260C.18C - STATE AID DISTRIBUTION FORMULA.

        260C.18C  STATE AID DISTRIBUTION FORMULA.
         1.  Purpose.  A distribution plan for general state financial
      aid to Iowa's community colleges is established for the fiscal year
      commencing July 1, 2005, and succeeding fiscal years.  Funds
      appropriated by the general assembly to the department for general
      financial aid to community colleges shall be allocated to each
      community college in the manner provided under this section.
         2.  Definitions.  As used in this section and section
      260C.18D, unless the context otherwise requires:
         a.  "Base funding allocation" means the amount of general
      state financial aid all community colleges received in the base year.

         b.  "Base year" means the fiscal year immediately preceding
      the budget year.
         c.  "Below-average support per FTEE" for a community college
      means the state-average combined support per FTEE minus the combined
      support per FTEE for the community college if the community college's
      combined support per FTEE is less than the state-average combined
      support per FTEE.
         d.  "Budget year" means the fiscal year for which moneys are
      appropriated by the general assembly.
         e.  "Combined support" for a community college means the total
      amount of moneys the community college received in general state
      financial aid in the base year plus the community college's general
      fund property tax revenue, including utility replacement, for the
      base year.
         f.  "Combined support per FTEE" for a community college means
      the community college's combined support divided by its three-year
      rolling average full-time equivalent enrollment for the three years
      prior to the base year.
         g.  "Contact hour" for a noncredit course equals fifty minutes
      of contact between an instructor and students in a scheduled course
      offering for which students are registered.
         h.  "Credit hour", for purposes of community college funding
      distribution, shall be as defined by the department by rule.
         i.  "Eligible credit courses" means all credit courses that
      are eligible for general state financial aid which are part of a
      department-approved program of study.  The department shall review
      and provide a determination should a question of eligibility occur.
         j.  "Eligible growth support" for a community college is the
      community college's below-average support per FTEE multiplied times
      its three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollment.
         k.  "Eligible noncredit courses" means all noncredit courses
      eligible for general state financial aid which fall under one of the
      eligible categories for noncredit courses as defined by rule of the
      department.  The department shall review and provide a determination
      should a question of eligibility occur.
         l.  "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in eligible
      credit or eligible noncredit courses.  The department shall review
      and provide a determination should a question of eligibility occur.
         m.  "Fiscal year" means the period of twelve months beginning
      on July 1 and ending on June 30.
         n.  One "full-time equivalent enrollment (FTEE)" equals
      twenty-four credit hours for credit courses or six hundred contact
      hours for noncredit courses generated by all eligible students
      enrolled in eligible courses.
         o.  "General fund property tax revenue" means the amount of
      moneys a community college raised or could have raised from a
      property tax of twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of
      assessed valuation on all taxable property in its merged area
      collected for the base year.
         p.  "General state financial aid" means the amount of general
      state financial aid the community college received from the general
      fund.
         q.  "Inflation adjustment amount" means the inflation rate
      minus two percentage points multiplied times the base funding
      allocation.  The inflation adjustment amount shall not be less than
      zero.
         r.  "Inflation rate" means the average of the preceding
      twelve-month percentage change, which shall be computed on a monthly
      basis, in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, not
      seasonally adjusted, published by the United States department of
      labor, bureau of labor statistics, calculated for the calendar year
      ending six months after the beginning of the base year.
         s.  "State-average combined support per FTEE" means the
      average of the combined support per FTEE for all community colleges
      in the state in the base year.
         t.  "Three-year rolling average full-time equivalent
      enrollment" means the average of the audited full-time equivalent
      enrollment for a community college over the three fiscal years prior
      to the base year as determined by the department.
         u.  "Total growth support amount" means the sum of the
      eligible growth support for all the community colleges.
         3.  Distribution formula.  Moneys appropriated by the general
      assembly from the general fund to the department for community
      college purposes for general state financial aid for a budget year
      shall be allocated to each community college by the department as
      follows:
         a.  If the inflation rate is equal to two percent or less:
         (1)  Base funding allocation.  The moneys shall first be
      allocated in the amount of general state financial aid each community
      college received in the base year.  If the appropriation is less than
      the total of the amount of general state financial aid each community
      college received in the base year, the moneys shall be allocated in
      the same proportion as the allocation of general state financial aid
      each community college received in the base year.
         (2)  Marginal cost adjustment.  After the base funding has
      been allocated, each community college shall be allocated up to an
      additional two percent of its base funding allocation.  The community
      college's allocation shall be in the same proportion as the
      allocation of general state financial aid each community college
      received in the base year.
         (3)  Three-year rolling average of full-time equivalent
      enrollment.  If the increase in the total state general aid exceeds
      two percent over the base funding allocation, an amount up to an
      additional one percent of the base funding allocation shall be
      distributed based upon each community college's proportional share of
      the three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollments for
      all community colleges.
         (4)  Extraordinary growth adjustment.  If the increase in
      total state general aid exceeds three percent over the base funding
      allocation, an amount up to an additional one percent of the base
      funding allocation shall be distributed as follows:
         (a)  Forty percent of the moneys shall be allocated based upon
      each community college's proportional share of the three-year rolling
      average full-time equivalent enrollments for all community colleges.

