Senate File 2143 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2143 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3097) A BILL FOR An Act relating to public school funding by modifying 1 provisions relating to the regular program state cost per 2 pupil and to 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: 5 TLSB 5425SV (1) 88 md/jh

S.F. 2143 Section 1. Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992-1993 and 3 succeeding years. 4 a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and 5 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2018, the 6 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 7 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the 8 regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year. 9 b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular 10 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 11 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 12 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars. 13 c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, the regular 14 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 15 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 16 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars. 17 d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, the regular 18 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 19 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 20 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus ten dollars. 21 d. e. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020 2021 , and 22 succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per 23 pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per 24 pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental 25 state aid for the budget year. 26 Sec. 2. Section 257.16C, subsection 3, paragraph d, 27 subparagraph (2), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 28 (2) For each the fiscal year beginning on or after July 29 1, 2020, there is appropriated from the general fund of the 30 state to the department of management for deposit in the 31 transportation equity fund the sum of the following, or so much 32 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes of this 33 section : 34 (a) The amount appropriated to the transportation equity 35 -1- LSB 5425SV (1) 88 md/jh 1/ 4

S.F. 2143 fund under this paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal 1 year. 2 (b) The product of the amount determined under subparagraph 3 division (a) multiplied by the categorical percent of growth 4 under section 257.8, subsection 2 , for the budget year 5 beginning on the same date of the fiscal year for which the 6 appropriation is made. 7 (c) Seven million two hundred fifty-three thousand 8 eighty-eight dollars. 9 Sec. 3. Section 257.16C, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 10 2020, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 11 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (3) For each fiscal year beginning on 12 or after July 1, 2021, there is appropriated from the general 13 fund of the state to the department of management for deposit 14 in the transportation equity fund the sum of the following, or 15 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes of 16 this section: 17 (a) The amount appropriated to the transportation equity 18 fund under this paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal 19 year. 20 (b) The product of the amount determined under subparagraph 21 division (a) multiplied by the categorical percent of growth 22 under section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year 23 beginning on the same date of the fiscal year for which the 24 appropriation is made. 25 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 26 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill relates to public school funding by modifying 31 provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil 32 and to appropriations to the transportation equity fund. 33 Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget 34 year beginning July 1, 2020, and succeeding budget years, the 35 -2- LSB 5425SV (1) 88 md/jh 2/ 4

S.F. 2143 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 1 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year, which 2 includes the $5 addition made for the budget year beginning 3 July 1, 2019, plus the regular program supplemental state aid 4 for the budget year. 5 Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, 6 the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program 7 state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 8 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $10. Then 9 with the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, and succeeding 10 budget years, the regular program state cost per pupil will 11 again be calculated as the regular program state cost per pupil 12 for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state 13 aid for the budget year. 14 Code section 257.16C establishes a transportation equity 15 program to provide additional funding for school districts with 16 a transportation cost per pupil that exceeds the statewide 17 adjusted transportation cost per pupil, as determined by the 18 department of management. The amount of transportation equity 19 aid for each school district is an amount equal to the school 20 district’s actual enrollment for the school year, excluding the 21 shared-time enrollment for the school year, multiplied by the 22 school district’s transportation cost per pupil differential 23 for the budget year. Code section 257.16C establishes a 24 transportation equity fund and appropriates all moneys in the 25 fund to the department of management for purposes of making 26 the transportation equity aid payments. However, if the 27 balance of the fund exceeds the amount necessary to make all 28 transportation equity aid payments, moneys remaining in the 29 fund are required to be used for transportation base funding 30 payments as calculated under Code section 257.16C(4). 31 For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2020, 32 Code section 257.16C appropriates from the general fund of the 33 state to the transportation equity fund the sum of the amount 34 appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year plus 35 -3- LSB 5425SV (1) 88 md/jh 3/ 4

S.F. 2143 the product of the amount appropriated for the immediately 1 preceding fiscal year multiplied by the categorical percent of 2 growth for the corresponding school budget year. The bill adds 3 an additional $7,253,088 to the appropriation for the fiscal 4 year beginning July 1, 2020. 5 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 6 -4- LSB 5425SV (1) 88 md/jh 4/ 4