Amendment S-3083 to SF 251
Relating to school district administrative expenditures and including applicability provisions
Failed · March 15, 2023Strike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed March 15, 2023 in the Senate by Sen. Molly Donahue (D)
What it changes
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- Section 279.45, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows: 279.45 Administrative expenditures. The administrative expenditures as a percent of a school district’s general fund for a base year shall not exceed five percent. Annually, the board of directors shall certify to the department of education the amounts of the school district’s administrative expenditures and its general fund. For the purposes of this section , “base year” means the same as defined in section 257.2 , and “administrative expenditures” means expenditures for executive administration salaries and benefits for administrative offices, including administrators, superintendents, secretarial staff, superintendent staff, and other school district central staff. “Administrative expenditures” do not include expenditures directly related to students in schools, including but not limited to expenditures for teachers, paraeducators, librarians, nurses, information technology staff, transportation staff, custodial staff, or nutrition staff . Sec.
- APPLICABILITY. This Act applies July 1, 2024, for school budget years beginning on or after that date.”