Bill Text: IA HF609 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a STEM categorical funding supplement and including applicability provisions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 695. [HF609 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF609-Introduced.html

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House File 609 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  JACOBY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a STEM categorical funding supplement and
  2    including applicability provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  For the budget year commencing July 1, 1999, and for each
  1  4 succeeding budget year the regular program foundation base per
  1  5 pupil is eighty=seven and five=tenths percent of the regular
  1  6 program state cost per pupil. For the budget year commencing
  1  7 July 1, 1991, and for each succeeding budget year the special
  1  8 education support services foundation base is seventy=nine
  1  9 percent of the special education support services state cost
  1 10 per pupil. The combined foundation base is the sum of the
  1 11 regular program foundation base, the special education support
  1 12 services foundation base, the total teacher salary supplement
  1 13 district cost, the total professional development supplement
  1 14 district cost, the total early intervention supplement district
  1 15 cost, the total teacher leadership supplement district cost,
  1 16 the total STEM supplement district cost, the total area
  1 17 education agency teacher salary supplement district cost,
  1 18 and the total area education agency professional development
  1 19 supplement district cost.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 257.1, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended
  1 21 to read as follows:
  1 22    3.  Computations rounded.  In making computations and
  1 23 payments under this chapter, except in the case of computations
  1 24 relating to funding of special education support services,
  1 25 media services, and educational services provided through the
  1 26 area education agencies, and the teacher salary supplement, the
  1 27 professional development supplement, the early intervention
  1 28 supplement, and the teacher leadership supplement, and the STEM
  1 29 supplement, the department of management shall round amounts to
  1 30 the nearest whole dollar.
  1 31    Sec. 3.  Section 257.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2015,
  1 32 is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1 33    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (10)  The total STEM supplement district
  1 34 cost.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  Section 257.8, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended
  2  1 to read as follows:
  2  2    2.  Categorical state percent of growth.  The categorical
  2  3 state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July
  2  4 1, 2012, is two percent.  The categorical state percent of
  2  5 growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, is two
  2  6 percent. The categorical state percent of growth for the
  2  7 budget year beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent. The
  2  8 categorical state percent of growth for each budget year shall
  2  9 be established by statute which shall be enacted within thirty
  2 10 days of the submission in the year preceding the base year of
  2 11 the governor's budget under section 8.21. The establishment
  2 12 of the categorical state percent of growth for a budget year
  2 13 shall be the only subject matter of the bill which enacts the
  2 14 categorical state percent of growth for a budget year. The
  2 15 categorical state percent of growth may include state percents
  2 16 of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the professional
  2 17 development supplement, the early intervention supplement, and
  2 18  the teacher leadership supplement, and the STEM supplement.
  2 19    Sec. 5.  Section 257.9, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
  2 20 following new subsection:
  2 21    NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  STEM supplement state cost per
  2 22 pupil.   The STEM supplement state cost per pupil amount for
  2 23 the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, shall be twenty=five
  2 24 dollars. The STEM supplement state cost per pupil for the
  2 25 budget year beginning July 1, 2017, and succeeding budget
  2 26 years, shall be the STEM supplement state cost per pupil for
  2 27 the base year plus a supplemental state aid amount that is
  2 28 equal to the STEM supplement categorical state percent of
  2 29 growth, pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget
  2 30 year, multiplied by the STEM supplement state cost per pupil
  2 31 for the base year.
  2 32    Sec. 6.  Section 257.10, subsection 8, paragraph a, Code
  2 33 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  2 34    a.  Combined district cost is the sum of the regular
  2 35 program district cost per pupil multiplied by the weighted
  3  1 enrollment, the special education support services district
  3  2 cost, the total teacher salary supplement district cost, the
  3  3 total professional development supplement district cost, the
  3  4 total early intervention supplement district cost, and the
  3  5 total teacher leadership supplement district cost, and the
  3  6 STEM supplement district cost, plus the sum of the additional
  3  7 district cost allocated to the district to fund media services
  3  8 and educational services provided through the area education
  3  9 agency, the area education agency total teacher salary
  3 10 supplement district cost and the area education agency total
  3 11 professional development supplement district cost.
