HF 527 (LSB 2440YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 527

BY  CAHILL

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to funding for supplemental assistance for high-need schools and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   g.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, ten twenty million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11.  Funding under this paragraph shall be given to school districts with one or more attendance centers identified in the priority category for one of the last three years under the attendance center performance ranking system developed and adopted by the department. Funding shall be apportioned to eligible school districts on a per pupil basis based on the budget enrollments of the priority attendance centers for the applicable fiscal year. Funding received under this paragraph shall be used by the school district for purposes at the priority attendance centers in the district and shall be in addition to and not supplant any other funding for such attendance centers. Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time equivalent position.
    Sec. 2.  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.
   Code section 284.13(1)(g) appropriates $10 million each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2023, for the implementation of the supplemental assistance provisions for high-need schools under Code section 284.11. This bill increases the appropriation for each such fiscal year to $20 million.
   Such funding shall be given to school districts with one or more attendance centers identified in the priority category for one of the last three years under the attendance center performance ranking system developed and adopted by the department. Funding shall be apportioned to eligible school districts on a per pupil basis based on the budget enrollments of the priority attendance centers for the applicable fiscal year. Funding received shall be used by the school district for purposes at the priority attendance centers in the district and shall be in addition to and not supplant any other funding for such attendance centers.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.