Bill Text: IA SF351 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing a school district enrollment supplement program and making appropriations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-02 - Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 410. [SF351 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF351-Introduced.html
Senate File 351 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY ZAUN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to school funding by establishing a school 2 district enrollment supplement program and making 3 appropriations. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2460XS (2) 86 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.13, subsection 1, Code 2015, 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 beginning before July 1, 2016, if a 1 5 district's actual enrollment for the budget year, determined 1 6 under section 257.6, is greater than its budget enrollment for 1 7 the budget year, the district shall be eligible to receive an 1 8 on=time funding budget adjustment. The adjustment shall be in 1 9 an amount equal to the difference between the actual enrollment 1 10 for the budget year and the budget enrollment for the budget 1 11 year, multiplied by the district cost per pupil. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 257.13, Code 2015, is amended by adding the 1 13 following new subsection: 1 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. This section is repealed July 1, 2016. 1 15 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 257.13A School district enrollment 1 16 supplement program == appropriation. 1 17 1. A school district enrollment supplement program is 1 18 established to provide additional funding for school districts 1 19 in which the district's actual enrollment for the budget year 1 20 exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget year. For the 1 21 school budget year beginning July 1, 2016, and succeeding 1 22 budget years, if a district's actual enrollment for the budget 1 23 year, determined under section 257.6, is greater than its 1 24 budget enrollment for the budget year, the district may submit 1 25 a request to the school budget review committee for a school 1 26 district enrollment supplement. A request for an enrollment 1 27 supplement pursuant to this section must be received by the 1 28 school budget review committee by November 1. The school 1 29 budget review committee shall approve the request for the 1 30 enrollment supplement if the district meets the requirements of 1 31 this section and for the amount specified in subsection 3. 1 32 2. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2016, 1 33 there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 1 34 department of education an amount necessary to make all school 1 35 district enrollment supplement payments under this section, as 2 1 calculated in subsection 3. 2 2 3. The amount of each eligible school district's enrollment 2 3 supplement shall be the difference between the school 2 4 district's actual enrollment for the budget year minus the 2 5 school district's budget enrollment for the budget year 2 6 multiplied by the regular program state cost per pupil for the 2 7 budget year. 2 8 4. School district enrollment supplement payments shall be 2 9 paid by the department of education in a lump sum at the same 2 10 time and in the same manner as the first monthly installment 2 11 is paid on or after January 1 of the budget year under section 2 12 257.16, subsection 2. 2 13 5. School district enrollment supplement payments received 2 14 under this section are miscellaneous income and shall be 2 15 deposited in the general fund of the school district. However, 2 16 the school district enrollment supplement amount shall not be 2 17 included in district cost. An enrollment supplement under this 2 18 chapter shall not affect the receipt or amount of a budget 2 19 adjustment received under section 257.14. 2 20 6. Except for an adjustment to an amount under section 2 21 257.31, subsection 5, participation in the school district 2 22 enrollment supplement program under this section shall not 2 23 affect a school district's eligibility to receive an amount 2 24 from the school budget review committee under section 257.31. 2 25 Sec. 4. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2 26 2015, is amended to read as follows: 2 27 a. Any unusual increase or decrease in enrollment. In 2 28 deciding a school district's need for additional funds under 2 29 this paragraph, the school budget review committee shall 2 30 consider school district enrollment supplement amounts received 2 31 by the school district under section 257.13A for the same 2 32 budget year, and may accordingly adjust amounts granted for the 2 33 purposes of this paragraph. 2 34 EXPLANATION 2 35 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 1 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 2 Current Code section 257.13 provides that if a school 3 3 district's actual enrollment for the budget year is greater 3 4 than its budget enrollment for the budget year, the district 3 5 shall be eligible to receive an on=time funding budget 3 6 adjustment approved by the school budget review committee. 3 7 This bill specifies that the provisions of current Code section 3 8 257.13 apply to school budget years beginning before July 1, 3 9 2016, and establishes a repeal date of July 1, 2016, for Code 3 10 section 257.13. 3 11 The bill establishes a school district enrollment supplement 3 12 program to provide additional funding for school districts in 3 13 which the district's actual enrollment for the budget year 3 14 exceeds the budget enrollment for the budget year. For the 3 15 school budget year beginning July 1, 2016, and succeeding 3 16 budget years, if a district's actual enrollment for the budget 3 17 year is greater than its budget enrollment for the budget 3 18 year, the district may submit a request to the school budget 3 19 review committee for a school district enrollment supplement. 3 20 The school budget review committee is required to approve the 3 21 request for the enrollment supplement if the district meets the 3 22 requirements of the bill. 3 23 The amount of each eligible school district's enrollment 3 24 supplement is the difference between the school district's 3 25 actual enrollment for the budget year minus the school 3 26 district's budget enrollment for the budget year multiplied by 3 27 the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year. 3 28 The bill establishes a standing appropriation for each 3 29 fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2016, for an amount 3 30 necessary to make all school district enrollment supplement 3 31 payments under the bill. The bill specifies that school 3 32 district enrollment supplement payments are miscellaneous 3 33 income and must be deposited in the school district's general 3 34 fund. However, the enrollment supplement amount is not to be 3 35 included in district cost. The bill further specifies that an 4 1 enrollment supplement does not affect the receipt or amount 4 2 of a budget adjustment received under Code section 257.14, 4 3 and, except for an adjustment to the amount, does not affect 4 4 a school district's eligibility to receive an amount from the 4 5 school budget review committee under Code section 257.31 based 4 6 on an increase in enrollment. LSB 2460XS (2) 86 md/sc
