Bill Text: IA HF179 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing the school budget review committee to grant supplemental aid or establish a modified supplemental amount for a school district’s cost to provide summer reading programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-01 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 170. [HF179 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF179-Introduced.html

House File 179 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  MASCHER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing the school budget review committee to grant
  2    supplemental aid or establish a modified supplemental amount
  3    for a school district's cost to provide summer reading
  4    programs.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.31, subsection 5, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    If a district has unusual circumstances, creating an unusual
  1  4 need for additional funds, including but not limited to the
  1  5 circumstances enumerated in paragraphs "a" through "n" "o",
  1  6 the committee may grant supplemental aid to the district from
  1  7 any funds appropriated to the department of education for the
  1  8 use of the school budget review committee for the purposes of
  1  9 this subsection. The school budget review committee shall
  1 10 review a school district's unexpended fund balance prior to
  1 11 any decision regarding unusual finance circumstances. Such
  1 12 aid shall be miscellaneous income and shall not be included in
  1 13 district cost. In addition to or as an alternative to granting
  1 14 supplemental aid the committee may establish a modified
  1 15 supplemental amount for the district. The school budget review
  1 16 committee shall review a school district's unspent balance
  1 17 prior to any decision to establish a modified supplemental
  1 18 amount under this subsection.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  Section 257.31, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
  1 20 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 21    NEW PARAGRAPH.  o.  Summer reading programs for students
  1 22 who were enrolled in kindergarten through grade three for the
  1 23 school year immediately preceding the summer during which the
  1 24 program is provided, including transportation costs for such
  1 25 students.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 28 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 29    Code section 257.31 specifies the types of unusual
  1 30 circumstances under which the school budget review committee
  1 31 may grant supplemental aid to a school district from available
  1 32 funding or establish a modified supplemental amount for a
  1 33 school district.
  1 34    This bill adds summer reading programs for students who
  1 35 were enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 during the most
  2  1 recently completed school year, including transportation costs
  2  2 for such students, to the list of authorized circumstances.
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