Bill Text: IA HF221 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a transportation aid supplement program for certain school districts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 539.)
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-8)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-01 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF221 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF221-Introduced.html
House File 221 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY GASSMAN, FISHER, GUSTAFSON, SHEETS, HANSON, GASKILL, NIELSEN, DOLECHECK, McKEAN, MOORE, PRICHARD, BAXTER, OURTH, BLOOMINGDALE, HAGER, SALMON, HEARTSILL, HOLT, RUNNING=MARQUARDT, BEARINGER, SIECK, STECKMAN, and MAXWELL A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing a transportation aid supplement program 2 for certain school districts, making appropriations, and 3 including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1311YH (9) 87 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.16C Transportation aid 1 2 supplement program == appropriations. 1 3 1. a. A transportation aid supplement program is 1 4 established to provide additional funding for school districts 1 5 in which the district transportation costs per pupil exceed the 1 6 state average transportation costs per pupil by forty dollars 1 7 or more, as those amounts were determined under section 257.31, 1 8 subsection 17, paragraph "c", for the budget year beginning July 1 9 1, 2014. 1 10 b. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2017, 1 11 there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 1 12 the department of management an amount necessary to pay the 1 13 transportation aid supplements calculated under subsection 2. 1 14 2. For each school district that meets the requirements of 1 15 subsection 1, paragraph "a", the transportation aid supplement 1 16 amount shall be calculated as follows: 1 17 a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, twenty 1 18 dollars multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment 1 19 used to calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil 1 20 under subsection 1, paragraph "a". 1 21 b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018: 1 22 (1) For each school district in which the district's 1 23 transportation costs per pupil are at least forty dollars 1 24 more but less than eighty dollars more than the state average 1 25 transportation costs per pupil, twenty dollars multiplied by 1 26 the school district's actual enrollment used to calculate the 1 27 district's transportation costs per pupil under subsection 1, 1 28 paragraph "a". 1 29 (2) For each school district in which the district's 1 30 transportation costs per pupil are eighty dollars or more than 1 31 the state average transportation costs per pupil, forty dollars 1 32 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 1 33 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil under 1 34 subsection 1, paragraph "a". 1 35 c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019: 2 1 (1) For each school district in which the district's 2 2 transportation costs per pupil are at least forty dollars 2 3 more but less than eighty dollars more than the state average 2 4 transportation costs per pupil, twenty dollars multiplied by 2 5 the school district's actual enrollment used to calculate the 2 6 district's transportation costs per pupil under subsection 1, 2 7 paragraph "a". 2 8 (2) For each school district in which the district's 2 9 transportation costs per pupil are at least eighty dollars 2 10 more but less than one hundred twenty dollars more than the 2 11 state average transportation costs per pupil, forty dollars 2 12 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 2 13 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil under 2 14 subsection 1, paragraph "a". 2 15 (3) For each school district in which the district's 2 16 transportation costs per pupil are one hundred twenty dollars 2 17 or more than the state average transportation costs per pupil, 2 18 sixty dollars multiplied by the school district's actual 2 19 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 2 20 costs per pupil under subsection 1, paragraph "a". 2 21 d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020: 2 22 (1) For each school district in which the district's 2 23 transportation costs per pupil are at least forty dollars 2 24 more but less than eighty dollars more than the state average 2 25 transportation costs per pupil, twenty dollars multiplied by 2 26 the school district's actual enrollment used to calculate the 2 27 district's transportation costs per pupil under subsection 1, 2 28 paragraph "a". 2 29 (2) For each school district in which the district's 2 30 transportation costs per pupil are at least eighty dollars 2 31 more but less than one hundred twenty dollars more than the 2 32 state average transportation costs per pupil, forty dollars 2 33 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 2 34 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil under 2 35 subsection 1, paragraph "a". 3 1 (3) For each school district in which the district's 3 2 transportation costs per pupil are at least one hundred twenty 3 3 dollars more but less than one hundred sixty dollars more than 3 4 the state average transportation costs per pupil, sixty dollars 3 5 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 3 6 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil under 3 7 subsection 1, paragraph "a". 3 8 (4) For each school district in which the district's 3 9 transportation costs per pupil are one hundred sixty dollars 3 10 or more than the state average transportation costs per pupil, 3 11 eighty dollars multiplied by the school district's actual 3 12 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 3 13 costs per pupil under subsection 1, paragraph "a". 