House File 179 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 179 BY MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act authorizing the school budget review committee to grant 1 supplemental aid or establish a modified supplemental amount 2 for a school district’s cost to provide summer reading 3 programs. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2114YH (2) 87 md/sc

H.F. 179 Section 1. Section 257.31, subsection 5, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 If a district has unusual circumstances, creating an unusual 3 need for additional funds, including but not limited to the 4 circumstances enumerated in paragraphs “a” through “n” “o” , 5 the committee may grant supplemental aid to the district from 6 any funds appropriated to the department of education for the 7 use of the school budget review committee for the purposes of 8 this subsection . The school budget review committee shall 9 review a school district’s unexpended fund balance prior to 10 any decision regarding unusual finance circumstances. Such 11 aid shall be miscellaneous income and shall not be included in 12 district cost. In addition to or as an alternative to granting 13 supplemental aid the committee may establish a modified 14 supplemental amount for the district. The school budget review 15 committee shall review a school district’s unspent balance 16 prior to any decision to establish a modified supplemental 17 amount under this subsection . 18 Sec. 2. Section 257.31, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended 19 by adding the following new paragraph: 20 NEW PARAGRAPH . o. Summer reading programs for students 21 who were enrolled in kindergarten through grade three for the 22 school year immediately preceding the summer during which the 23 program is provided, including transportation costs for such 24 students. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 Code section 257.31 specifies the types of unusual 29 circumstances under which the school budget review committee 30 may grant supplemental aid to a school district from available 31 funding or establish a modified supplemental amount for a 32 school district. 33 This bill adds summer reading programs for students who 34 were enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 during the most 35 -1- LSB 2114YH (2) 87 md/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 179 recently completed school year, including transportation costs 1 for such students, to the list of authorized circumstances. 2 -2- LSB 2114YH (2) 87 md/sc 2/ 2