House File 44 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 44 BY WOLFE 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 effective date and 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1775HH (2) 87 md/jh/sc

H.F. 44 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017, 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, 2014, is four percent. 4 The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 5 1, 2015, is one and twenty-five hundredths percent. The state 6 percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, 7 is two and twenty-five hundredths percent. The state percent 8 of growth for each subsequent budget year shall be established 9 by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of 10 the submission in the year preceding the base year of the 11 governor’s budget under section 8.21 . However, if the statute 12 establishing the state percent of growth for a budget year is 13 not enacted within thirty days of the submission in the year 14 preceding the base year of the governor’s budget under section 15 8.21, the state percent of growth for that budget year is four 16 percent. The establishment of the state percent of growth for 17 a budget year shall be the only subject matter of the bill 18 which enacts the state percent of growth for a budget year. 19 2. Categorical state percent of growth. The categorical 20 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 21 1, 2014, is four percent. The categorical state percent of 22 growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, is one and 23 twenty-five hundredths percent. The categorical state percent 24 of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, is two 25 and twenty-five hundredths percent. The categorical state 26 percent of growth for each budget year shall be established 27 by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of 28 the submission in the year preceding the base year of the 29 governor’s budget under section 8.21 . However, if the statute 30 establishing the categorical state percent of growth for a 31 budget year is not enacted within thirty days of the submission 32 in the year preceding the base year of the governor’s budget 33 under section 8.21, the categorical state percent of growth 34 for that budget year is four percent. The establishment of 35 -1- LSB 1775HH (2) 87 md/jh/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 44 the categorical state percent of growth for a budget year 1 shall be the only subject matter of the bill which enacts the 2 categorical state percent of growth for a budget year. The 3 categorical state percent of growth may include state percents 4 of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the professional 5 development supplement, the early intervention supplement, and 6 the teacher leadership supplement. 7 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 9 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 10 years beginning on or after July 1, 2018. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill modifies the requirements for enacting the state 15 percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth 16 under Code section 257.8. 17 Current law requires the state percent of growth and the 18 categorical state percent of growth to be established by 19 statute within 30 days of the submission of the governor’s 20 budget in the year preceding the base year. The bill 21 provides that if the statute establishing the state percent 22 of growth for a budget year is not enacted within 30 days of 23 the submission in the year preceding the base year of the 24 governor’s budget under Code section 8.21, the state percent of 25 growth for that budget year is 4 percent. The bill establishes 26 a similar requirement for the failure to enact the statute 27 establishing the categorical state percent of growth for a 28 budget year. 29 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 30 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2018. 31 -2- LSB 1775HH (2) 87 md/jh/sc 2/ 2