3 14 e. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2021: 3 15 (1) For each school district in which the district's 3 16 transportation costs per pupil are at least forty dollars 3 17 more but less than eighty dollars more than the state average 3 18 transportation costs per pupil, twenty dollars multiplied by 3 19 the school district's actual enrollment used to calculate the 3 20 district's transportation costs per pupil under subsection 1, 3 21 paragraph "a". 3 22 (2) For each school district in which the district's 3 23 transportation costs per pupil are at least eighty dollars 3 24 more but less than one hundred twenty dollars more than the 3 25 state average transportation costs per pupil, forty dollars 3 26 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 3 27 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil under 3 28 subsection 1, paragraph "a". 3 29 (3) For each school district in which the district's 3 30 transportation costs per pupil are at least one hundred twenty 3 31 dollars more but less than one hundred sixty dollars more than 3 32 the state average transportation costs per pupil, sixty dollars 3 33 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 3 34 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil under 3 35 subsection 1, paragraph "a". 4 1 (4) For each school district in which the district's 4 2 transportation costs per pupil are at least one hundred sixty 4 3 dollars more but less than two hundred dollars more than the 4 4 state average transportation costs per pupil, eighty dollars 4 5 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 4 6 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil under 4 7 subsection 1, paragraph "a". 4 8 (5) For each school district in which the district's 4 9 transportation costs per pupil are two hundred dollars or more 4 10 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, one 4 11 hundred dollars multiplied by the school district's actual 4 12 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 4 13 costs per pupil under subsection 1, paragraph "a". 4 14 f. (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, and each 4 15 budget year beginning before July 1, 2027, the transportation 4 16 aid supplement amount shall be calculated in the same manner 4 17 as provided in paragraph "e" of this subsection 2, except that 4 18 the budget year used to calculate the district's transportation 4 19 costs per pupil and the state average transportation costs per 4 20 pupil shall be the budget year beginning July 1, 2019. 4 21 (2) For each subsequent five=year period after the 4 22 five=year period specified in subparagraph (1), the 4 23 transportation aid supplement amount shall be calculated 4 24 in the same manner as provided in paragraph "e" of this 4 25 subsection 2, except that the budget year used to calculate the 4 26 district's transportation costs per pupil and the state average 4 27 transportation costs per pupil shall be the fifth budget year 4 28 following the budget year used to calculate such amounts for 4 29 the previous five=year period. 4 30 3. a. Transportation aid supplements shall be paid by 4 31 the department of management at the same time and in the same 4 32 manner as foundation aid is paid under section 257.16. 4 33 b. Amounts received by a school district from a 4 34 transportation aid supplement shall be deposited in the general 4 35 fund of the school district. Revenues received by a school 5 1 district under this section are miscellaneous income and shall 5 2 not be included in district cost. 5 3 4. The transportation aid supplement under this section 5 4 shall not affect a school district's eligibility for 5 5 transportation assistance under section 257.31, subsection 17. 5 6 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 5 7 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 5 8 EXPLANATION 5 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 10 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 5 11 This bill establishes a transportation aid supplement 5 12 program to provide additional funding for school districts in 5 13 which the district transportation costs per pupil exceed the 5 14 state average transportation costs per pupil by $40 or more for 5 15 the budget year beginning July 1, 2014. 5 16 The bill appropriates an amount necessary from the general 5 17 fund of the state for each fiscal year beginning on or after 5 18 July 1, 2017, to pay the transportation aid supplements 5 19 authorized in the bill. 5 20 For each eligible school district, the transportation aid 5 21 supplement is phased in over a period of five budget years. 5 22 For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, the supplement 5 23 amount for each eligible school district is equal to $20 5 24 multiplied by the school district's actual enrollment used to 5 25 calculate the district's transportation costs per pupil. 5 26 For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, for each 5 27 eligible school district in which the district's transportation 5 28 costs per pupil are at least $40 more but less than $80 more 5 29 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, the 5 30 supplement amount is equal to $20 multiplied by the school 5 31 district's actual enrollment used to calculate the district's 5 32 transportation costs per pupil. For each eligible school 5 33 district in which the district's transportation costs per pupil 5 34 are $80 or more than the state average transportation costs 5 35 per pupil, the supplement amount is equal to $40 multiplied by 6 1 the school district's actual enrollment used to calculate the 6 2 district's transportation costs per pupil. 