House
Study
Bill
111
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
GRASSLEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
school
funding
by
modifying
1
provisions
relating
to
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
2
pupil,
making
appropriations
to
the
transportation
equity
3
fund,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.8,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
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
4
1,
2016,
is
two
and
twenty-five
hundredths
percent.
The
5
categorical
state
percent
of
growth
for
the
budget
year
6
beginning
July
1,
2017,
is
one
and
eleven
hundredths
percent.
7
The
categorical
state
percent
of
growth
for
the
budget
year
8
beginning
July
1,
2018,
is
one
percent.
The
categorical
state
9
percent
of
growth
for
each
budget
year
shall
be
established
10
by
statute
which
shall
be
enacted
within
thirty
days
of
the
11
transmission
of
the
governor’s
budget
required
by
February
12
1
under
section
8.21
during
the
regular
legislative
session
13
beginning
in
the
base
year.
The
categorical
state
percent
of
14
growth
may
include
state
percents
of
growth
for
the
teacher
15
salary
supplement,
the
professional
development
supplement,
16
the
early
intervention
supplement,
and
the
teacher
leadership
17
supplement
,
and
for
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
18
2020,
transportation
equity
aid
payments
under
section
257.16C
.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
257.8,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
2019,
20
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
b.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
and
22
subsequent
budget
years,
references
to
“supplemental
state
aid”
23
and
“regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil”
shall
mean
those
24
terms
as
calculated
including
the
additional
amount
amounts
for
25
the
specified
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
years
under
26
section
257.9,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“b”
,
and
references
to
27
“regular
program
district
cost
per
pupil”
shall
mean
that
term
as
28
calculated
including
any
adjustments
made
under
section
257.10,
29
subsection
2
.
30
Sec.
3.
Section
257.9,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
31
to
read
as
follows:
32
2.
Regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
1992-1993
and
33
succeeding
years.
34
a.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
1992,
and
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succeeding
budget
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2018,
the
1
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
a
budget
year
is
the
2
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
3
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year.
4
b.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
the
regular
5
program
state
cost
per
pupil
is
the
regular
program
state
6
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
7
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year,
plus
five
dollars.
8
c.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
the
regular
9
program
state
cost
per
pupil
is
the
regular
program
state
10
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
11
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year,
plus
five
dollars.
12
c.
d.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019
2020
,
and
13
succeeding
budget
years,
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
14
pupil
for
a
budget
year
is
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
15
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
supplemental
16
state
aid
for
the
budget
year.
17
Sec.
4.
Section
257.16C,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
18
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
19
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
(1)
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
20
July
1,
2019,
there
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
21
the
state
to
the
department
of
management
for
deposit
in
the
22
transportation
equity
fund
the
sum
of
nineteen
million
dollars,
23
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
24
of
this
section.
25
(2)
For
each
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2020,
26
there
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
27
the
department
of
management
for
deposit
in
the
transportation
28
equity
fund
the
sum
of
the
following,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
29
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
of
this
section:
30
(a)
The
amount
appropriated
to
the
transportation
equity
31
fund
under
this
paragraph
for
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal
32
year.
33
(b)
The
product
of
the
amount
determined
under
subparagraph
34
division
(a)
multiplied
by
the
categorical
percent
of
growth
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under
section
257.8,
subsection
2,
for
the
budget
year
1
beginning
on
the
same
date
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
2
appropriation
is
made.
3
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
4
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
relates
to
public
school
funding
by
modifying
9
provisions
relating
to
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
10
and
by
making
appropriations
to
the
transportation
equity
fund.
11
Current
Code
section
257.9
provides
that
for
the
budget
12
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
succeeding
budget
years,
the
13
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
a
budget
year
is
the
14
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year,
which
15
includes
the
$5
addition
made
for
the
budget
year
beginning
16
July
1,
2018,
plus
the
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
17
for
the
budget
year.
18
Under
the
bill,
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
19
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
is
the
regular
program
20
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
21
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year,
plus
$5.
Then
with
22
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
succeeding
budget
23
years,
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
will
again
be
24
calculated
as
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
25
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
26
the
budget
year.
27
Code
section
257.16C
establishes
a
transportation
equity
28
program
to
provide
additional
funding
for
school
districts
with
29
a
transportation
cost
per
pupil
that
exceeds
the
statewide
30
adjusted
transportation
cost
per
pupil,
as
determined
by
the
31
department
of
management.
The
amount
of
transportation
equity
32
aid
for
each
school
district
is
an
amount
equal
to
the
school
33
district’s
actual
enrollment
for
the
school
year,
excluding
the
34
shared-time
enrollment
for
the
school
year,
multiplied
by
the
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school
district’s
transportation
cost
per
pupil
differential
1
for
the
budget
year.
Code
section
257.16C
establishes
a
2
transportation
equity
fund
and
appropriates
all
moneys
in
the
3
fund
to
the
department
of
management
for
purposes
of
making
4
the
transportation
equity
aid
payments.
However,
if
the
5
balance
of
the
fund
exceeds
the
amount
necessary
to
make
all
6
transportation
equity
aid
payments,
moneys
remaining
in
the
7
fund
are
required
to
be
used
for
transportation
base
funding
8
payments.
Transportation
base
funding
payments
for
each
school
9
district
in
the
state
are
calculated
by
multiplying
the
school
10
district’s
enrollment
used
to
calculate
transportation
equity
11
aid
by
the
lesser
of
the
statewide
average
transportation
cost
12
per
pupil
or
the
school
district’s
transportation
cost
per
13
pupil
for
the
budget
year.
14
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
the
bill
15
appropriates
$19
million
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
16
for
deposit
in
the
transportation
equity
fund.
For
each
17
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2020,
the
bill
18
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
19
transportation
equity
fund
the
sum
of
the
amount
appropriated
20
for
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal
year
plus
the
product
of
21
the
amount
appropriated
for
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal
22
year
multiplied
by
the
categorical
percent
of
growth
for
the
23
corresponding
school
budget
year.
24
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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