House File 317 - Enrolled
House File 317
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF EDUCATION FUNDING FOR CHILDREN
LIVING IN CERTAIN FACILITIES AND INCLUDING APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 282.31, subsection 1, paragraph b,
2 subparagraph (2), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3 (2) However, on June 30 of a school year, if the board
4 of directors of a school district determines that the number
5 of days for which a school district generated funding for
6 children under this paragraph “b” who were counted in the
7 basic enrollment of the school district in that school year in
8 accordance with section 257.6, subsection 1, is fewer less than
9 the sum of the number of months days enrolled for all children
10 were enrolled in the school district under this paragraph
11 “b” during the school year divided by nine, the secretary of
12 the school district may submit a claim to the department of
13 education by August 1 following the school year for an amount
14 equal to the district cost per pupil of the district for the
15 previous school year multiplied by the difference between
16 the number of children counted and the number of children
17 calculated by the number of months of enrollment quotient of
18 the excess number of enrolled days for children under this
19 paragraph “b” divided by the number of days in the district’s
20 board-approved calendar for the previous year. The amount of
21 the claim shall be paid by the department of administrative
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22 services to the school district by October 1. The department
23 of administrative services shall transfer the total amount
24 of the approved claim of a school district from the moneys
25 appropriated under section 257.16 and the amount paid shall
26 be deducted monthly from the state foundation aid paid to all
27 school districts in the state during the remainder of the
28 subsequent fiscal year in the manner provided in paragraph “a”.
29 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget
30 years beginning on or after July 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 317, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 282.31
Enrolled: 282.31