HF 2316 (LSB 6186HV (1) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2316

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 658)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to public school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil, modifying provisions relating to the property tax replacement payment and the transportation equity payments, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  State percent of growth.  The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, is two and six hundredths percent. The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, is two and three-tenths percent. The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, is two and four-tenths percent.  The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, is two and one-half percent. The state percent of growth for each subsequent budget year shall be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of the transmission of the governor’s budget required by February 1 under section 8.21 during the regular legislative session beginning in the base year.
   2.  Categorical state percent of growth.  The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, is two and six hundredths percent. The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, is two and three-tenths percent. The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, is two and four-tenths percent.  The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, is two and one-half percent. The categorical state percent of growth for each budget year shall be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of the transmission of the governor’s budget required by February 1 under section 8.21 during the regular legislative session beginning in the base year. The categorical state percent of growth may include state percents of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the professional development supplement, the early intervention supplement, the teacher leadership supplement, and for budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2020, transportation equity aid payments under section 257.16C.
    Sec. 2.  Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992-1993 and succeeding years.
   a.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2018, the regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
   b.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars.
   c.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars.
   d.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus ten dollars.
   e.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus ten dollars.
   f.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars.
   f.  g.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022 2023, and succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
    Sec. 3.  Section 257.16B, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2019 2020, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education an amount necessary to make all school district property tax replacement payments under this section, as calculated in subsection 2.
   2.  a.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, the department of management shall calculate for each school district all of the following:
   (1)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1.
   (2)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1.
   (3)  The amount of each school district’s property tax replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1).
   b.  a.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, the department of management shall calculate for each school district all of the following:
   (1)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020.
   (2)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020.
   (3)  The amount of each school district’s property tax replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1).
   c.  b.  For each the budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2021, the department of management shall calculate for each school district all of the following:
   (1)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021.
   (2)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021.
   (3)  The amount of each school district’s property tax replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1).
   c.  For each budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2022, the department of management shall calculate for each school district all of the following:
   (1)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1 for the applicable budget year under this paragraph.
   (2)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1 for the applicable budget year under this paragraph.
   (3)  The amount of each school district’s property tax replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted enrollment for the budget year multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1).
    Sec. 4.  Section 257.16C, subsection 3, paragraph d, subparagraphs (3) and (4), Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (3)  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of management for deposit in the transportation equity fund an amount necessary to make all transportation equity aid payments under subsection 2, to be used for the purposes of this section.
   (4)  For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2022 2023, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of management for deposit in the transportation equity fund the sum of the following, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes of this section:
   (a)  The amount appropriated to the transportation equity fund under this subparagraph paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
   (b)  The product of the amount determined under subparagraph division (a) multiplied by the categorical percent of growth under section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget year beginning on the same date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made.
    Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to public school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil, modifying provisions and references relating to the property tax replacement payment, and modifying appropriations for school transportation funding.
   The bill establishes a state percent of growth of 2.5 percent for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022. The state percent of growth is used to calculate the amount of supplemental state aid for a budget year as part of the state school foundation program. The bill also establishes a categorical state percent of growth of 2.5 percent for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022. The categorical state percent of growth is generally used to calculate the amount of supplemental state aid for each of the categorical funding supplements.
   Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, and succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year, which includes the $10 addition made for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
   Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $5. Then with the budget year beginning July 1, 2023, and succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per pupil will again be calculated as the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
   Code section 257.16B provides for school district property tax replacement payments. The bill modifies the property tax replacement payment calculation for budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022. For budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022, each school district’s property tax replacement payment amount is equal to the school district’s weighted enrollment for the applicable budget year multiplied by the difference of the following: (1) the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, multiplied by 100 percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage; and (2) the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by 100 percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage. The regular program foundation base per pupil percentage is 88.4 percent.
   For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2022, Code section 257.16C appropriates from the general fund of the state to the transportation equity fund the sum of the amount appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year plus the product of the amount appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by the categorical percent of growth for the corresponding school budget year. The bill modifies the appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, such that the total appropriated is equal to the amount necessary to make all transportation equity aid payments.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.