House File 374 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 374 BY WINCKLER A BILL FOR An Act providing for a school district extraordinary enrollment 1 supplement for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2 2021, making appropriations, and including effective date 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1815YH (4) 89 md/jh
H.F. 374 Section 1. SCHOOL DISTRICT EXTRAORDINARY ENROLLMENT 1 SUPPLEMENT —— APPROPRIATION. 2 1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2021, if a 3 district’s actual enrollment for the budget year, determined 4 under section 257.6, is greater than its budget enrollment for 5 the budget year, the district shall receive an extraordinary 6 enrollment supplement. The supplement shall be in an amount 7 equal to the difference between the actual enrollment for the 8 budget year and the budget enrollment for the budget year, 9 multiplied by the district cost per pupil. 10 2. The extraordinary enrollment supplement shall be 11 miscellaneous income, shall be deposited in the general fund 12 of the school district, and shall not be included in district 13 cost. 14 3. The extraordinary enrollment supplement amount received 15 by a school district shall be in addition to any modified 16 supplemental amount, if any, approved for the school district 17 under section 257.13. 18 4. The extraordinary enrollment supplement shall be paid 19 at the same time and in the same manner as foundation aid is 20 paid under section 257.16, and may be included in the monthly 21 payment of state aid under section 257.16, subsection 2. 22 5. a. There is appropriated from the general fund of 23 the state to the department of management for the fiscal 24 year beginning July 1, 2020, an amount necessary to make all 25 extraordinary enrollment supplement payments for the fiscal 26 year beginning July 1, 2021. 27 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 28 this subsection shall not revert at the close of the fiscal 29 year beginning July 1, 2020, but shall remain available for 30 expenditure only for the purpose designated in this section 31 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year beginning July 32 1, 2021. 33 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 34 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 35 -1- LSB 1815YH (4) 89 md/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 374 EXPLANATION 1 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 This bill provides for a school district extraordinary 4 enrollment supplement for the school budget year beginning 5 July 1, 2021. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 6 2021, if a district’s actual enrollment (headcount) for the 7 budget year is greater than its budget enrollment for the 8 budget year (headcount for the base year), the district shall 9 receive an extraordinary enrollment supplement. Each school 10 district’s supplement shall be in an amount equal to the 11 difference between the actual enrollment for the budget year 12 and the budget enrollment for the budget year, multiplied by 13 the district cost per pupil. 14 The extraordinary enrollment supplement shall be 15 miscellaneous income and be deposited in the general fund of 16 the school district. The extraordinary enrollment supplement 17 amount is in addition to any modified supplemental amount for 18 on-time funding, if any, approved for the school district under 19 Code section 257.13. 20 The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state 21 to the department of management for the fiscal year beginning 22 July 1, 2020, an amount necessary to make all extraordinary 23 enrollment supplement payments for the fiscal year beginning 24 July 1, 2021. The bill provides that moneys appropriated 25 in the bill shall not revert at the close of the fiscal 26 year beginning July 1, 2020, but shall remain available for 27 expenditure only for the purpose designated in the bill until 28 the close of the succeeding fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. 29 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 30 -2- LSB 1815YH (4) 89 md/jh 2/ 2