Bill Text: IA HSB658 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to public school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil, modifying provisions relating to the property tax replacement payment and the transportation equity payments, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 2316.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2316. [HSB658 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HSB658-Introduced.html
House Study Bill 658 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HITE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to public school funding by establishing the 1 state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of 2 growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, modifying 3 provisions relating to the regular program state cost per 4 pupil, modifying provisions relating to the property tax 5 replacement payment and the transportation equity payments, 6 and including effective date provisions. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 8 TLSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2022, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 1. State percent of growth. The state percent of growth 3 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, is two and six 4 hundredths percent. The state percent of growth for the budget 5 year beginning July 1, 2020, is two and three-tenths percent. 6 The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 7 1, 2021, is two and four-tenths percent. The state percent 8 of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, is two 9 and one-half percent. The state percent of growth for each 10 subsequent budget year shall be established by statute which 11 shall be enacted within thirty days of the transmission of the 12 governor’s budget required by February 1 under section 8.21 13 during the regular legislative session beginning in the base 14 year. 15 2. Categorical state percent of growth. The categorical 16 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 17 1, 2019, is two and six hundredths percent. The categorical 18 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 19 1, 2020, is two and three-tenths percent. The categorical 20 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 21 2021, is two and four-tenths percent. The categorical state 22 percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, 23 is two and one-half percent. The categorical state percent of 24 growth for each budget year shall be established by statute 25 which shall be enacted within thirty days of the transmission 26 of the governor’s budget required by February 1 under section 27 8.21 during the regular legislative session beginning in the 28 base year. The categorical state percent of growth may include 29 state percents of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the 30 professional development supplement, the early intervention 31 supplement, the teacher leadership supplement, and for budget 32 years beginning on or after July 1, 2020, transportation equity 33 aid payments under section 257.16C . 34 Sec. 2. Section 257.9, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended 35 -1- LSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh 1/ 7
H.F. _____ to read as follows: 1 2. Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992-1993 and 2 succeeding years. 3 a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and 4 succeeding budget years beginning before July 1, 2018, the 5 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 6 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year plus the 7 regular program supplemental state aid for the budget year. 8 b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, the regular 9 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 10 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 11 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars. 12 c. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, the regular 13 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 14 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 15 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars. 16 d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, the regular 17 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 18 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 19 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus ten dollars. 20 e. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, the regular 21 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 22 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 23 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus ten dollars. 24 f. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, the regular 25 program state cost per pupil is the regular program state 26 cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 27 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus five dollars. 28 f. g. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2022 2023 , and 29 succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost per 30 pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost per 31 pupil for the base year plus the regular program supplemental 32 state aid for the budget year. 33 Sec. 3. Section 257.16B, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2022, are 34 amended to read as follows: 35 -2- LSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh 2/ 7
H.F. _____ 1. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2019 1 2020 , there is appropriated from the general fund of the state 2 to the department of education an amount necessary to make all 3 school district property tax replacement payments under this 4 section , as calculated in subsection 2 . 5 2. a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, the 6 department of management shall calculate for each school 7 district all of the following: 8 (1) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 9 year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent 10 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 11 pursuant to section 257.1 . 12 (2) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 13 year beginning July 1, 2019, multiplied by one hundred percent 14 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 15 pursuant to section 257.1 . 16 (3) The amount of each school district’s property tax 17 replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax 18 replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted 19 enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, 20 multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for 21 the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount 22 calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1). 23 b. a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, the 24 department of management shall calculate for each school 25 district all of the following: 26 (1) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 27 year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent 28 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 29 pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 30 1, 2020 . 31 (2) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 32 year beginning July 1, 2020, multiplied by one hundred percent 33 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 34 pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 35 -3- LSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh 3/ 7
