Bill Text: IA HF383 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act directing state aid funding for special education support services, media services, educational services, area education agency professional development supplement, and area education agency teacher salary supplement to the applicable school districts, allowing school districts to establish the method of providing the services the funding supports, and including applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF383 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-HF383-Introduced.html
House File 383 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 383 BY SCHULTZ A BILL FOR An Act directing state aid funding for special education 1 support services, media services, educational services, 2 area education agency professional development supplement, 3 and area education agency teacher salary supplement to the 4 applicable school districts, allowing school districts to 5 establish the method of providing the services the funding 6 supports, and including applicability provisions. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 8 TLSB 2400HH (1) 84 md/sc
H.F. 383 Section 1. Section 257.35, subsection 1, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The For school budget years ending prior to July 1, 3 2012, the department of management shall deduct the amounts 4 calculated for special education support services, media 5 services, area education agency teacher salary supplement 6 district cost, area education agency professional development 7 supplement district cost, and educational services for each 8 school district from the state aid due to the district pursuant 9 to this chapter and shall pay the amounts to the respective 10 area education agencies on a monthly basis from September 15 11 through June 15 during each school year. The department of 12 management shall notify each school district of the amount 13 of state aid deducted for these purposes and the balance of 14 state aid shall be paid to the district. If a district does 15 not qualify for state aid under this chapter in an amount 16 sufficient to cover its amount due to the area education agency 17 as calculated by the department of management, the school 18 district shall pay the deficiency to the area education agency 19 from other moneys received by the district, on a quarterly 20 basis during each school year. 21 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 257.35A Area education agencies —— 22 state funding redirected. 23 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the 24 contrary, for school budget years beginning on and after 25 July 1, 2012, the state aid funding for special education 26 support services, media services, and educational services, 27 as calculated by this chapter, shall be paid directly to the 28 applicable school district. 29 2. A school district receiving funding under subsection 1 30 shall choose one of the following options: 31 a. A school district may provide its own special education 32 services, media services, and educational services, as those 33 services are described in chapter 273. However, the school 34 district shall not receive funding for its costs that exceeds 35 -1- LSB 2400HH (1) 84 md/sc 1/ 4
H.F. 383 the amount determined under subsection 1, except for funds 1 received from another school district for providing special 2 education services, media services, or educational services to 3 such other school district. 4 b. A school district may solicit bids from public 5 organizations and private organizations, including other school 6 districts and area education agencies, to provide special 7 education services, media services, and educational services, 8 as those services are described in chapter 273. However, the 9 school district soliciting bids shall not receive funding for 10 its costs that exceeds the amount determined under subsection 11 1. 12 3. The department of education shall distribute the 13 appropriate amount of area education agency professional 14 development supplement and area education agency teacher salary 15 supplement funding to a school district if an area education 16 agency successfully bids to provide the services. 17 Sec. 3. Section 273.9, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended 18 to read as follows: 19 1. School For school budget years ending prior to July 1, 20 2012, school districts shall pay for the programs and services 21 provided through the area education agency and shall include 22 expenditures for the programs and services in their budgets, in 23 accordance with this section . 24 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 273.9A Funding from school districts 25 —— state and local funds. 26 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the 27 contrary, for school budget years beginning on and after July 28 1, 2012, an area education agency or other organization shall 29 receive state aid funding for providing special education 30 support services, media services, and educational services from 31 the applicable school district for which such services are 32 being provided. Area education agencies and other public or 33 private organizations may submit bids for providing special 34 education support services, media services, and educational 35 -2- LSB 2400HH (1) 84 md/sc 2/ 4
H.F. 383 services in a manner to be determined by the department of 1 education by rule under chapter 17A. 2 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies to school 3 budget years beginning on and after July 1, 2012. 4 EXPLANATION 5 This bill enacts new Code section 257.35A, which directs 6 state aid funding for special education support services, 7 media services, educational services, area education agency 8 professional development supplement, and area education agency 9 teacher salary supplement to the applicable school districts. 10 The bill allows a school district to provide its own 11 services. A school district may also bid to provide services 12 to other school districts. A school district may also solicit 13 bids from certain organizations to receive these services. If 14 a school district provides its own special education support 15 services, media services, or educational services, it shall 16 not receive funding that exceeds the amount determined under 17 new Code section 257.35A. The bill requires area education 18 agencies (AEAs) and other organizations to bid to provide 19 special education support services, media services, and 20 educational services. An AEA or organization that successfully 21 bids to provide these services to a school district will 22 receive the appropriate amount of funding from the applicable 23 school district. The department of education is tasked with 24 developing the bid process by rule. 25 Currently, area education agency funding operates pursuant 26 to a “flow-through” concept. With no direct taxing authority, 27 AEAs rely on local school districts to generate funds for their 28 operation. While AEA funding is included within a school 29 district’s budget, the district does not actually receive 30 AEA-related state aid payments. Instead, funds generated by 31 the districts through the operation of the school finance 32 formula and earmarked for AEAs are subtracted by the department 33 of management from the state aid otherwise due to the district 34 and are paid directly to each AEA. 35 -3- LSB 2400HH (1) 84 md/sc 3/ 4
H.F. 383 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on and 1 after July 1, 2012. 2 -4- LSB 2400HH (1) 84 md/sc 4/ 4
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