Bill Text: IA HF29 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for school districts and including applicability provisions. (See HF 508 and HF 633.)
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-17 - Withdrawn. H.J. 1035. [HF29 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF29-Introduced.html
House File 29 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY FISHER A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of 2 supplementary weighting for school districts and including 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1572YH (3) 87 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 5. Shared operational functions == increased student 1 4 opportunities== budget years beginning in 2014 through 2019. 1 5 a. (1) In order to provide additional funding to increase 1 6 student opportunities and redirect more resources to student 1 7 programming for school districts that share operational 1 8 functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision 1 9 one or more operational functions of a curriculum director, 1 10 principal, or school counselor, or one or more operational 1 11 functions in the areas of superintendent management, business 1 12 management, human resources, transportation, or operation 1 13 and maintenance for at least twenty percent of the school 1 14 year shall be assigned a supplementary weighting for each 1 15 shared operational function. A school district that shares an 1 16 operational function in the area of superintendent management 1 17 shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of eight pupils for 1 18 the function. A school district that shares the operational 1 19 functions of a principal or an operational function in the area 1 20 of business management, human resources, transportation, or 1 21 operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary 1 22 weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district 1 23 that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director 1 24 or a school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary 1 25 weighting of three pupils for the function. The additional 1 26 weighting shall be assigned for each discrete operational 1 27 function shared. However, a school district may receive the 1 28 additional weighting under this subsection for sharing the 1 29 services of an individual with a political subdivision even if 1 30 the type of operational function performed by the individual 1 31 for the school district and the type of operational function 1 32 performed by the individual for the political subdivision are 1 33 not the same operational function, so long as both operational 1 34 functions are eligible for weighting under this subsection. In 1 35 such case, the school district shall be assigned the additional 2 1 weighting for the type of operational function that the 2 2 individual performs for the school district, and the school 2 3 district shall not receive additional weighting for any other 2 4 function performed by the individual. The operational function 2 5 sharing arrangement does not need to be a newly implemented 2 6 sharing arrangement to receive supplementary weighting under 2 7 this subsection. 2 8 (2) For the purposes of this section, "political 2 9 subdivision" means a city, township, county, school corporation, 2 10 merged area, area education agency, institution governed by the 2 11 state board of regents, or any other governmental subdivision. 2 12 b. School districts that share operational functions with 2 13 other school districts are not required to be contiguous school 2 14 districts. If two or more districts sharing operational 2 15 functions are not contiguous to each other, the districts 2 16 separating those districts are not required to be a party to 2 17 the operational functions sharing arrangement. 2 18 c. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection 2 19 shall be available to a school district fora maximum of 2 20 five years during the period commencing withthe budget year 2 21 beginning July 1, 2014,through the budget year beginning 2 22 July 1, 2019and succeeding budget years. The maximum amount 2 23 of additional weighting for which a school district shall be 2 24 eligible in a budget year is twenty=one additional pupils. 2 25 Criteria for determining the qualification of operational 2 26 functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by 2 27 the department by rule, through consideration of increased 2 28 student opportunities. 2 29 d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection 2 30 shall be available to an area education agency fora maximum of 2 31 five years during the period commencing withthe budget year 2 32 beginning July 1, 2014,through the budget year beginning July 2 33 1, 2019and succeeding budget years. The minimum amount of 2 34 additional funding for which an area education agency shall 2 35 be eligible in a budget year is thirty thousand dollars, and 3 1 the maximum amount of additional funding for which an area 3 2 education agency shall be eligible is two hundred thousand 3 3 dollars. The department of management shall annually set 3 4 a weighting for each area education agency to generate the 3 5 approved operational sharing expense using the area education 3 6 agency's special education cost per pupil amount and foundation 3 7 level. Criteria for determining the qualification of 3 8 operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be 3 9 determined by the department by rule, through consideration of 3 10 increased student opportunities. 3 11e. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2020.3 12 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 3 13 years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. 3 14 EXPLANATION 3 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 17 Code section 257.11(5) provides supplementary weighting 3 18 for school districts and area education agencies that share 3 19 operational functions. A district that shares with a political 3 20 subdivision one or more operational functions of a curriculum 3 21 director or school counselor, or one or more operational 3 22 functions in the areas of superintendent management, business 3 23 management, human resources, transportation, or operation and 3 24 maintenance for at least 20 percent of the school year is 3 25 assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational 3 26 function. Supplementary weighting under this provision is 3 27 available for a maximum of five school budget years beginning 3 28 July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019. 3 29 This bill adds the position of principal to the category of 3 30 operational functions that receives supplementary weighting of 3 31 five pupils. The bill also strikes the provisions limiting the 3 32 number of years for which the supplemental weighting may be 3 33 claimed and the provisions establishing the period of school 3 34 budget years during which the supplementary weighting may be 3 35 claimed. 4 1 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after 4 2 July 1, 2018. LSB 1572YH (3) 87 md/sc
