Bill Text: IA HF321 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying school budget review committee authority to recommend fiscal reviews.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Subcommittee, Salmon, Gassman, and Ruff. H.J. 363. [HF321 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF321-Introduced.html
House File 321 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY SHEETS, DOLECHECK, HEATON, GASSMAN, RUFF, SALMON, HEARTSILL, VANDER LINDEN, BAXTER, MEYER, WATTS, GASKILL, MAXWELL, HUNTER, and KOOIKER A BILL FOR 1 An Act modifying school budget review committee authority to 2 recommend fiscal reviews. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1949YH (3) 86 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.31, subsection 18, Code 2015, is 1 2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 1 3 thereof the following: 1 4 18. The committee is authorized to recommend that the 1 5 department implement a phase II on=site visit to conduct a 1 6 fiscal review pursuant to section 256.11, subsection 10, 1 7 paragraph "b", subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (e), as 1 8 follows: 1 9 a. If a school district exceeds its authorized budget 1 10 or carries a negative unspent balance for the most recently 1 11 completed budget year and for each of the two budget years 1 12 preceding that budget year and the school district is not 1 13 eligible for a phase II on=site visit recommendation to conduct 1 14 a fiscal review under paragraph "b", the committee may, but is 1 15 not required to, recommend that the department conduct such a 1 16 phase II on=site visit unless the school district's unspent 1 17 balance for the most recently completed budget year is greater 1 18 than the difference of four=thirds of the unspent balance for 1 19 the budget year preceding the most recently completed budget 1 20 year minus one=half of the unspent balance for the budget year 1 21 two years preceding the most recently completed budget year. 1 22 b. If a school district exceeds its authorized budget 1 23 or carries a negative unspent balance for the most recently 1 24 completed budget year and for each of the four budget years 1 25 preceding that budget year and the school district was not 1 26 recommended for a phase II on=site visit to conduct a fiscal 1 27 review under this subsection for the budget year preceding the 1 28 most recently completed budget year, the committee may, but is 1 29 not required to, recommend that the department conduct such a 1 30 phase II on=site visit. 1 31 EXPLANATION 1 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 34 Current Code section 257.31(18) provides that if a school 1 35 district exceeds its authorized budget or carries a negative 2 1 unspent balance for two or more consecutive years, the school 2 2 budget review committee may recommend that the department of 2 3 education implement a phase II on=site visit to conduct a 2 4 fiscal review pursuant to Code section 256.11(10). This bill 2 5 strikes current Code section 257.31(18), and enacts a different 2 6 methodology for the school budget review committee to utilize 2 7 when determining whether the committee may make recommendations 2 8 for the department of education to implement a phase II on=site 2 9 visit to conduct a fiscal review pursuant to Code section 2 10 256.11(10). LSB 1949YH (3) 86 md/sc
