Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2155
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2065)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
authority
for
school
districts
to
impose
1
additional
property
taxes
and
income
surtaxes
for
certain
2
school
resource
officer
expenses
under
the
instructional
3
support
program.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.19,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2020,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
additional
funding
for
the
instructional
support
3
program
for
a
budget
year
is
limited
to
an
amount
not
exceeding
4
ten
percent
of
the
total
of
regular
program
district
cost
5
for
the
budget
year
and
moneys
received
under
section
257.14
6
as
a
budget
adjustment
for
the
budget
year
,
plus,
for
school
7
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021,
and
following
8
adoption
of
the
resolution
under
subsection
4,
paragraph
9
“0b”
,
an
amount
not
to
exceed
the
cost
of
school
resource
10
officer
expenses
for
that
budget
year
.
Moneys
Except
as
11
provided
in
subsection
4,
moneys
received
by
a
district
for
the
12
instructional
support
program
are
miscellaneous
income
and
may
13
be
used
for
any
general
fund
purpose.
However,
moneys
received
14
by
a
district
for
the
instructional
support
program
shall
not
15
be
used
as,
or
in
a
manner
which
has
the
effect
of,
supplanting
16
funds
authorized
to
be
received
under
sections
257.41
,
257.46
,
17
298.2
,
and
298.4
,
or
to
cover
any
deficiencies
in
funding
for
18
special
education
instructional
services
resulting
from
the
19
application
of
the
special
education
weighting
plan
under
20
section
256B.9
.
21
2.
Certification
of
a
board’s
intent
to
participate
for
a
22
budget
year,
a
copy
of
the
resolution
adopted
under
subsection
23
4,
paragraph
“0b”
,
if
applicable,
the
method
of
funding,
and
24
the
amount
to
be
raised
shall
be
made
to
the
department
of
25
management
not
later
than
April
15
of
the
base
year.
Funding
26
for
the
instructional
support
program
shall
be
obtained
from
27
instructional
support
state
aid
and
from
local
funding
using
28
either
an
instructional
support
property
tax
or
a
combination
29
of
an
instructional
support
property
tax
and
an
instructional
30
support
income
surtax.
31
Sec.
2.
Section
257.19,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
32
following
new
subsection:
33
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
a.
The
amount
of
funding
for
a
budget
34
year
under
subsection
1
in
excess
of
ten
percent
of
the
school
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district’s
total
of
regular
program
district
cost
for
the
1
budget
year
and
moneys
received
under
section
257.14
as
a
2
budget
adjustment
for
the
budget
year
shall
be
used
only
for
3
school
resource
officer
expenses.
4
0b.
If
a
school
district
intends
to
certify
an
additional
5
amount
of
funding
to
be
used
as
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
for
a
6
budget
year,
the
board
of
directors
shall
adopt
a
resolution
7
specifying
the
additional
amount
to
be
certified
for
the
budget
8
year.
9
b.
For
each
school
district
that
has
approved
participation
10
in
the
instructional
support
program
before
July
1,
2020,
for
a
11
term
of
years
that
includes
a
school
budget
year
beginning
on
12
or
after
July
1,
2021,
the
school
district
shall
not
certify
13
an
amount
in
excess
of
ten
percent
of
the
school
district’s
14
total
of
regular
program
district
cost
for
the
budget
year
and
15
moneys
received
under
section
257.14
as
a
budget
adjustment
16
for
the
budget
year
unless
the
additional
amount
for
school
17
resource
officer
expenses
is
authorized
in
the
manner
provided
18
in
section
257.18.
19
c.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“school
resource
officer
20
expenses”
means
the
cost
to
provide
or
employ
one
school
21
resource
officer,
as
defined
in
34
U.S.C.
§10389,
and
the
cost
22
of
the
personal
safety
equipment
for
that
school
resource
23
officer.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
authorizes
school
districts
to
raise
additional
28
amounts
of
property
tax
or
income
surtax
under
the
29
instructional
support
program
for
certain
school
resource
30
officer
expenses.
31
Code
section
257.18
authorizes
school
districts
to
raise
32
additional
amounts
of
funding
by
property
taxes
or
income
33
surtaxes
for
school
general
fund
purposes.
The
amount
34
authorized
to
be
raised
is
limited
to
an
amount
not
exceeding
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10
percent
of
the
total
of
regular
program
district
cost
for
1
the
budget
year
and
moneys
received
as
a
budget
adjustment
for
2
the
budget
year.
Participation
in
the
instructional
support
3
program
may
be
for
a
period
not
to
exceed
10
years
subject
4
to
voter
approval
or
for
a
period
of
5
years
if
approved
by
5
the
school
board,
subject
to
a
voter
petition
requesting
an
6
election.
7
The
bill
authorizes
an
additional
annual
amount
of
funding
8
under
the
instructional
support
program
for
school
resource
9
officer
expenses
only
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
10
after
July
1,
2021.
11
The
bill
defines
“school
resource
officer
expenses”
to
mean
12
the
cost
to
provide
or
employ
one
school
resource
officer
as
13
defined
by
federal
law
and
the
cost
of
the
personal
safety
14
equipment
for
that
school
resource
officer.
The
federal
15
law
definition
of
“school
resource
officer”
is
a
career
16
law
enforcement
officer,
with
sworn
authority,
deployed
in
17
community-oriented
policing,
and
assigned
by
the
employing
18
police
department
or
agency
to
work
in
collaboration
with
19
schools
and
community-based
organizations
to
address
crime
20
and
disorder
problems,
gangs,
and
drug
activities
affecting
21
or
occurring
in
or
around
an
elementary
or
secondary
school;
22
to
develop
or
expand
crime
prevention
efforts
for
students;
23
to
educate
likely
school-age
victims
in
crime
prevention
and
24
safety;
to
develop
or
expand
community
justice
initiatives
for
25
students;
to
train
students
in
conflict
resolution,
restorative
26
justice,
and
crime
awareness;
to
assist
in
the
identification
27
of
physical
changes
in
the
environment
that
may
reduce
crime
in
28
or
around
the
school;
and
to
assist
in
developing
school
policy
29
that
addresses
crime
and
to
recommend
procedural
changes.
30
The
bill
also
provides
that
for
each
school
district
that
31
has
approved
participation
in
the
instructional
support
program
32
before
July
1,
2020,
for
a
term
of
years
that
includes
a
school
33
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021,
the
school
34
district
shall
not
certify
an
amount
in
excess
of
the
current
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law
maximum
amount
unless
the
additional
amount
for
school
1
resource
officer
expenses
is
authorized
in
the
manner
provided
2
for
participation
in
the
instructional
support
program.
3
In
addition,
if
a
school
district
intends
to
certify
an
4
additional
amount
of
funding
for
the
school
resource
officer
5
expenses
for
a
budget
year,
the
school
board
must
adopt
a
6
resolution
specifying
the
additional
amount
to
be
certified.
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