A bill for an act requiring the establishment of the state percent of growth and categorical state percent of growth for two consecutive budget years during the first regular session of the general assembly, and including effective date provisions.

Senate

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

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BY

DONAHUE

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

requiring

the

establishment

of

the

state

percent

of

1

growth

and

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

for

two

2

consecutive

budget

years

during

the

first

regular

session

3

of

the

general

assembly,

and

including

effective

date

4

provisions.

5

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

257.8,

subsections

1

and

2,

Code

2025,

1

are

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

State

percent

of

growth.

During

the

first

regular

3

session

of

the

Ninety-first

General

Assembly

and

during

the

4

first

regular

session

of

each

subsequent

general

assembly

5

thereafter,

the

general

assembly

shall

establish

by

statute

6

the

state

percent

of

growth

for

both

the

budget

year

beginning

7

during

the

first

regular

session

of

the

general

assembly

and

8

for

the

succeeding

budget

year.

After

enactment

of

the

state

9

percent

of

growth

for

the

succeeding

budget

year

during

the

10

first

regular

session,

the

general

assembly

may

increase

11

but

shall

not

decrease

the

state

percent

of

growth

for

that

12

succeeding

budget

year.

The

state

percent

of

growth

for

13

the

budget

year

beginning

July

1,

2022,

is

two

and

one-half

14

percent.

The

state

percent

of

growth

for

the

budget

year

15

beginning

July

1,

2023,

is

three

percent.

The

state

percent

16

of

growth

for

the

budget

year

beginning

July

1,

2024,

is

two

17

and

one-half

percent.

The

state

percent

of

growth

for

each

18

subsequent

budget

year

shall

be

established

by

statute

which

19

shall

be

enacted

within

thirty

days

of

the

transmission

of

the

20

governor’s

budget

required

by

February

1

under

section

8.21

21

during

the

regular

legislative

session

beginning

in

the

base

22

year.

23

2.

Categorical

state

percent

of

growth.

During

the

first

24

regular

session

of

the

Ninety-first

General

Assembly

and

25

during

the

first

regular

session

of

each

subsequent

general

26

assembly

thereafter,

the

general

assembly

shall

establish

by

27

statute

the

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

for

both

the

28

budget

year

beginning

during

the

first

regular

session

of

the

29

general

assembly

and

for

the

succeeding

budget

year.

After

30

enactment

of

the

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

for

the

31

succeeding

budget

year

during

the

first

regular

session,

the

32

general

assembly

may

increase

but

shall

not

decrease

the

33

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

for

that

succeeding

budget

34

year.

The

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

for

the

budget

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year

beginning

July

1,

2022,

is

two

and

one-half

percent.

1

The

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

for

the

budget

year

2

beginning

July

1,

2023,

is

three

percent.

The

categorical

3

state

percent

of

growth

for

the

budget

year

beginning

July

4

1,

2024,

is

two

and

one-half

percent.

The

categorical

state

5

percent

of

growth

for

each

budget

year

shall

be

established

6

by

statute

which

shall

be

enacted

within

thirty

days

of

the

7

transmission

of

the

governor’s

budget

required

by

February

8

1

under

section

8.21

during

the

regular

legislative

session

9

beginning

in

the

base

year.

The

categorical

state

percent

of

10

growth

may

include

state

percents

of

growth

for

the

teacher

11

salary

supplement,

the

professional

development

supplement,

12

the

early

intervention

supplement,

the

teacher

leadership

13

supplement,

and

for

budget

years

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

14

2020,

transportation

equity

aid

payments

under

section

257.16C

.

15

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

16

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

This

bill

requires

the

establishment

of

the

state

percent

21

of

growth

and

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

for

two

22

consecutive

budget

years

during

the

first

regular

session

of

23

the

general

assembly.

24

The

bill

also

specifies

that

after

enactment

of

the

state

25

percent

of

growth

and

the

categorical

state

percent

of

growth

26

for

the

second

budget

year

during

the

first

regular

session,

27

the

general

assembly

may

increase

but

shall

not

decrease

either

28

the

state

percent

of

growth

or

the

categorical

state

percent

29

of

growth

for

that

budget

year.

30

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

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