Bill Text: IA HF320 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by establishing supplementary weighting for pupils in certain school districts and including effective date provisions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-25 - Passed subcommittee. [HF320 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF320-Introduced.html

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House File 320 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  GASSMAN, HEARTSILL,
                                     SHEETS, BAXTER,
                                     MAXWELL, WATTS, and
                                     STANERSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to school district transportation costs by
  2    establishing supplementary weighting for pupils in certain
  3    school districts and including effective date provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.11, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  School district per pupil transportation
  1  4 cost.
  1  5    a.  In order to provide additional funds for school districts
  1  6 with district transportation costs per pupil in excess of
  1  7 the state average transportation costs per pupil, as those
  1  8 amounts are determined under section 257.31, subsection 17,
  1  9 a supplementary weighting plan for determining enrollment is
  1 10 adopted.
  1 11    b.  A supplementary weighting amount per pupil as determined
  1 12 under paragraph "c" shall be assigned to each pupil included
  1 13 in the budget enrollment of a school district that meets the
  1 14 requirement of paragraph "a".
  1 15    c.  For each budget year beginning on or after July 1,
  1 16 2015, the supplementary weighting amounts assigned under this
  1 17 subsection are as follows:
  1 18    (1)  For a school district that has district transportation
  1 19 costs per pupil in excess of the state average transportation
  1 20 costs per pupil, but equal to or less than the sum of the
  1 21 state average transportation costs per pupil plus one hundred
  1 22 dollars, one hundredth per pupil.
  1 23    (2)  For a school district that has district transportation
  1 24 costs per pupil in excess of the sum of the state average
  1 25 transportation costs per pupil plus one hundred dollars, but
  1 26 less than the sum of the state average transportation costs per
  1 27 pupil plus two hundred dollars, two hundredths per pupil.
  1 28    (3)  For a school district that has district transportation
  1 29 costs per pupil equal to or in excess of the sum of the state
  1 30 average transportation costs per pupil plus two hundred
  1 31 dollars, three hundredths per pupil.
  1 32    d.  Eligibility for supplementary weighting under this
  1 33 subsection shall not affect a school district's eligibility for
  1 34 transportation assistance under section 257.31, subsection 17.
  1 35    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  2  1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  4 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  5    This bill establishes a supplementary weighting plan for
  2  6 those school districts with district transportation costs per
  2  7 pupil in excess of the state average transportation costs per
  2  8 pupil.
  2  9    For each budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2015,
  2 10 the supplementary weighting amounts per pupil assigned under
  2 11 the bill are as follows: (1) For a school district that has
  2 12 district transportation costs per pupil in excess of the state
  2 13 average transportation costs per pupil, but equal to or less
  2 14 than the sum of the state average transportation costs per
  2 15 pupil plus $100, 0.01 per pupil; (2)  For a school district
  2 16 that has district transportation costs per pupil in excess
  2 17 of the sum of the state average transportation costs per
  2 18 pupil plus $100, but less than the sum of the state average
  2 19 transportation costs per pupil plus $200, 0.02 per pupil; (3)
  2 20 For a school district that has a district transportation costs
  2 21 per pupil equal to or in excess of the sum of the state average
  2 22 transportation costs per pupil plus $200, 0.03 per pupil.
  2 23    The bill provides that eligibility for supplementary
  2 24 weighting under the bill does not affect a school district's
  2 25 eligibility for transportation assistance from the school
  2 26 budget review committee under Code section 257.31(17).
  2 27    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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