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Senate Study Bill 1124 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to school district finance by modifying
2provisions relating to the calculation of the regular
3program state cost per pupil and the regular program
4district cost per pupil, and by establishing a supplementary
5weighting plan for certain mandatory school district
6transportation costs and including effective date
7provisions.
8BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2STATE AND DISTRICT COSTS PER PUPIL
3 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsection 5, Code 2017, is
4amended to read as follows:
55. Alternate supplemental state aid — definitions.
6a. For budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and subsequent
7budget years, references to the terms “supplemental state aid”,
8“regular program state cost per pupil”, and “regular program
9district cost per pupil” shall mean those terms as calculated
10for those school districts that calculated regular program
11supplemental state aid for the school budget year beginning
12July 1, 1999, with the additional thirty-eight dollars
13specified in section 257.8, subsection 4, Code 2013.
14b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, and
15subsequent budget years, references to “supplemental state
16aid” and “regular program state cost per pupil” shall mean
17those terms as calculated including the additional amounts
18for specified budget years under section 257.9, subsection
192, paragraphs “b” and “c”, and references to “regular program
20district cost per pupil” shall mean that term as calculated
21including any adjustments made under section 257.10, subsection
222.
23 Sec. 2. Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
24to read as follows:
252. Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992-1993 and
26succeeding years.
27a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and
28succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2017, the
29regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the
30regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the
31regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
32b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, the regular
33program state cost per pupil is the regular program state
34cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program
35supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars.
-1- 1c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular
2program state cost per pupil is the regular program state
3cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program
4supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus ten dollars.
5d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, and
6succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2027, the
7regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the
8regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the
9regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year,
10plus twenty dollars.
11e. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2027, and
12succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per
13pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per
14pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental
15state aid for the budget year.
16 Sec. 3. Section 257.10, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
172017, is amended to read as follows:
18b. If the regular program district cost per pupil of a
19school district for the budget year under paragraph “a” exceeds
20one hundred five percent of the regular program state cost
21per pupil for the budget year and the state percent of growth
22for the budget year is greater than two percent, the regular
23program district cost per pupil for the budget year for that
24district shall be reduced to one hundred five percent of the
25regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
26However, under such conditions, if the difference between the
27regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year and
28the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year
29is greater than an amount equal to two percent multiplied by
30the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year, the
31regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year
32shall be reduced by the amount equal to two percent multiplied
33by the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year.
34 Sec. 4. Section 257.10, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
35by adding the following new paragraph:
-2-1 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. For the budget year beginning July 1,
22017, and succeeding budget years, if the regular program
3district cost per pupil for the budget year calculated under
4this subsection in any school district is less than the
5regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the
6department of management shall increase the regular program
7district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to
8the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
9 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
10Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
11enactment.
12DIVISION II
13SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING
14 Sec. 6. Section 257.11, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
15following new subsection:
16 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. School district transportation costs.
17a. In order to provide additional funds for school district
18transportation costs resulting from the transportation of
19resident pupils required by chapter 285 and paid from sources
20other than the district’s physical plant and equipment levy
21fund under section 298A.4 or revenue received from the secure
22an advanced vision for education fund under section 423F.2, a
23supplementary weighting plan for such pupils is adopted.
24b. Each school district shall be assigned a supplementary
25weighting amount as follows:
26(1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, ten percent
27of the combined weighting amount calculated under paragraph
28“c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
29(2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, twenty
30percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
31paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
32(3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, thirty
33percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
34paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
35(4) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, forty
-3-1percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
2paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
3(5) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, fifty
4percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
5paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
6(6) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, sixty
7percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
8paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
9(7) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2023, seventy
10percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
11paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
12(8) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, eighty
13percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
14paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
15(9) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, ninety
16percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
17paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
18(10) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, and each
19succeeding budget year, one hundred percent of the combined
20weighting amount calculated under paragraph “c”, subparagraph
21(2), for that budget year.
22c. (1) (a) Transportation cost factor. For each budget
23year beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the department of
24management shall calculate for each school district all of the
25following:
26(i) The sum of the school district’s total transportation
27costs incurred for the transportation of pupils required under
28chapter 285, and paid from sources other than the district’s
29physical plant and equipment levy fund under section 298A.4
30or revenue received from the secure an advanced vision for
31education fund under section 423F.2, for the three years
32immediately preceding the base year.
