 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill establishes a categorical state percent of growth 33 of 1.25 percent for the school budget year beginning July 1, 34 2015. 35 -1- LSB 1548HV (4) 86 md/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 81 The requirement of Code section 257.8(2) regarding the 1 enactment of bills establishing the categorical state percent 2 of growth within 30 days of the submission in the year 3 preceding the base year of the governor’s budget does not apply 4 to the bill. 5 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 6 -2- LSB 1548HV (4) 86 md/sc 2/ 2