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HOUSE
FILE
113
BY
HARRIS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
expenditures
from
certain
funds
by
small
1
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
298.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
a.
In
addition
to
the
authorized
3
purposes
of
the
revenues
from
the
physical
plant
and
equipment
4
levy
under
this
section,
for
up
to
a
five-year
period,
a
school
5
district
with
a
budget
enrollment
of
two
hundred
students
or
6
less
for
each
of
the
three
most
recent
school
budget
years
7
prior
to
such
period
may
use
the
unencumbered
and
unobligated
8
moneys
remaining
in
the
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
fund
9
for
any
school
district
general
fund
purpose
other
than
for
10
salaries
or
benefits.
11
b.
Prior
to
approving
the
use
of
the
unencumbered
and
12
unobligated
moneys
remaining
in
the
fund,
the
board
of
13
directors
of
the
school
district
must
adopt
a
resolution
14
directing
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
submit
the
15
question
approving
such
use
to
the
registered
voters
of
the
16
school
district.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
17
may,
with
approval
of
sixty
percent
of
the
voters
voting
on
18
the
question,
use
the
unencumbered
and
unobligated
moneys
as
19
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
.
The
election
shall
be
held
on
a
date
20
specified
in
section
39.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“c”
.
21
c.
The
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
may
adopt
22
a
resolution
directing
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
23
submit
the
question
anew
as
provided
in
this
subsection
five
24
years
after
the
previous
election
or
after
expiration
of
the
25
authorized
period,
whichever
is
earlier.
26
Sec.
2.
Section
298A.6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
27
follows:
28
298A.6
Public
education
and
recreation
levy
fund.
29
1.
The
public
education
and
recreation
levy
fund
is
a
30
special
revenue
fund.
A
public
education
and
recreation
levy
31
fund
must
be
established
in
any
school
corporation
which
levies
32
the
tax
authorized
under
section
300.2
or
which
receives
33
revenue
from
a
chapter
28E
agreement
authorized
under
section
34
300.1
.
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2.
a.
In
addition
to
the
authorized
purposes
of
the
1
revenues
from
the
public
education
and
recreation
levy,
for
2
up
to
a
five-year
period,
a
school
district
with
a
budget
3
enrollment
of
two
hundred
students
or
less
for
each
of
the
4
three
most
recent
school
budget
years
prior
to
such
period
5
may
use
the
unencumbered
and
unobligated
moneys
remaining
in
6
the
public
education
and
recreation
levy
fund
for
any
school
7
district
general
fund
purpose,
other
than
for
salaries
or
8
benefits.
9
b.
Prior
to
approving
the
use
of
the
unencumbered
and
10
unobligated
moneys
remaining
in
the
fund,
the
board
of
11
directors
of
the
school
district
must
adopt
a
resolution
12
directing
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
submit
the
13
question
approving
such
use
to
the
registered
voters
of
the
14
school
district.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
15
may,
with
approval
of
sixty
percent
of
the
voters
voting
on
16
the
question,
use
the
unencumbered
and
unobligated
moneys
as
17
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
.
The
election
shall
be
held
on
a
date
18
specified
in
section
39.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“c”
.
19
c.
The
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
may
adopt
20
a
resolution
directing
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
21
submit
the
question
anew
as
provided
in
this
subsection
five
22
years
after
the
previous
election
or
after
expiration
of
the
23
authorized
period,
whichever
is
earlier.
24
Sec.
3.
Section
423F.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
25
following
new
subsection:
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
After
July
1,
2025,
a
school
district
27
with
a
budget
enrollment
of
two
hundred
students
or
less
for
28
each
of
the
three
most
recent
school
budget
years
may
adopt
a
29
new
revenue
purpose
statement
that
includes
the
expenditure
30
of
unencumbered
and
unobligated
revenues
received
under
this
31
chapter
for
up
to
a
five-year
period
for
any
school
district
32
general
fund
purpose,
other
than
for
salaries
or
benefits.
33
Such
a
revenue
purpose
statement
must
be
approved
by
at
least
34
sixty
percent
of
the
total
votes
cast
on
the
proposition.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
authorizes
expenditures
from
certain
funds
by
4
small
school
districts.
5
Under
the
bill,
a
school
district
with
a
budget
enrollment
6
of
200
students
or
less
for
each
of
the
three
most
recent
7
budget
years
may
use,
for
up
to
five
years,
the
unencumbered
8
and
unobligated
moneys
remaining
in
the
physical
plant
and
9
equipment
levy
fund
(PPEL)
and
public
education
and
recreation
10
levy
fund
(PERL)
for
any
school
district
general
fund
purpose,
11
other
than
for
salary
and
benefits.
The
bill
also
permits
such
12
a
school
district
to
adopt
a
new
revenue
purpose
statement
13
that
includes
the
use
of
unobligated
and
unreserved
revenues
14
received
from
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
education
fund
15
(SAVE)
for
up
to
five
years
for
any
school
district
general
16
fund
purpose,
other
than
for
salary
and
benefits.
Such
use
17
authorizations
must
be
approved
at
an
election
where
the
18
question
or
the
revenue
purpose
statement,
as
applicable,
19
receives
at
least
60
percent
approval.
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