Bill Text: IA HF2283 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school district funding for at-risk pupils and dropout prevention programs and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-04 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 191. [HF2283 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2283-Introduced.html
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BY
STAED
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
funding
for
at-risk
pupils
1
and
dropout
prevention
programs
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.11,
subsection
4,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
At-risk
programs
and
alternative
schools.
3
a.
In
order
to
provide
additional
funding
to
school
4
districts
for
programs
serving
at-risk
pupils,
alternative
5
program
and
alternative
school
pupils
in
secondary
schools,
and
6
pupils
identified
as
potential
dropouts
or
returning
dropouts
7
as
defined
in
section
257.39
,
a
supplementary
weighting
plan
8
for
such
pupils
is
adopted.
A
supplementary
weighting
of
9
forty-eight
ten-thousandths
per
pupil
as
specified
in
paragraph
10
“b”
,
subparagraph
(1),
shall
be
assigned
to
the
percentage
of
11
pupils
in
a
school
district
enrolled
in
grades
one
through
six,
12
as
reported
by
the
school
district
on
the
basic
educational
13
data
survey
for
the
base
year,
who
are
eligible
for
free
14
and
reduced
price
meals
under
the
federal
National
School
15
Lunch
Act
and
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
16
U.S.C.
§1751-1785,
multiplied
by
the
budget
enrollment
in
the
17
school
district;
and
a
supplementary
weighting
of
one
hundred
18
fifty-six
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil
as
specified
in
19
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraph
(2),
shall
be
assigned
to
pupils
20
included
in
the
budget
enrollment
of
the
school
district.
21
Amounts
received
as
supplementary
weighting
under
this
22
subsection
shall
be
utilized
by
a
school
district
to
develop
23
or
maintain
at-risk
pupils’
programs,
alternative
programs
and
24
alternative
school
programs,
and
returning
dropout
and
dropout
25
prevention
programs
approved
pursuant
to
section
257.40
.
26
b.
(1)
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
a
school
district
27
which
received
supplementary
weighting
for
an
alternative
high
28
school
program
for
the
school
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
29
1999,
shall
receive
an
amount
of
supplementary
weighting
for
30
the
next
three
The
per
pupil
supplementary
weighting
under
31
paragraph
“a”
assigned
to
each
pupil
who
is
eligible
for
free
32
and
reduced
price
meals
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
33
after
July
1,
2021,
is
as
follows:
34
(1)
(a)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2000
2021
,
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the
greater
of
the
amount
of
supplementary
weighting
determined
1
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
,
or
sixty-five
percent
of
the
amount
2
received
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
1999
six
hundred
3
forty-two
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil
.
4
(2)
(b)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2001
2022
,
5
the
greater
of
the
amount
of
supplementary
weighting
determined
6
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
,
or
forty
percent
of
the
amount
7
received
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
1999
seven
8
hundred
five
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil
.
9
(3)
(c)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2002
2023
,
10
and
succeeding
budget
years,
the
amount
of
supplementary
11
weighting
determined
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
seven
hundred
12
sixty-eight
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil
.
13
(d)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
14
and
each
succeeding
budget
year,
eight
hundred
thirty
15
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil.
16
(2)
The
per
pupil
supplementary
weighting
under
paragraph
17
“a”
assigned
to
each
pupil
in
the
budget
enrollment
of
the
18
school
district
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
19
July
1,
2021,
is
as
follows:
20
(a)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
two
hundred
21
four
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil.
22
(b)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
two
hundred
23
twenty-four
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil.
24
(c)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
two
hundred
25
forty-four
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil.
26
(d)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
two
hundred
27
sixty-four
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil.
28
c.
If
a
school
district
receives
an
amount
pursuant
to
29
paragraph
“b”
which
exceeds
the
amount
the
district
would
30
otherwise
have
received
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
,
the
31
department
of
management
shall
annually
determine
the
amount
32
of
the
excess
that
would
have
been
state
aid
and
the
amount
33
that
would
have
been
property
tax
if
the
school
district
had
34
generated
that
amount
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
,
and
shall
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include
the
amounts
in
the
state
aid
payments
and
property
tax
1
levies
of
school
districts.
The
department
of
management
shall
2
recalculate
the
supplementary
weighting
amount
received
each
3
year
to
reflect
the
amount
of
the
reduction
in
funding
from
one
4
budget
year
to
the
next
pursuant
to
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraphs
5
(1)
through
(3).
It
is
the
intent
of
the
general
assembly
that
6
when
weights
are
recalculated
under
this
subsection
,
the
total
7
amounts
generated
by
each
weight
shall
be
approximately
equal.
8
d.
c.
Amounts
that
a
school
district
receives
as
9
supplementary
weighting
pursuant
to
this
subsection
or
as
a
10
modified
supplemental
amount
received
under
section
257.41
11
may
be
used
in
the
budget
year
for
purposes
of
providing
12
district-wide,
building-wide,
or
grade-specific
at-risk
and
13
dropout
prevention
programming
targeted
to
pupils
who
are
not
14
deemed
at
risk.
