Bill Text: IA HF445 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to education funding weighting for children living in certain facilities and including effective date provisions. (See HF 720.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 466. [HF445 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF445-Introduced.html
House
File
445
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
445
BY
JONES
,
WORTHAN
,
and
HUSEMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
education
funding
weighting
for
children
1
living
in
certain
facilities
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
282.31,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
(1)
A
child
who
lives
in
a
facility
or
other
placement
3
pursuant
to
section
282.19
,
and
who
does
not
require
special
4
education
and
who
is
enrolled
in
the
educational
program
of
the
5
district
of
residence
at
the
time
the
child
is
placed,
shall
6
be
included
in
the
basic
enrollment
of
the
school
district
in
7
which
the
child
is
enrolled.
A
child
who
lives
in
a
facility
8
or
other
placement
pursuant
to
section
282.19
,
and
who
does
9
not
require
special
education
and
who
is
not
enrolled
in
10
the
educational
program
of
the
district
of
residence
of
the
11
child,
shall
be
included
in
the
basic
enrollment
of
the
school
12
district
in
which
the
facility
or
other
placement
is
located.
13
However,
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
14
1,
2019,
if
a
child
under
this
paragraph
“b”
,
is
living
in
a
15
licensed
individual
or
agency
child
foster
care
facility
or
16
in
an
unlicensed
relative
foster
care
placement,
as
provided
17
in
section
282.19,
subsection
2,
and,
following
a
juvenile
18
court
or
agency
determination
under
section
282.19,
subsection
19
2,
the
child
is
enrolled
in
the
school
district
where
the
20
facility
or
placement
is
located,
the
child
shall
be
assigned
a
21
weighting
equal
to
the
weighting
established
in
section
256B.9,
22
subsection
1,
paragraph
“b”
,
as
if
the
child
required
special
23
education.
24
(2)
However,
on
June
30
of
a
school
year,
if
the
board
25
of
directors
of
a
school
district
determines
that
the
number
26
of
children
under
this
paragraph
“b”
who
were
counted
in
the
27
basic
enrollment
of
the
school
district
in
that
school
year
28
in
accordance
with
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
is
fewer
than
29
the
sum
of
the
number
of
months
all
children
were
enrolled
30
in
the
school
district
under
this
paragraph
“b”
during
the
31
school
year
divided
by
nine,
the
secretary
of
the
school
32
district
may
submit
a
claim
to
the
department
of
education
by
33
August
1
following
the
school
year
for
an
amount
equal
to
the
34
district
cost
per
pupil
of
the
district
for
the
previous
school
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year
,
including
any
amount
attributable
to
weighting
assigned
1
under
subparagraph
(1),
multiplied
by
the
difference
between
2
the
number
of
children
counted
and
the
number
of
children
3
calculated
by
the
number
of
months
of
enrollment.
The
amount
4
of
the
claim
shall
be
paid
by
the
department
of
administrative
5
services
to
the
school
district
by
October
1.
The
department
6
of
administrative
services
shall
transfer
the
total
amount
7
of
the
approved
claim
of
a
school
district
from
the
moneys
8
appropriated
under
section
257.16
and
the
amount
paid
shall
9
be
deducted
monthly
from
the
state
foundation
aid
paid
to
all
10
school
districts
in
the
state
during
the
remainder
of
the
11
subsequent
fiscal
year
in
the
manner
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
.
12
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
13
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
method
by
which
children
living
in
18
certain
foster
care
facilities
and
placements
and
enrolled
in
19
public
schools
are
counted
for
funding
purposes.
20
Current
Code
section
282.31
provides
that
a
child
who
lives
21
in
certain
residential
or
foster
care
facilities
or
placements
22
pursuant
to
Code
section
282.19,
and
who
does
not
require
23
special
education
and
who
is
enrolled
in
the
educational
24
program
of
the
district
of
residence
at
the
time
the
child
25
is
placed,
is
included
in
the
basic
enrollment
of
the
school
26
district
in
which
the
child
is
enrolled.
Additionally,
such
27
a
child
who
is
not
enrolled
in
the
educational
program
of
the
28
district
of
residence
of
the
child
is
included
in
the
basic
29
enrollment
of
the
school
district
in
which
the
facility
or
30
other
placement
is
located.
31
The
bill
provides
that
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
32
or
after
July
1,
2019,
if
such
a
child
is
living
in
a
licensed
33
individual
or
agency
child
foster
care
facility
or
in
an
34
unlicensed
relative
foster
care
placement
and
if
the
juvenile
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court
or
responsible
agency
has
determined
that
remaining
in
1
the
child’s
prior
school
is
not
in
the
best
interest
of
the
2
child,
the
child
shall
be
assigned
a
weighting
equal
to
the
3
weighting
established
in
Code
section
256B.9(1)(b),
as
if
the
4
child
required
special
education.
5
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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