33(ii) The sum of the school district’s regular program
34district cost for the three years immediately preceding the
35base year, excluding amounts attributable to budget adjustments
-4-1received under section 257.14.
2(iii) The school district’s budget enrollment multiplied by
3the quotient of the school district’s amount under subparagraph
4subdivision (i) divided by the school district’s amount under
5subparagraph subdivision (ii).
6(iv) The school district’s amount under subparagraph
7subdivision (iii) divided by the sum of the amounts calculated
8under subparagraph subdivision (iii) for all school districts.
9(v) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
10(iv) multiplied by ninety percent of the sum of all school
11districts’ transportation costs incurred for the transportation
12of pupils required under chapter 285 for the year preceding
13the base year and paid from sources other than the district’s
14physical plant and equipment levy fund under section 298A.4
15or revenue received from the secure an advanced vision for
16education fund under section 423F.2.
17(vi) The quotient of the amount calculated under
18subparagraph subdivision (v) divided by the regular program
19state cost per pupil for the base year.
20(b) Budget enrollment factor. For each budget year
21beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the department of
22management shall calculate for each school district all of the
23following:
24(i) The quotient of the school district’s budget enrollment
25divided by the statewide total budget enrollment multiplied by
26five percent of the sum of all school districts’ transportation
27costs incurred for the transportation of pupils required under
28chapter 285 for the year preceding the base year and paid from
29sources other than the district’s physical plant and equipment
30levy fund under section 298A.4 or revenue received from the
31secure an advanced vision for education fund under section
32423F.2.
33(ii) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
34(i) divided by the regular program state cost per pupil for the
35base year.
-5- 1(c) Route miles factor. For each budget year beginning
2on or after July 1, 2017, the department of management shall
3calculate for each school district all of the following:
4(i) The quotient of the school district’s total route
5miles traveled for the transportation of pupils required under
6chapter 285 for the year preceding the base year divided by the
7school district’s budget enrollment.
8(ii) The school district’s amount under subparagraph
9subdivision (i) divided by the sum of the amounts calculated
10under subparagraph subdivision (i) for all school districts.
11(iii) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
12(ii) multiplied by five percent of the sum of all school
13districts’ transportation costs incurred for the transportation
14of pupils required under chapter 285 for the year preceding
15the base year and paid from sources other than the district’s
16physical plant and equipment levy fund under section 298A.4
17or revenue received from the secure an advanced vision for
18education fund under section 423F.2.
19(iv) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
20(iii) divided by the regular program state cost per pupil for
21the base year.
22(2) The combined weighting amount for each school district
23is the sum of the following:
24(a) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1),
25subparagraph division (a), subparagraph subdivision (vi).
26(b) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1),
27subparagraph division (b), subparagraph subdivision (ii).
28(c) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1),
29subparagraph division (c), subparagraph subdivision (iv).
30d. Funding received by a school district as the result of
31supplementary weighting under this subsection shall not affect
32a school district’s eligibility for transportation assistance
33under section 257.31, subsection 17.
34e. Funding received by a school district as the result
35of supplementary weighting under this subsection shall be
-6-1used only for transportation costs incurred in providing
2transportation to pupils required by chapter 285.
3 Sec. 7. Section 257.11, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
4to read as follows:
58. Pupils ineligible. A Except for transportation weighting
6under subsection 7A, a pupil eligible for the weighting plan
7provided in section 256B.9 is not eligible for supplementary
8weighting pursuant to this section unless it is determined
9that the course generating the supplemental weighting has no
10relationship to the pupil’s disability. A pupil attending an
11alternative program or an at-risk pupils’ program, including
12alternative high school programs, is not eligible for
13supplementary weighting under subsection 2.
14 Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
15Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
16enactment.
17EXPLANATION
18The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
19the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
20This bill relates to school district finance by modifying
21provisions relating to the calculation of the regular program
22state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost
23per pupil and establishing a supplementary weighting plan for
24certain mandatory school district transportation costs.
25Division I of the bill relates to the determination of the
26regular program state cost per pupil and the determination of
27regular program district cost per pupil for school districts.