         (b)  Sixty percent of the moneys shall be allocated to community
      colleges that have eligible growth support.  The allocation shall be
      based upon the proportional share that each community college's
      eligible growth support bears to the total growth support amount.
      Once the moneys allocated under this subparagraph division equal the
      total growth support amount, the remaining moneys allocated under
      this subparagraph shall be allocated as provided in subparagraph
      division (a).
         (5)  Additional three-year rolling average FTEE allocation.
      If the increase in total state general aid exceeds four percent over
      the base funding allocation, all remaining moneys shall be
      distributed based upon each college's proportional share of the
      three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollments for all
      community colleges.
         b.  If the inflation rate is greater than two percent but less
      than four percent:
         (1)  Base funding allocation.  The moneys shall first be
      allocated in the amount of general state financial aid each community
      college received in the base year.  If the appropriation is less than
      the total of the amount of general state financial aid each community
      college received in the base year, the moneys shall be allocated in
      the same proportion as the allocation of general state financial aid
      each community college received in the base year.
         (2)  Marginal cost adjustment.  After the base funding has
      been allocated, each community college shall be allocated up to an
      additional two percent of its base funding allocation.  The community
      college's allocation shall be in the same proportion as the
      allocation of general state financial aid each community college
      received in the base year.
         (3)  Three-year rolling average of full-time equivalent
      enrollment.  If the increase in the total state general aid exceeds
      two percent over the base funding allocation, an amount up to an
      additional one percent of the base funding allocation shall be
      distributed based upon each community college's proportional share of
      the three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollments for
      all community colleges.
         (4)  Extraordinary growth adjustment.  If the increase in
      total state general aid exceeds three percent over the base funding
      allocation, an amount up to an additional one percent of the base
      funding allocation shall be based as follows:
         (a)  Forty percent of the moneys shall be allocated based upon
      each community college's proportional share of the three-year rolling
      average full-time equivalent enrollments for all community colleges.

         (b)  Sixty percent of the moneys shall be allocated to community
      colleges that have eligible growth support.  The allocation shall be
      based upon the proportional share that each community college's
      eligible growth support bears to the total growth support amount.
      Once the moneys allocated under this subparagraph division equal the
      total growth support amount, the remaining moneys allocated under
      this subparagraph shall be allocated as provided in subparagraph
      division (a).
         (5)  Inflation adjustment.  If the increase in total state
      general aid exceeds four percent over the base funding allocation, an
      amount up to the inflation adjustment amount shall be distributed to
      each community college in the same proportion as the allocation of
      general state financial aid each community college received in the
      base year.
         (6)  Additional three-year rolling average FTEE allocation.
      If there are remaining moneys to be distributed under this paragraph
      after distributing moneys under subparagraph (5), all remaining
      moneys shall be distributed based upon each community college's
      proportional share of the three-year rolling average full-time
      equivalent enrollments for all community colleges.
         c.  If the inflation rate equals or exceeds four percent:
         (1)  Base funding allocation.  The moneys shall first be
      allocated in the amount of general state financial aid each community
      college received in the base year.  If the appropriation is less than
      the total of the amount of general state financial aid each community
      college received in the base year, the moneys shall be allocated in
      the same proportion as the allocation of general state financial aid
      each community college received in the base year.
         (2)  Marginal cost adjustment.  After the base funding has
      been allocated, each community college shall be allocated up to an
      additional two percent of its base funding allocation.  The community
      college's allocation shall be in the same proportion as the
      allocation of general state financial aid each community college
      received in the base year.
         (3)  Three-year rolling average of full-time equivalent
      enrollment.  If the increase in the total state general aid exceeds
      two percent over the base funding allocation, an amount up to an
      additional one percent of the base funding allocation shall be
      distributed based upon each community college's proportional share of
      the three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollments for
      all community colleges.
         (4)  Inflation adjustment.  If the increase in total state
      general aid exceeds three percent over the base funding allocation,
      an amount up to the inflation adjustment amount shall be distributed
      to each community college in the same proportion as the allocation of
      general state financial aid each community college received in the
      base year.
         (5)  Extraordinary growth adjustment.  If there are remaining
      moneys to be distributed under this paragraph after distributing
      moneys under subparagraph (4), an amount up to an additional one
      percent of the base funding allocation shall be based as follows:
         (a)  Forty percent of the moneys shall be allocated based upon
      each community college's proportional share of the three-year rolling
      average full-time equivalent enrollments for all community colleges.

         (b)  Sixty percent of the moneys shall be allocated to community
      colleges that have eligible growth support.  The allocation shall be
      based upon the proportional share that each community college's
      eligible growth support bears to the total growth support amount.
      Once the moneys allocated under this subparagraph division equal the
      total growth support amount, the remaining moneys allocated under
      this subparagraph shall be allocated as provided in subparagraph
      division (a).
         (6)  Additional three-year rolling average FTEE allocation.
      If there are remaining moneys to be distributed under this paragraph
      after distributing moneys under subparagraph (5), all remaining
      moneys shall be distributed based upon each community college's
      proportional share of the three-year rolling average full-time
      equivalent enrollments for all community colleges.
         4.  Information supplied by colleges and adoption of rules.
         a.  Each community college shall provide information in the
      manner and form as determined by the department.  If a community
      college fails to provide the information as requested, the department
      shall estimate the full-time equivalent enrollment of that college.
         b.  Each community college shall complete and submit an annual
      student enrollment audit to the department.  Adjustments to community
      college state general aid allocations shall be made based on student
      enrollment audit outcomes.
         c.  The department shall adopt rules under chapter 17A as
      necessary for the allocation of general state financial aid.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 169, §24; 2008 Acts, ch 1181, § 25; 2009 Acts, ch
      41, §263