Iowa Code 257.8 – State percent of growth — supplemental state aid
The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, is two and three-tenths percent. The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, is two and four-tenths percent. The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, is two and one-half percent. The state percent of growth for each subsequent budget year shall be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of the transmission of the governor’s budget required by February 1 under section 8.21 during the regular legislative session beginning in the base year.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 257.8
- Base year: means the school year ending during the calendar year in which a budget is certified. See Iowa Code 257.2
- Budget year: means the school year beginning during the calendar year in which a budget is certified. See Iowa Code 257.2
- Committee: means the school budget review committee. See Iowa Code 257.2
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:a. See Iowa Code 261B.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- State percent of growth: means the percent of growth which is established by statute pursuant to section 257. See Iowa Code 257.2
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Supplemental state aid: means the amount by which state cost per pupil and district cost per pupil will increase from one budget year to the next as the result of the state percent of growth. See Iowa Code 257.2
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
2.Categorical state percent of growth.The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2020, is two and three-tenths percent. The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, is two and four-tenths percent. The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, is two and one-half percent. The categorical state percent of growth for each budget year shall be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of the transmission of the governor’s budget required by February 1 under section 8.21 during the regular legislative session beginning in the base year. The categorical state percent of growth may include state percents of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the professional development supplement, the early intervention supplement, the teacher leadership supplement, and for budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2020, transportation equity aid payments under section 257.16C.
3.Supplemental state aid calculation.The department of management shall calculate the regular program supplemental state aid for a budget year by multiplying the state percent of growth for the budget year by the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year and shall calculate the special education support services supplemental state aid for the budget year by multiplying the state percent of growth for the budget year by the special education support services state cost per pupil for the base year.
4.Combined supplemental state aid.The combined supplemental state aid per pupil for each school district is the sum of the regular program supplemental state aid per pupil and the special education support services supplemental state aid per pupil for the budget year, which may be modified as follows:
a. By the school budget review committee under section 257.31.b. By the department of management under section 257.36.5.Alternate supplemental state aid – definitions.a. For budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and subsequent budget years, references to the terms “supplemental state aid”, “regular program state cost per pupil”, and “regular program district cost per pupil” shall mean those terms as calculated for those school districts that calculated regular program supplemental state aid for the school budget year beginning July 1, 1999, with the additional thirty-eight dollars specified in section 257.8, subsection 4, Code 2013.b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2018, and subsequent budget years, references to “supplemental state aid” and “regular program state cost per pupil” shall mean those terms as calculated including the additional amounts for the specified budget years under section 257.9, subsection 2, and references to “regular program district cost per pupil” shall mean that term as calculated including any adjustments made under section 257.10, subsection 2.