28Those amounts are used to determine supplemental state aid
29amounts for each school budget year, determining the budget
30authority for each school district, and determining amounts
31of preschool foundation aid for schools participating in the
32statewide preschool program for four-year-old children under
33Code chapter 256C.
34Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget
35year beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years, the
-7-1regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the
2regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the
3regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
4Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2017,
5the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program
6state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program
7supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $5. For
8the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular program
9state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per
10pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental
11state aid for the budget year, plus $10. For the budget year
12beginning July 1, 2019, and succeeding budget years beginning
13before July 1, 2027, the regular program state cost per pupil
14is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base
15year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the
16budget year, plus $20. Then with the budget year beginning
17July 1, 2027, and succeeding budget years, the regular program
18state cost per pupil will again be calculated as the regular
19program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular
20program supplemental state aid for the budget year without any
21additional amount added.
22The bill amends Code section 257.10 to provide that if
23the regular program district cost per pupil for the budget
24year calculated in any school district is less than the
25regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the
26department of management shall increase the regular program
27district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to
28the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
29Division I of the bill takes effect upon enactment.
30Division II of the bill establishes a supplementary
31weighting plan for school district transportation costs
32resulting from the transportation of pupils as required under
33Code chapter 285.
34The bill establishes a methodology for calculating the
35amount of supplementary weighting assigned to each school
-8-1district. The calculation is made using school district
2transportation cost data, school district enrollment data, and
3school district transportation route mile data. The amount of
4the supplementary weighting is phased in over a period of 10
5school budget years beginning with the budget year beginning
6July 1, 2017.
7The bill specifies that funding received by a school
8district as the result of supplementary weighting in the
9bill does not affect a school district’s eligibility for
10transportation assistance granted by the school budget review
11committee and requires that funding received by a school
12district as the result of the supplementary weighting be
13used only for transportation costs incurred in providing
14transportation to those pupils specified in the bill.
15Division II of the bill takes effect upon enactment.
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2provisions relating to the calculation of the regular
3program state cost per pupil and the regular program
4district cost per pupil, and by establishing a supplementary
5weighting plan for certain mandatory school district
6transportation costs and including effective date
7provisions.
8BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2STATE AND DISTRICT COSTS PER PUPIL
3 Section 1. Section 257.8, subsection 5, Code 2017, is
4amended to read as follows:
55. Alternate supplemental state aid — definitions.
6a. For budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and subsequent
7budget years, references to the terms “supplemental state aid”,
8“regular program state cost per pupil”, and “regular program
9district cost per pupil” shall mean those terms as calculated
10for those school districts that calculated regular program
11supplemental state aid for the school budget year beginning
12July 1, 1999, with the additional thirty-eight dollars
13specified in section 257.8, subsection 4, Code 2013.
14b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, and
15subsequent budget years, references to “supplemental state
16aid” and “regular program state cost per pupil” shall mean
17those terms as calculated including the additional amounts
18for specified budget years under section 257.9, subsection
192, paragraphs “b” and “c”, and references to “regular program
20district cost per pupil” shall mean that term as calculated
21including any adjustments made under section 257.10, subsection
222.
23 Sec. 2. Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
24to read as follows:
252. Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992-1993 and
26succeeding years.
27a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and
28succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2017, the
29regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the
30regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the
31regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
32b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, the regular
33program state cost per pupil is the regular program state
34cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program
35supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars.
-1- 1c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular
2program state cost per pupil is the regular program state
3cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program
4supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus ten dollars.
5d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, and
6succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2027, the
7regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the
8regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the
9regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year,
10plus twenty dollars.
11e. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2027, and
12succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per
13pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per
14pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental
15state aid for the budget year.
16 Sec. 3. Section 257.10, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
172017, is amended to read as follows:
18b. If the regular program district cost per pupil of a
19school district for the budget year under paragraph “a” exceeds
20one hundred five percent of the regular program state cost
21per pupil for the budget year and the state percent of growth
22for the budget year is greater than two percent, the regular
23program district cost per pupil for the budget year for that
24district shall be reduced to one hundred five percent of the
25regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
26However, under such conditions, if the difference between the
27regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year and
28the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year
29is greater than an amount equal to two percent multiplied by
30the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year, the
31regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year
32shall be reduced by the amount equal to two percent multiplied
33by the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year.
