House File 411 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 411 BY WINCKLER , MASCHER , LENSING , KURTH , THEDE , NIELSEN , HUNTER , BRECKENRIDGE , KACENA , JACOBY , STECKMAN , ANDERSON , KEARNS , T. TAYLOR , OURTH , HANSON , BEARINGER , GASKILL , WOLFE , STAED , BROWN-POWERS , FORBES , HEDDENS , COHOON , and PRICHARD 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 with an unusual increase in students 3 eligible for free and reduced price meals and including 4 applicability provisions. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 2615YH (3) 87 md/jh/sc

H.F. 411 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. Any unusual increase in the number of 21 pupils in the district who are eligible for free and reduced 22 price meals under the federal National School Lunch Act and the 23 federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. §1751-1785. 24 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 25 years beginning on or after July 1, 2018. 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 Code section 257.31 specifies the types of unusual 30 circumstances under which the school budget review committee 31 may grant supplemental aid to a school district from available 32 funding or establish a modified supplemental amount for a 33 school district. 34 This bill adds any unusual increase in the number of pupils 35 -1- LSB 2615YH (3) 87 md/jh/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 411 in the district who are eligible for free and reduced price 1 meals to the list of authorized circumstances. 2 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after 3 July 1, 2018. 4 -2- LSB 2615YH (3) 87 md/jh/sc 2/ 2