260C.18B - COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGET REVIEW.
260C.18B COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGET REVIEW.
1. A community college budget review procedure is established for
the school budget review committee created in section 257.30. The
school budget review committee, in addition to its duties under
chapter 257, shall meet and hold hearings each year under this
chapter to review unusual circumstances of community colleges, either
upon the committee's motion or upon the request of a community
college. The committee may grant supplemental state aid to the
community college from funds appropriated to the department of
education for community college budget review purposes.
Unusual circumstances shall include but not be limited to the
following:
a. An unusual increase or decrease in enrollment or contact
hours.
b. Natural disasters.
c. Unusual staffing problems.
d. Unusual necessity for additional funds to permit
continuance of a course or program in an instructional cost center
which provides substantial benefit to students.
e. Unusual need for a new course or program in an
instructional cost center which will provide substantial benefit to
students, if the community college establishes the need and the
amount of necessary increased cost.
f. Unique problems of community colleges to include
vandalism, civil disobedience, and other costs incurred by community
colleges.
2. When the school budget review committee makes a decision under
subsection 1, it shall provide written notice of its decision,
including the amount of supplemental state aid approved, to the board
of directors of the community college and to the department of
education.
3. All decisions by the school budget review committee under this
chapter shall be made in accordance with reasonable and uniform
policies which shall be consistent with this chapter.
4. Failure by a community college to provide information or
appear before the school budget review committee as requested for the
accomplishment of review or hearing constitutes justification for the
committee to instruct the department of administrative services to
withhold supplemental state aid to that community college until the
committee's inquiries are satisfied completely. Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1215, §29; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Referred to in § 257.31, 260C.34, 260C.49