Bill Text: IA HF493 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the circumstances for which supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount may be approved by the school budget review committee and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Subcommittee: Mommsen, Donahue and A. Meyer. H.J. 372. [HF493 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF493-Introduced.html
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493
BY
WINCKLER
,
LENSING
,
COHOON
,
KURTH
,
HUNTER
,
GASKILL
,
ANDERSON
,
OURTH
,
STECKMAN
,
BEARINGER
,
BRECKENRIDGE
,
FORBES
,
STAED
,
DONAHUE
,
EHLERT
,
GAINES
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
OLSON
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
MASCHER
,
R.
SMITH
,
KURTZ
,
WOLFE
,
WILLIAMS
,
DERRY
,
McCONKEY
,
KACENA
,
and
B.
MEYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
circumstances
for
which
supplemental
aid
1
or
a
modified
supplemental
amount
may
be
approved
by
the
2
school
budget
review
committee
and
including
applicability
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.31,
subsection
5,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
If
a
district
has
unusual
circumstances,
creating
an
unusual
3
need
for
additional
funds,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
4
circumstances
enumerated
in
paragraphs
“a”
through
“n”
“o”
,
5
the
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
to
the
district
from
6
any
funds
appropriated
to
the
department
of
education
for
the
7
use
of
the
school
budget
review
committee
for
the
purposes
of
8
this
subsection
.
The
school
budget
review
committee
shall
9
review
a
school
district’s
unexpended
fund
balance
prior
to
10
any
decision
regarding
unusual
finance
circumstances.
Such
11
aid
shall
be
miscellaneous
income
and
shall
not
be
included
in
12
district
cost.
In
addition
to
or
as
an
alternative
to
granting
13
supplemental
aid
the
committee
may
establish
a
modified
14
supplemental
amount
for
the
district.
The
school
budget
review
15
committee
shall
review
a
school
district’s
unspent
balance
16
prior
to
any
decision
to
establish
a
modified
supplemental
17
amount
under
this
subsection
.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
257.31,
subsection
5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
19
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
20
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
o.
For
the
payment
of
fees
or
costs
21
associated
with
school
courses
or
programs
that
are
not
charged
22
to
pupils
as
the
result
of
the
pupil’s
eligibility
for
free
and
23
reduced
price
meals
under
the
federal
National
School
Lunch
Act
24
and
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1751
25
et
seq.
26
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
27
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
If
a
school
district
has
one
or
more
of
the
unusual
32
circumstances
enumerated
in
Code
section
257.31(5),
creating
33
an
unusual
need
for
additional
funds,
the
school
budget
review
34
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
to
the
school
district
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from
any
funds
appropriated
to
the
department
of
education
1
for
the
use
of
the
school
budget
review
committee
or,
in
2
addition
to
or
as
an
alternative
to
granting
supplemental
aid,
3
the
school
budget
review
committee
may
establish
a
modified
4
supplemental
amount
for
the
district.
5
This
bill
adds
the
payment
of
fees
or
costs
associated
with
6
school
courses
or
programs
that
are
not
charged
to
pupils
as
7
the
result
of
the
pupil’s
eligibility
for
free
and
reduced
8
price
meals
under
federal
law
to
the
list
of
enumerated
9
circumstances
for
which
supplemental
aid
or
a
modified
10
supplemental
amount
may
be
approved
by
the
school
budget
review
11
committee.
12
The
bill
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
13
July
1,
2019.
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