Bill Text: IA HF2072 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing shared operational function supplemental weighting for licensed social workers and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See HF 2279; HF 2406.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-01 - Withdrawn. H.J. 441. [HF2072 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2072-Introduced.html

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House File 2072 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  GRASSLEY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing shared operational function supplemental
  2    weighting for licensed social workers and including
  3    effective date and applicability provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (1)  In order to provide additional funding to increase
  1  4 student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
  1  5 programming for school districts that share operational
  1  6 functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
  1  7 one or more operational functions of a curriculum director or
  1  8 school counselor, or one or more operational functions in the
  1  9 areas of superintendent management, business management, human
  1 10 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
  1 11 least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
  1 12 supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
  1 13 A school district that shares an operational function in
  1 14 the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
  1 15 supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. A
  1 16 school district that shares an operational function in the area
  1 17 of business management, human resources, transportation, or
  1 18 operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
  1 19 weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
  1 20 that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director,
  1 21 a social worker licensed pursuant to chapter 154C, or a
  1 22 school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary weighting
  1 23 of three pupils for the function. The additional weighting
  1 24 shall be assigned for each discrete operational function
  1 25 shared. However, a school district may receive the additional
  1 26 weighting under this subsection for sharing the services of an
  1 27 individual with a political subdivision even if the type of
  1 28 operational function performed by the individual for the school
  1 29 district and the type of operational function performed by
  1 30 the individual for the political subdivision are not the same
  1 31 operational function, so long as both operational functions are
  1 32 eligible for weighting under this subsection. In such case,
  1 33 the school district shall be assigned the additional weighting
  1 34 for the type of operational function that the individual
  1 35 performs for the school district, and the school district
  2  1 shall not receive additional weighting for any other function
  2  2 performed by the individual. The operational function sharing
  2  3 arrangement does not need to be a newly implemented sharing
  2  4 arrangement to receive supplementary weighting under this
  2  5 subsection.
  2  6    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  2  7 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  8    Sec. 3.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget
  2  9 years beginning on or after July 1, 2018, subject to the school
  2 10 budget year limitations of section 257.11, subsection 5.
  2 11                           EXPLANATION
  2 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 14    Code section 257.11(5) provides supplementary weighting
  2 15 for school districts and area education agencies that share
  2 16 operational functions. A district that shares with a political
  2 17 subdivision one or more operational functions of a curriculum
  2 18 director or school counselor, or one or more operational
  2 19 functions in the areas of superintendent management, business
  2 20 management, human resources, transportation, or operation and
  2 21 maintenance for at least 20 percent of the school year is
  2 22 assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational
  2 23 function. Supplementary weighting under this provision is
  2 24 available for a maximum of five school budget years beginning
  2 25 July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019.
  2 26    This bill adds the position of licensed social worker to the
  2 27 category of operational functions that receives supplementary
  2 28 weighting of three pupils.
  2 29    The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school
  2 30 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2018, subject to the
  2 31 school budget year limitations of Code section 257.11(5).
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