257.35 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCY PAYMENTS.
257.35 AREA EDUCATION AGENCY PAYMENTS.
1. The department of management shall deduct the amounts
calculated for special education support services, media services,
area education agency teacher salary supplement district cost, area
education agency professional development supplement district cost,
and educational services for each school district from the state aid
due to the district pursuant to this chapter and shall pay the
amounts to the respective area education agencies on a monthly basis
from September 15 through June 15 during each school year. The
department of management shall notify each school district of the
amount of state aid deducted for these purposes and the balance of
state aid shall be paid to the district. If a district does not
qualify for state aid under this chapter in an amount sufficient to
cover its amount due to the area education agency as calculated by
the department of management, the school district shall pay the
deficiency to the area education agency from other moneys received by
the district, on a quarterly basis during each school year.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the state aid for area education
agencies and the portion of the combined district cost calculated for
these agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and each
succeeding fiscal year, shall be reduced by the department of
management by seven million five hundred thousand dollars. The
reduction for each area education agency shall be equal to the
reduction that the agency received in the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2001.
3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, and in addition to the reduction
applicable pursuant to subsection 2, the state aid for area education
agencies and the portion of the combined district cost calculated for
these agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending
June 30, 2004, shall be reduced by the department of management by
ten million dollars. The department shall calculate a reduction such
that each area education agency shall receive a reduction
proportionate to the amount that it would otherwise have received
under this section if the reduction imposed pursuant to this
subsection did not apply.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 1, and in addition to the reduction
applicable pursuant to subsection 2, the state aid for area education
agencies and the portion of the combined district cost calculated for
these agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, shall be
reduced by the department of management by five million two hundred
fifty thousand dollars. The reduction for each area education agency
shall be prorated based on the reduction that the agency received in
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
5. Notwithstanding subsection 1, and in addition to the reduction
applicable pursuant to subsection 2, the state aid for area education
agencies and the portion of the combined district cost calculated for
these agencies for each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2010, shall be reduced by the
department of management by two million five hundred thousand
dollars. The reduction for each area education agency for each
fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
June 30, 2010, shall be prorated based on the reduction that the
agency received in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.
6. Notwithstanding section 257.37, an area education agency may
use the funds determined to be available under this section in a
manner which the area education agency determines is appropriate to
best maintain the level of required area education agency special
education services. An area education agency may also use unreserved
fund balances for media services or education services in a manner
which the area education agency determines is appropriate to best
maintain the level of required area education agency special
education services. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 135, § 35; 2002 Acts, ch 1167, §2, 6; 2003 Acts, ch
178, §40, 41, 43; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §236, 287; 2005 Acts, ch 179,
§6; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §9; 2008 Acts, ch
1181, §100; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 183, §69, 74
Referred to in § 257.37, 294A.22 Footnotes
2009 amendment to subsection 5 applies retroactively to July 1,
2008; 2009 Acts, ch 183, §74