A bill for an act allocating hotel and motel taxes to schools that begin school calendar years after Labor Day, creating an alternate school start date fund, and making appropriations.

HF 222 allocates hotel and motel tax revenue collected between August 23 and Labor Day to schools that begin their academic year after Labor Day. It creates an "alternate school start date fund" in the state treasury, managed by the Department of Education, which distributes funds to qualifying schools based on enrollment. Schools must meet the standard 1,080 hours of instruction (as if starting August 23, excluding weather-related closures) to receive funding. The funds are deposited into school districts' general funds as "miscellaneous income" but are not counted toward district costs.