34 Sec. 4. Section 257.10, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
35by adding the following new paragraph:
-2-1 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. For the budget year beginning July 1,
22017, and succeeding budget years, if the regular program
3district cost per pupil for the budget year calculated under
4this subsection in any school district is less than the
5regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the
6department of management shall increase the regular program
7district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to
8the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
9 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
10Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
11enactment.
12DIVISION II
13SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING
14 Sec. 6. Section 257.11, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
15following new subsection:
16 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. School district transportation costs.
17a. In order to provide additional funds for school district
18transportation costs resulting from the transportation of
19resident pupils required by chapter 285 and paid from sources
20other than the district’s physical plant and equipment levy
21fund under section 298A.4 or revenue received from the secure
22an advanced vision for education fund under section 423F.2, a
23supplementary weighting plan for such pupils is adopted.
24b. Each school district shall be assigned a supplementary
25weighting amount as follows:
26(1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, ten percent
27of the combined weighting amount calculated under paragraph
28“c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
29(2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, twenty
30percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
31paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
32(3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, thirty
33percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
34paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
35(4) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, forty
-3-1percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
2paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
3(5) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, fifty
4percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
5paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
6(6) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, sixty
7percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
8paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
9(7) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2023, seventy
10percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
11paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
12(8) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, eighty
13percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
14paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
15(9) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, ninety
16percent of the combined weighting amount calculated under
17paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), for that budget year.
18(10) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, and each
19succeeding budget year, one hundred percent of the combined
20weighting amount calculated under paragraph “c”, subparagraph
21(2), for that budget year.
22c. (1) (a) Transportation cost factor. For each budget
23year beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the department of
24management shall calculate for each school district all of the
25following:
26(i) The sum of the school district’s total transportation
27costs incurred for the transportation of pupils required under
28chapter 285, and paid from sources other than the district’s
29physical plant and equipment levy fund under section 298A.4
30or revenue received from the secure an advanced vision for
31education fund under section 423F.2, for the three years
32immediately preceding the base year.
33(ii) The sum of the school district’s regular program
34district cost for the three years immediately preceding the
35base year, excluding amounts attributable to budget adjustments
-4-1received under section 257.14.
2(iii) The school district’s budget enrollment multiplied by
3the quotient of the school district’s amount under subparagraph
4subdivision (i) divided by the school district’s amount under
5subparagraph subdivision (ii).
6(iv) The school district’s amount under subparagraph
7subdivision (iii) divided by the sum of the amounts calculated
8under subparagraph subdivision (iii) for all school districts.
9(v) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
10(iv) multiplied by ninety percent of the sum of all school
11districts’ transportation costs incurred for the transportation
12of pupils required under chapter 285 for the year preceding
13the base year and paid from sources other than the district’s
14physical plant and equipment levy fund under section 298A.4
15or revenue received from the secure an advanced vision for
16education fund under section 423F.2.
17(vi) The quotient of the amount calculated under
18subparagraph subdivision (v) divided by the regular program
19state cost per pupil for the base year.
20(b) Budget enrollment factor. For each budget year
21beginning on or after July 1, 2017, the department of
22management shall calculate for each school district all of the
23following:
24(i) The quotient of the school district’s budget enrollment
25divided by the statewide total budget enrollment multiplied by
26five percent of the sum of all school districts’ transportation
27costs incurred for the transportation of pupils required under
28chapter 285 for the year preceding the base year and paid from
29sources other than the district’s physical plant and equipment
30levy fund under section 298A.4 or revenue received from the
31secure an advanced vision for education fund under section
32423F.2.
33(ii) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
34(i) divided by the regular program state cost per pupil for the
35base year.
-5- 1(c) Route miles factor. For each budget year beginning
2on or after July 1, 2017, the department of management shall
3calculate for each school district all of the following:
4(i) The quotient of the school district’s total route
5miles traveled for the transportation of pupils required under
6chapter 285 for the year preceding the base year divided by the
7school district’s budget enrollment.
