Bill Text: IA HF24 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a school district enrollment supplement program and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-01 - NOBA: Graybook [HF24 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF24-Introduced.html
House File 24 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY KOESTER, LANDON, and R. TAYLOR A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing a school district enrollment supplement 2 program and making appropriations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1442YH (7) 87 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2001, and 1 4 succeeding budget years, if a district's actual enrollment 1 5 for the budget year, determined under section 257.6, is 1 6 greater than its budget enrollment for the budget year, the 1 7 district shall be eligible to receive an on=time funding budget 1 8 adjustment. The adjustment shall be in an amount equal to the 1 9 difference between the actual enrollment for the budget year 1 10 and the budget enrollment for the budget year, multiplied by 1 11 the district cost per pupil, and then reduced by the amount 1 12 received by the district under the school district enrollment 1 13 supplement program under section 257.13A. 1 14 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 257.13A School district enrollment 1 15 supplement program ==== appropriation. 1 16 1. A school district enrollment supplement program is 1 17 established to provide additional funding for school districts 1 18 in which the district's actual enrollment for the budget year 1 19 exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget year. For the 1 20 school budget year beginning July 1, 2018, and succeeding 1 21 budget years, if a district's actual enrollment for the budget 1 22 year is greater than its budget enrollment for the budget year, 1 23 both as determined under section 257.6, the district may submit 1 24 a request to the school budget review committee for a school 1 25 district enrollment supplement. A request for an enrollment 1 26 supplement pursuant to this section must be received by the 1 27 school budget review committee by November 1. The school 1 28 budget review committee shall approve the request for the 1 29 enrollment supplement in the amount specified in subsection 3 1 30 if the district meets the requirements of this section. 1 31 2. a. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1 32 1, 2018, there is appropriated from the general fund of the 1 33 state to the department of education the sum of ten million 1 34 dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, to make all school 1 35 district enrollment supplement payments under this section, as 2 1 calculated in subsection 3. 2 2 b. If the amount appropriated under this subsection is 2 3 insufficient to pay the entirety of all school district 2 4 enrollment supplement payments calculated under subsection 3, 2 5 the department of education shall prorate the amount of the 2 6 school district enrollment supplement payment provided to each 2 7 district. 2 8 3. The amount of each eligible school district's enrollment 2 9 supplement shall be the difference between the school 2 10 district's actual enrollment for the budget year minus the 2 11 school district's budget enrollment for the budget year 2 12 multiplied by the school district's regular program foundation 2 13 aid per pupil for the budget year. 2 14 4. School district enrollment supplement payments shall be 2 15 paid by the department of education in a single payment at the 2 16 same time as the first monthly installment is paid on or after 2 17 January 1 of the budget year under section 257.16, subsection 2 18 2. 2 19 5. School district enrollment supplement payments received 2 20 under this section are miscellaneous income and shall be 2 21 deposited in the general fund of the school district. However, 2 22 the school district enrollment supplement amount shall not be 2 23 included in district cost. An enrollment supplement under this 2 24 chapter shall not affect the receipt or amount of a budget 2 25 adjustment received under section 257.14. 2 26 6. Except for an adjustment to an amount under section 2 27 257.31, subsection 5, participation in the school district 2 28 enrollment supplement program under this section shall not 2 29 affect a school district's eligibility to receive an amount 2 30 from the school budget review committee under section 257.31. 2 31 Sec. 3. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2 32 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 33 a. Any unusual increase or decrease in enrollment. In 2 34 deciding a school district's need for additional funds under 2 35 this paragraph "a", the school budget review committee shall 3 1 consider school district enrollment supplement amounts received 3 2 by the school district under section 257.13A for the same 3 3 budget year, and may accordingly adjust amounts granted for the 3 4 purposes of this paragraph. 3 5 EXPLANATION 3 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 8 This bill establishes a school district enrollment 3 9 supplement program to provide additional funding for school 3 10 districts in which the district's actual enrollment for the 3 11 budget year exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget 3 12 year. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2018, and 3 13 succeeding budget years, if a district's actual enrollment 3 14 for the budget year is greater than its budget enrollment for 3 15 the budget year, the district may submit a request to the 3 16 school budget review committee for a school district enrollment 3 17 supplement. The school budget review committee is required 3 18 to approve the request for the enrollment supplement if the 3 19 district meets the requirements of the bill. 3 20 The amount of each eligible school district's enrollment 3 21 supplement is the difference between the school district's 3 22 actual enrollment for the budget year minus the school 3 23 district's budget enrollment for the budget year multiplied by 3 24 the school district's regular program foundation aid per pupil 3 25 for the budget year. 3 26 The bill establishes a $10 million annual appropriation, 3 27 or so much thereof as is necessary, for each fiscal year 3 28 beginning on or after July 1, 2018, for the payment of school 3 29 district enrollment supplement amounts. If the appropriation 3 30 is insufficient to make all such payments, the department of 3 31 education is directed to prorate those payment amounts. The 3 32 bill specifies that school district enrollment supplement 3 33 payments are miscellaneous income and must be deposited in 3 34 the school district's general fund. However, the enrollment 3 35 supplement amount is not to be included in district cost. 4 1 Code section 257.13 provides that if a school district's 4 2 actual enrollment for the budget year is greater than its 4 3 budget enrollment for the budget year, the district shall be 4 4 eligible to receive an on=time funding budget adjustment. The 4 5 bill provides that a budget adjustment under Code section 4 6 257.13 shall be reduced by the amount received by the district 4 7 under the school district enrollment supplement program. The 4 8 bill further specifies that an enrollment supplement does not 4 9 affect the receipt or amount of a budget adjustment received 4 10 under Code section 257.14, and, except for an adjustment to 4 11 the amount, does not affect a school district's eligibility to 4 12 receive an amount from the school budget review committee under 4 13 Code section 257.31 based on an increase in enrollment. LSB 1442YH (7) 87 md/sc
