§ 257.36 — Special education support services balances

Iowa § 257.36

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 257: FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS

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1. Notwithstanding chapters 256B and 273 and sections of this chapter relating to the
moneysavailabletoschooldistrictsandareaeducationagenciesforspecialeducationsupport
services, for each school year, the department of education may direct the department of
management to deduct amounts from the portions of school district budgets that fund special
education support services in an area education agency. The total amount deducted for a
school district shall be based upon excess special education support services unreserved and
undesignated fund balances in that school district or paid by the school district to an area
education agency for a school year that remain unreserved and undesignated as determined
by the department of education. The department of management shall determine the amount
deducted from each school district in an area education agency on a proportional basis. The
department of management shall determine from the amounts deducted from the portions of
school district budgets that fund area education agency special education support services
the amount that would have been local property taxes and the amount that would have been
state aid and for the next following budget year shall increase the district’s total state school
aid available under this chapter for area education agency special education support services
andreducethedistrict’spropertytaxlevyforareaeducationagencyspecialeducationsupport
services by the amount necessary for the property tax portion of the deductions made under
this section during the budget year.
2. The amount deducted from a school district’s budget shall not affect the calculation of
the state cost per pupil or its district cost per pupil in that school year or a subsequent year.