8(ii) The school district’s amount under subparagraph
9subdivision (i) divided by the sum of the amounts calculated
10under subparagraph subdivision (i) for all school districts.
11(iii) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
12(ii) multiplied by five percent of the sum of all school
13districts’ transportation costs incurred for the transportation
14of pupils required under chapter 285 for the year preceding
15the base year and paid from sources other than the district’s
16physical plant and equipment levy fund under section 298A.4
17or revenue received from the secure an advanced vision for
18education fund under section 423F.2.
19(iv) The amount calculated under subparagraph subdivision
20(iii) divided by the regular program state cost per pupil for
21the base year.
22(2) The combined weighting amount for each school district
23is the sum of the following:
24(a) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1),
25subparagraph division (a), subparagraph subdivision (vi).
26(b) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1),
27subparagraph division (b), subparagraph subdivision (ii).
28(c) The amount calculated under subparagraph (1),
29subparagraph division (c), subparagraph subdivision (iv).
30d. Funding received by a school district as the result of
31supplementary weighting under this subsection shall not affect
32a school district’s eligibility for transportation assistance
33under section 257.31, subsection 17.
34e. Funding received by a school district as the result
35of supplementary weighting under this subsection shall be
-6-1used only for transportation costs incurred in providing
2transportation to pupils required by chapter 285.
3 Sec. 7. Section 257.11, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
4to read as follows:
58. Pupils ineligible. A Except for transportation weighting
6under subsection 7A, a pupil eligible for the weighting plan
7provided in section 256B.9 is not eligible for supplementary
8weighting pursuant to this section unless it is determined
9that the course generating the supplemental weighting has no
10relationship to the pupil’s disability. A pupil attending an
11alternative program or an at-risk pupils’ program, including
12alternative high school programs, is not eligible for
13supplementary weighting under subsection 2.
14 Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
15Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
16enactment.
17EXPLANATION
18The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
19the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
20This bill relates to school district finance by modifying
21provisions relating to the calculation of the regular program
22state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost
23per pupil and establishing a supplementary weighting plan for
24certain mandatory school district transportation costs.
25Division I of the bill relates to the determination of the
26regular program state cost per pupil and the determination of
27regular program district cost per pupil for school districts.
28Those amounts are used to determine supplemental state aid
29amounts for each school budget year, determining the budget
30authority for each school district, and determining amounts
31of preschool foundation aid for schools participating in the
32statewide preschool program for four-year-old children under
33Code chapter 256C.
34Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget
35year beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years, the
-7-1regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the
2regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the
3regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year.
4Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2017,
5the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program
6state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program
7supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $5. For
8the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular program
9state cost per pupil is the regular program state cost per
10pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental
11state aid for the budget year, plus $10. For the budget year
12beginning July 1, 2019, and succeeding budget years beginning
13before July 1, 2027, the regular program state cost per pupil
14is the regular program state cost per pupil for the base
15year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for the
16budget year, plus $20. Then with the budget year beginning
17July 1, 2027, and succeeding budget years, the regular program
18state cost per pupil will again be calculated as the regular
19program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular
20program supplemental state aid for the budget year without any
21additional amount added.
22The bill amends Code section 257.10 to provide that if
23the regular program district cost per pupil for the budget
24year calculated in any school district is less than the
25regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year, the
26department of management shall increase the regular program
27district cost per pupil of that district to an amount equal to
28the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year.
29Division I of the bill takes effect upon enactment.
30Division II of the bill establishes a supplementary
31weighting plan for school district transportation costs
32resulting from the transportation of pupils as required under
33Code chapter 285.
34The bill establishes a methodology for calculating the
35amount of supplementary weighting assigned to each school
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2transportation cost data, school district enrollment data, and
3school district transportation route mile data. The amount of
4the supplementary weighting is phased in over a period of 10
5school budget years beginning with the budget year beginning
6July 1, 2017.
7The bill specifies that funding received by a school
8district as the result of supplementary weighting in the
9bill does not affect a school district’s eligibility for
10transportation assistance granted by the school budget review
11committee and requires that funding received by a school
12district as the result of the supplementary weighting be
13used only for transportation costs incurred in providing
14transportation to those pupils specified in the bill.
15Division II of the bill takes effect upon enactment.
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