15
e.
d.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“d”
“c”
and
section
16
282.24
,
if
a
pupil
has
been
determined
by
the
school
district
17
to
be
likely
to
inflict
self-harm
or
likely
to
harm
another
18
pupil
and
all
of
the
following
apply,
the
school
district
may
19
use
amounts
received
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
to
pay
the
20
instructional
costs
necessary
to
address
the
pupil’s
behavior
21
during
instructional
time
when
those
services
are
not
otherwise
22
provided
to
pupils
who
do
not
require
special
education
and
the
23
costs
exceed
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
a
regular
24
curriculum:
25
(1)
The
pupil
does
not
require
special
education.
26
(2)
The
pupil
is
not
in
a
court-ordered
placement
under
27
chapter
232
under
the
care
and
custody
of
the
department
of
28
human
services
or
juvenile
court
services.
29
(3)
The
pupil
is
not
in
the
state
training
school
pursuant
30
to
a
court
order
entered
under
chapter
232
under
the
care
and
31
custody
of
the
department
of
human
services.
32
(4)
The
pupil
is
not
placed
in
a
facility
licensed
under
33
chapter
135B
,
135C
,
or
135H
.
34
Sec.
2.
Section
257.41,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
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to
read
as
follows:
1
1.
Budget.
The
budget
of
an
adopted
program
for
at-risk
2
students,
secondary
students
who
attend
alternative
programs
3
or
alternative
schools,
or
returning
dropouts
and
dropout
4
prevention
for
a
school
district,
after
subtracting
funds
5
received
under
section
257.11,
subsection
4
,
paragraphs
“a”
6
through
“c”
and
“b”
,
and
from
other
sources
for
that
purpose,
7
including
any
previous
carryover
or
amount
designated
from
the
8
school
district’s
flexibility
account
under
section
298A.2,
9
subsection
2
,
shall
be
funded
annually
on
a
basis
of
one-fourth
10
or
more
from
the
district
cost
of
the
school
district
and
up
to
11
three-fourths
through
establishment
of
a
modified
supplemental
12
amount.
Annually,
the
department
of
management
shall
establish
13
a
modified
supplemental
amount
for
each
such
school
district
14
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
approved
budget
for
the
15
program
for
that
district
and
the
sum
of
the
amount
funded
from
16
the
district
cost
of
the
school
district
plus
funds
received
17
under
section
257.11,
subsection
4
,
and
from
other
sources
18
for
that
purpose,
including
any
previous
carryover
or
amount
19
designated
from
the
school
district’s
flexibility
account
under
20
section
298A.2,
subsection
2
.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
257.41,
subsection
2,
paragraph
e,
Code
22
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
e.
Costs
incurred
for
programs
authorized
under
section
24
257.11,
subsection
4
,
paragraph
“d”
“c”
.
25
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
26
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
Under
Code
section
257.11(4),
supplementary
weighting
is
31
assigned
to
specified
populations
of
pupils
in
order
to
provide
32
additional
funding
to
school
districts
for
programs
serving
33
at-risk
pupils,
alternative
program
and
alternative
school
34
pupils
in
secondary
schools,
and
pupils
identified
as
potential
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dropouts
or
returning
dropouts.
Separate
supplementary
1
weightings
are
assigned
to
pupils
enrolled
in
grades
one
2
through
six,
who
are
eligible
for
free
and
reduced
price
meals
3
under
the
federal
National
School
Lunch
Act
and
the
federal
4
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
and
to
those
pupils
included
in
5
the
school
district’s
budget
enrollment.
This
bill
modifies
6
the
supplementary
weighting
amounts
assigned
to
each
specified
7
group
of
pupils.
8
For
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021,
9
the
bill
specifies
the
supplementary
weighting
amounts
for
10
pupils
eligible
for
free
and
reduced
price
meals
as
follows:
11
(1)
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
0.00642
per
12
pupil;
(2)
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
0.00705
13
per
pupil;
(3)
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
14
0.00768
per
pupil;
and
(4)
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
15
1,
2024,
and
each
succeeding
budget
year,
0.00830
per
pupil.
16
For
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021,
17
the
bill
specifies
the
supplementary
weighting
amounts
for
18
pupils
who
are
part
of
the
school
district’s
budget
enrollment
19
as
follows:
(1)
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
20
0.00204
per
pupil;
(2)
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
21
2022,
0.00224
per
pupil;
(3)
for
the
budget
year
beginning
22
July
1,
2023,
0.00244
per
pupil;
and
(4)
for
the
budget
year
23
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
each
succeeding
budget
year,
24
0.00264
per
pupil.
25
The
bill
also
strikes
obsolete
provisions
and
makes
26
corresponding
changes
to
other
provisions
of
law.
27
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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