6 3 For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, for each 6 4 eligible school district in which the district's transportation 6 5 costs per pupil are at least $40 more but less than $80 more 6 6 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, the 6 7 supplement amount is equal to $20 multiplied by the school 6 8 district's actual enrollment used to calculate the district's 6 9 transportation costs per pupil. For each eligible school 6 10 district in which the district's transportation costs per pupil 6 11 are at least $80 more but less than $120 more than the state 6 12 average transportation costs per pupil, the supplement amount 6 13 is equal to $40 multiplied by the school district's actual 6 14 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 6 15 costs per pupil. For each eligible school district in which 6 16 the district's transportation costs per pupil are $120 or more 6 17 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, the 6 18 supplement amount is equal to $60 multiplied by the school 6 19 district's actual enrollment used to calculate the district's 6 20 transportation costs per pupil. 6 21 For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, for each 6 22 eligible school district in which the district's transportation 6 23 costs per pupil are at least $40 more but less than $80 more 6 24 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, the 6 25 supplement amount is equal to $20 multiplied by the school 6 26 district's actual enrollment used to calculate the district's 6 27 transportation costs per pupil. For each eligible school 6 28 district in which the district's transportation costs per pupil 6 29 are at least $80 more but less than $120 more than the state 6 30 average transportation costs per pupil, the supplement amount 6 31 is equal to $40 multiplied by the school district's actual 6 32 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 6 33 costs per pupil. For each eligible school district in which 6 34 the district's transportation costs per pupil are at least 6 35 $120 more but less than $160 more than the state average 7 1 transportation costs per pupil, the supplement amount is 7 2 equal to $60 multiplied by the school district's actual 7 3 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 7 4 costs per pupil. For each eligible school district in which 7 5 the district's transportation costs per pupil are $160 or more 7 6 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, the 7 7 supplement amount is equal to $80 multiplied by the school 7 8 district's actual enrollment used to calculate the district's 7 9 transportation costs per pupil. 7 10 For the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, for each 7 11 eligible school district in which the district's transportation 7 12 costs per pupil are at least $40 more but less than $80 more 7 13 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, the 7 14 supplement amount is equal to $20 multiplied by the school 7 15 district's actual enrollment used to calculate the district's 7 16 transportation costs per pupil. For each eligible school 7 17 district in which the district's transportation costs per pupil 7 18 are at least $80 more but less than $120 more than the state 7 19 average transportation costs per pupil, the supplement amount 7 20 is equal to $40 multiplied by the school district's actual 7 21 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 7 22 costs per pupil. For each eligible school district in which 7 23 the district's transportation costs per pupil are at least 7 24 $120 more but less than $160 more than the state average 7 25 transportation costs per pupil, the supplement amount is 7 26 equal to $60 multiplied by the school district's actual 7 27 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 7 28 costs per pupil. For each eligible school district in which 7 29 the district's transportation costs per pupil are at least 7 30 $160 more but less than $200 more than the state average 7 31 transportation costs per pupil, the supplement amount is 7 32 equal to $80 multiplied by the school district's actual 7 33 enrollment used to calculate the district's transportation 7 34 costs per pupil. For each eligible school district in which 7 35 the district's transportation costs per pupil are $200 or more 8 1 than the state average transportation costs per pupil, the 8 2 supplement amount is equal to $100 multiplied by the school 8 3 district's actual enrollment used to calculate the district's 8 4 transportation costs per pupil. 8 5 For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, and each budget 8 6 year beginning before July 1, 2027, the transportation aid 8 7 supplement amount is calculated in the same manner as provided 8 8 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, except that the 8 9 budget year used to calculate the district's transportation 8 10 costs per pupil and the state average transportation costs 8 11 per pupil shall be the budget year beginning July 1, 2019. 8 12 Additionally, for each subsequent five=year period after the 8 13 five=year period beginning July 1, 2022, the transportation aid 8 14 supplement amount is calculated in the same manner as provided 8 15 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, except that the 8 16 budget year used to calculate the district's transportation 8 17 costs per pupil and the state average transportation costs 8 18 per pupil shall be the fifth budget year following the budget 8 19 year used to calculate such amounts for the previous five=year 8 20 period. 8 21 The bill requires amounts received from a transportation aid 8 22 supplement to be deposited in the general fund of the school 8 23 district. The bill specifies that revenues received by a 8 24 school district under the bill are miscellaneous income and 8 25 shall not be included in district cost. 8 26 The bill takes effect upon enactment. LSB 1311YH (9) 87 md/sc