H.F. _____ 1, 2020 . 1 (3) The amount of each school district’s property tax 2 replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax 3 replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted 4 enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, 5 multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for 6 the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount 7 calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1). 8 c. b. For each the budget year beginning on or after July 9 1, 2021, the department of management shall calculate for each 10 school district all of the following: 11 (1) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 12 year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent 13 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 14 pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 15 1, 2021 . 16 (2) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 17 year beginning July 1, 2021, multiplied by one hundred percent 18 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 19 pursuant to section 257.1 for the budget year beginning July 20 1, 2021 . 21 (3) The amount of each school district’s property tax 22 replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax 23 replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted 24 enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, 25 multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for 26 the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount 27 calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1). 28 c. For each budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2022, 29 the department of management shall calculate for each school 30 district all of the following: 31 (1) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 32 year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent 33 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 34 pursuant to section 257.1 for the applicable budget year under 35 -4- LSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh 4/ 7
H.F. _____ this paragraph. 1 (2) The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget 2 year beginning July 1, 2022, multiplied by one hundred percent 3 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage 4 pursuant to section 257.1 for the applicable budget year under 5 this paragraph. 6 (3) The amount of each school district’s property tax 7 replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax 8 replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted 9 enrollment for the budget year multiplied by the remainder 10 of the amount calculated for the school district under 11 subparagraph (2) minus the amount calculated for the school 12 district under subparagraph (1). 13 Sec. 4. Section 257.16C, subsection 3, paragraph d, 14 subparagraphs (3) and (4), Code 2022, are amended to read as 15 follows: 16 (3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and the 17 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, there is appropriated from 18 the general fund of the state to the department of management 19 for deposit in the transportation equity fund an amount 20 necessary to make all transportation equity aid payments under 21 subsection 2 , to be used for the purposes of this section . 22 (4) For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 23 2022 2023 , there is appropriated from the general fund of 24 the state to the department of management for deposit in the 25 transportation equity fund the sum of the following, or so much 26 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes of this 27 section : 28 (a) The amount appropriated to the transportation equity 29 fund under this subparagraph paragraph for the immediately 30 preceding fiscal year. 31 (b) The product of the amount determined under subparagraph 32 division (a) multiplied by the categorical percent of growth 33 under section 257.8, subsection 2 , for the budget year 34 beginning on the same date of the fiscal year for which the 35 -5- LSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh 5/ 7
H.F. _____ appropriation is made. 1 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 2 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill relates to public school funding by establishing 7 the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent 8 of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, modifying 9 provisions relating to the regular program state cost per 10 pupil, modifying provisions and references relating to the 11 property tax replacement payment, and modifying appropriations 12 for school transportation funding. 13 The bill establishes a state percent of growth of 2.5 percent 14 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022. The state percent 15 of growth is used to calculate the amount of supplemental state 16 aid for a budget year as part of the state school foundation 17 program. The bill also establishes a categorical state percent 18 of growth of 2.5 percent for the budget year beginning July 1, 19 2022. The categorical state percent of growth is generally 20 used to calculate the amount of supplemental state aid for each 21 of the categorical funding supplements. 22 Current Code section 257.9 provides that for the budget 23 year beginning July 1, 2022, and succeeding budget years, the 24 regular program state cost per pupil for a budget year is the 25 regular program state cost per pupil for the base year, which 26 includes the $10 addition made for the budget year beginning 27 July 1, 2021, plus the regular program supplemental state aid 28 for the budget year. 29 Under the bill, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, 30 the regular program state cost per pupil is the regular program 31 state cost per pupil for the base year plus the regular program 32 supplemental state aid for the budget year, plus $5. Then with 33 the budget year beginning July 1, 2023, and succeeding budget 34 years, the regular program state cost per pupil will again be 35 -6- LSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh 6/ 7
H.F. _____ calculated as the regular program state cost per pupil for the 1 base year plus the regular program supplemental state aid for 2 the budget year. 3 Code section 257.16B provides for school district property 4 tax replacement payments. The bill modifies the property tax 5 replacement payment calculation for budget years beginning on 6 or after July 1, 2022. For budget years beginning on or after 7 July 1, 2022, each school district’s property tax replacement 8 payment amount is equal to the school district’s weighted 9 enrollment for the applicable budget year multiplied by the 10 difference of the following: (1) the regular program state 11 cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, 12 multiplied by 100 percent less the regular program foundation 13 base per pupil percentage; and (2) the regular program state 14 cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, 15 multiplied by 100 percent less the regular program foundation 16 base per pupil percentage. The regular program foundation base 17 per pupil percentage is 88.4 percent. 18 For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2022, 19 Code section 257.16C appropriates from the general fund of the 20 state to the transportation equity fund the sum of the amount 21 appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year plus 22 the product of the amount appropriated for the immediately 23 preceding fiscal year multiplied by the categorical percent 24 of growth for the corresponding school budget year. The bill 25 modifies the appropriation for the fiscal year beginning 26 July 1, 2022, such that the total appropriated is equal to 27 the amount necessary to make all transportation equity aid 28 payments. 29 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 30 -7- LSB 6186YC (5) 89 md/jh 7/ 7
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