House Study Bill 131 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DOLECHECK) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the transportation equity program by 1 establishing funding amounts, making appropriations, and 2 including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1847YC (1) 88 md/jh

H.F. _____ 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 transportation equity aid payments under 18 section 257.16C . 19 Sec. 2. Section 257.16C, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended 20 by adding the following new paragraph: 21 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. (1) For the fiscal year beginning 22 July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the general fund 23 of the state to the department of management for deposit in 24 the transportation equity fund the sum of eleven million two 25 hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, 26 to be used for the purposes of this section. 27 (2) For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2020, 28 there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 29 the department of management for deposit in the transportation 30 equity fund the sum of the following, or so much thereof as is 31 necessary, to be used for the purposes of this section: 32 (a) The amount appropriated to the transportation equity 33 fund under this paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal 34 year. 35 -1- LSB 1847YC (1) 88 md/jh 1/ 2

H.F. _____ (b) The product of the amount determined under subparagraph 1 division (a) multiplied by the categorical percent of growth 2 under section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year 3 beginning on the same date of the fiscal year for which the 4 appropriation is made. 5 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 6 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 Code section 257.16C establishes a transportation equity 11 program and a transportation equity fund to provide additional 12 funding for school districts with a transportation cost per 13 pupil that exceeds the statewide adjusted transportation cost 14 per pupil. If the balance of the fund exceeds the amount 15 necessary to make all transportation equity aid payments, 16 moneys remaining in the fund are required to be used for 17 transportation base funding payments. 18 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, this bill 19 appropriates $11.2 million from the general fund of the 20 state for deposit in the transportation equity fund. For 21 each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2020, the 22 bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to the 23 transportation equity fund the sum of the amount appropriated 24 for the immediately preceding fiscal year plus the product of 25 the amount appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal 26 year multiplied by the categorical percent of growth for the 27 corresponding school budget year. 28 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 29 -2- LSB 1847YC (1) 88 md/jh 2/ 2