HF 2204 (LSB 6044YH (2) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2204

BY  MASCHER

A BILL FOR

An Act establishing student activity fund supplementary weighting and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.11, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  Student activity fund.
   a.  A supplementary weighting of one one-thousandth per pupil shall be assigned to pupils included in the budget enrollment of the school district.
   b.  Amounts received as the result of supplementary weighting under this subsection shall be deposited in the school district’s student activity fund and be used for the purposes under section 298A.8, subsection 1.
    Sec. 2.  Section 298A.8, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The student activity fund is a special revenue fund. A student activity fund must be established in any school corporation receiving money from student-related activities such as admissions, activity fees, student dues, student fund-raising events, or other student-related cocurricular or extracurricular activities. Moneys in this fund, including amounts under section 257.11, subsection 7A, shall be used to support only the cocurricular or extracurricular program defined in department of education administrative rules.
    Sec. 3.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill establishes student activity fund supplementary weighting and includes applicability provisions. Supplementary weighting of 0.001 per pupil shall be assigned to pupils included in the budget enrollment of the school district. Amounts received as the result of supplementary weighting under the bill shall be deposited in the school district’s student activity fund under Code section 298A.8 and be used for the purposes of the fund.
   The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022.