Bill Text: IA SF166 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the state school foundation program, by modifying requirements for the enactment of the state percents of growth, establishing state percents of growth, modifying provisions relating to school district property tax replacement payments, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1028.) Effective 2-8-17.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-02-08 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 249. [SF166 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF166-Enrolled.html

Senate File 166 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  1028)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        Senate File 166

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE STATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM, BY MODIFYING
    REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENACTMENT OF THE STATE PERCENTS OF
    GROWTH, ESTABLISHING STATE PERCENTS OF GROWTH, MODIFYING
    PROVISIONS RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX
    REPLACEMENT PAYMENTS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND
    APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017,
 are amended to read as follows:
    1.  State percent of growth.  The state percent of growth
 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent.
  The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning
 July 1, 2015, is one and twenty=five hundredths percent. The
 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1,
 2016, is two and twenty=five hundredths percent.  The state
 percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2017,
 is one and eleven hundredths percent. The state percent of
 growth for each subsequent budget year shall be established
 by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of the
 submission in the year preceding the base year transmission
  of the governor's budget required by February 1 under section
 8.21 during the regular legislative session beginning in the
 base year. The establishment of the state percent of growth
 for a budget year shall be the only subject matter of the bill
 which enacts the state percent of growth for a budget year.
    2.  Categorical state percent of growth.  The categorical
 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July
 1, 2014, is four percent. The categorical state percent of
 growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, is one and
 twenty=five hundredths percent. The categorical state percent
 of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, is two
 and twenty=five hundredths percent.  The categorical state
 percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2017,
 is one and eleven hundredths percent. The categorical state
 percent of growth for each budget year shall be established
 by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of the
 submission in the year preceding the base year transmission
  of the governor's budget required by February 1 under section
 8.21 during the regular legislative session beginning in the
 base year. The establishment of the categorical state percent
 of growth for a budget year shall be the only subject matter
 of the bill which enacts the categorical state percent of
 growth for a budget year. The categorical state percent of
 growth may include state percents of growth for the teacher
 salary supplement, the professional development supplement,
 the early intervention supplement, and the teacher leadership
 supplement.
    Sec. 2.  Section 257.16B, subsection 2, paragraph d,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    For each the budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2016,
 the department of management shall calculate for each school
 district all of the following:
    Sec. 3.  Section 257.16B, subsection 2, paragraph d,
 subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (3)  The amount of each school district's property tax
 replacement payment. Each school district's property tax
 replacement payment equals the school district's weighted
 enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2016,
  multiplied by the remainder of the amount calculated for
 the school district under subparagraph (2) minus the amount
 calculated for the school district under subparagraph (1).
    Sec. 4.  Section 257.16B, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  For each budget year beginning on
 or after July 1, 2017, the department of management shall
 calculate for each school district all of the following:
    (1)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget
 year beginning July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent
 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage
 pursuant to section 257.1.
    (2)  The regular program state cost per pupil for the budget
 year beginning July 1, 2017, multiplied by one hundred percent
 less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage
 pursuant to section 257.1.
    (3)  The amount of each school district's property tax
 replacement payment. Each school district's property tax
 replacement payment equals the school district's weighted
 enrollment for the budget year multiplied by the remainder
 of the amount calculated for the school district under
 subparagraph (2) minus the amount calculated for the school
 district under subparagraph (1).
    Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed
 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 6.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget
 years beginning on or after July 1, 2017.


                                                             
                               JACK WHITVER
                               President of the Senate


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 is known as Senate File 166, Eighty=seventh General Assembly.


                                                             
                               W. CHARLES SMITHSON
                               Secretary of the Senate
 Approved                , 2017


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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