SF 2189 (LSB 5390SV (1) 90)

SENATE FILE 2189

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3044)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the use of moneys appropriated to support therapeutic classrooms, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 111, section 2, subsection 27, is amended to read as follows:
   27.  THERAPEUTIC CLASSROOM TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS REIMBURSEMENT
   For payment of school district claims for reimbursement submitted under section 256.25A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”:
   ...................................................................... $    500,000

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.  Any moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated after the completion of payments under section 256.25A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, may be deposited in the therapeutic classroom incentive fund created in section 256.25, as determined by the department.
    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.
   For FY 2023-2024, the general assembly appropriated $500,000 to the department of education for payment of school district claims for transportation reimbursement submitted in connection with therapeutic classroom services. This bill authorizes the deposit of moneys that remain unencumbered or unobligated after the completion of such payments into the therapeutic classroom incentive fund created in Code section 256.25, as determined by the department. That fund is used to distribute grants to school districts under the therapeutic classroom incentive grant program.