Bill Text: IA HF633 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for school districts and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 508 & HF 29.) Effective 6-1-18.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 997. [HF633 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF633-Enrolled.html
House File 633 - Enrolled
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 508)
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 29)
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A BILL FOR
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House File 633
AN ACT
RELATING TO SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF
SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
Shared operational functions == increased student
opportunities == budget years beginning in 2014 through 2019
2024.
Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
programming for school districts that share operational
functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
master social worker, independent social worker, or school
counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas
of superintendent management, business management, human
resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
A school district that shares an operational function in
the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. A
school district that shares an operational function in the area
of business management, human resources, transportation, or
operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director,
a master social worker or an independent social worker licensed
under chapters 147 and 154C, or a school counselor shall be
assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the
function. The additional weighting shall be assigned for
each discrete operational function shared. However, a school
district may receive the additional weighting under this
subsection for sharing the services of an individual with a
political subdivision even if the type of operational function
performed by the individual for the school district and the
type of operational function performed by the individual
for the political subdivision are not the same operational
function, so long as both operational functions are eligible
for weighting under this subsection. In such case, the school
district shall be assigned the additional weighting for the
type of operational function that the individual performs for
the school district, and the school district shall not receive
additional weighting for any other function performed by the
individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
receive supplementary weighting under this subsection.
Sec. 3. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraphs c, d, and
e, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows:
c. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection
shall be available to a school district for a maximum of
five years during the period commencing with the budget year
beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July
1, 2019 2024. The maximum amount of additional weighting for
which a school district shall be eligible in a budget year
is twenty=one additional pupils. Criteria for determining
the qualification of operational functions for supplementary
weighting shall be determined by the department by rule,
through consideration of increased student opportunities.
d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection
shall be available to an area education agency for a maximum of
five years during the period commencing with the budget year
beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July
1, 2019 2024. The minimum amount of additional funding for
which an area education agency shall be eligible in a budget
year is thirty thousand dollars, and the maximum amount of
additional funding for which an area education agency shall
be eligible is two hundred thousand dollars. The department
of management shall annually set a weighting for each area
education agency to generate the approved operational sharing
expense using the area education agency's special education
cost per pupil amount and foundation level. Criteria for
determining the qualification of operational functions
for supplementary weighting shall be determined by the
department by rule, through consideration of increased student
opportunities.
e. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2020 2025.
Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget
years beginning on or after July 1, 2018, subject to the school
budget year limitations of section 257.11, subsection 5.
LINDA UPMEYER
CHARLES SCHNEIDE
CARMINE BOAL
KIM REYNOLDS
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