  3 12    Sec. 7.  Section 257.10, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
  3 13 following new subsection:
  3 14    NEW SUBSECTION.  13.  STEM supplement cost per pupil and
  3 15 district cost.
  3 16    a.  The STEM supplement district cost per pupil amount for
  3 17 the budget year beginning July 1, 2016, shall be twenty=five
  3 18 dollars. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, and
  3 19 succeeding budget years, the STEM supplement district cost per
  3 20 pupil for each school district for a budget year is the STEM
  3 21 supplement program district cost per pupil for the base year
  3 22 plus the STEM supplement supplemental state aid amount for the
  3 23 budget year.
  3 24    b.  The STEM supplement district cost is the STEM supplement
  3 25 district cost per pupil for each school district for a budget
  3 26 year multiplied by that portion of the school district's budget
  3 27 enrollment that is grades nine through twelve.
  3 28    c.  Funds calculated under this subsection shall be used
  3 29 by the school district to provide rigorous and innovative
  3 30 classes and instruction in the fields of science, technology,
  3 31 engineering, and mathematics for grades nine through twelve.
  3 32    Sec. 8.  Section 257.16, subsection 4, Code 2015, is amended
  3 33 to read as follows:
  3 34    4.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if
  3 35 the governor orders budget reductions in accordance with
  4  1 section 8.31, the teacher salary supplement district cost,
  4  2 the professional development supplement district cost, the
  4  3 early intervention supplement district cost, and the teacher
  4  4 leadership supplement district cost, and the STEM supplement
  4  5 district cost as calculated under section 257.10, subsections
  4  6 9, 10, 11, and 12, and 13, and the area education agency
  4  7 teacher salary supplement district cost and the area education
  4  8 agency professional development supplement district cost
  4  9 as calculated under section 257.37A, subsections 1 and 2,
  4 10 shall be paid in full as calculated and the reductions in the
  4 11 appropriations provided in accordance with this section shall
  4 12 be reduced from the remaining moneys appropriated pursuant
  4 13 to this section and shall be distributed on a per pupil
  4 14 basis calculated with the weighted enrollment determined in
  4 15 accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5.
  4 16    Sec. 9.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget
  4 17 years beginning on or after July 1, 2016.
  4 18                           EXPLANATION
  4 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  4 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  4 21    This bill establishes a STEM (science, technology,
  4 22 engineering, mathematics) categorical funding supplement for
  4 23 school districts.  The bill establishes a STEM supplement state
  4 24 cost per pupil amount for the budget year beginning July 1,
  4 25 2016, in the amount of $25. The STEM supplement state cost
  4 26 per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, and
  4 27 succeeding budget years, is the sum of the STEM supplement
  4 28 state cost per pupil for the base year plus a supplemental
  4 29 state aid amount that is equal to the STEM supplement
  4 30 categorical state percent of growth for the budget year,
  4 31 multiplied by the STEM supplement state cost per pupil for the
  4 32 base year.
  4 33    In addition, the bill establishes a STEM supplement district
  4 34 cost per pupil amount for the budget year beginning July 1,
  4 35 2016, in the amount of $25. For the budget year beginning
  5  1 July 1, 2017, and succeeding budget years, the STEM supplement
  5  2 district cost per pupil for each school district for a budget
  5  3 year is the STEM supplement program district cost per pupil
  5  4 for the base year plus the STEM supplement supplemental state
  5  5 aid amount for the budget year.  Under the bill, the STEM
  5  6 supplement district cost is the STEM supplement district cost
  5  7 per pupil for each school district for a budget year multiplied
  5  8 by that portion of the school district's budget enrollment that
  5  9 is grades 9 through 12.
  5 10    The bill requires that funds received by a school district
  5 11 from the STEM supplement be used by the school district to
  5 12 provide rigorous and innovative classes and instruction in the
  5 13 fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for
  5 14 grades 9 through 12.
  5 15    The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after
  5 16 July 1, 2016.
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