House File 381 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  GASSMAN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the authorized uses of school district
  2    modified supplemental amounts for at=risk funding and
  3    including 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 257.41, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  Salary and benefits for not more than
  1  4 one school employee who is an additional full=time assistant
  1  5 principal at the attendance center if paid from the modified
  1  6 supplemental amount established under subsection 1 and if the
  1  7 salary and benefits for each other assistant principal are paid
  1  8 from the school district's general fund.
  1  9    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Salary and benefits for not more than
  1 10 one school employee who is an additional full=time guidance
  1 11 counselor at the attendance center if paid from the modified
  1 12 supplemental amount established under subsection 1 and if the
  1 13 salary and benefits for each other guidance counselor are paid
  1 14 from the school district's general fund.
  1 15    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  Salary and benefits for not more than one
  1 16 school employee who is an additional full=time school nurse at
  1 17 the attendance center if paid from the modified supplemental
  1 18 amount established under subsection 1 and if the salary and
  1 19 benefits for each other school nurse are paid from the school
  1 20 district's general fund.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 23    Sec. 3.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget
  1 24 years beginning on or after July 1, 2017.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 28    Current law authorizes the board of directors of a school
  1 29 district to request a modified supplemental amount for costs
  1 30 in excess of the funding received under at=risk supplementary
  1 31 weighting for approved programs for at=risk students, secondary
  1 32 students who attend alternative programs and alternative
  1 33 schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention.
  1 34 Requests for such modified supplemental amounts must be
  1 35 approved by the department of education.
  2  1 This bill authorizes school districts to use modified
  2  2 supplemental amounts to pay for the salary and benefits of
  2  3 not more than one employee who is an additional full=time
  2  4 assistant principal at the attendance center, not more than one
  2  5 employee who is an additional full=time guidance counselor at
  2  6 the attendance center, and not more than one employee who is
  2  7 an additional full=time school nurse at the attendance center.
  2  8 The salary and benefits of the existing employees in those
  2  9 positions must be paid out of the school district's general
  2 10 fund.
  2 11    The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school
  2 12 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2017.
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