Bill Text: IA HF98 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act extending the period of budget years for which supplementary weighting is available for shared operational functions by school districts and area education agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-24 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 176. [HF98 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF98-Introduced.html

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House File 98 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 98
BY MOORE
A BILL FOR
An Act extending the period of budget years for which
supplementary weighting is available for shared operational
functions by school districts and area education agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, Code 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Shared operational functions —— increased student
opportunities —— budget years beginning in 2014 through 2024
2034 .
a. (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, work-based
learning coordinator, special education director, mental health
professional who holds a statement of recognition issued by the
board of educational examiners, college and career transition
counselor or coordinator, school resource officer, 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 nine 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 ; a work-based learning coordinator;
a special education director; a mental health professional
who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board
of educational examiners; a college and career transition
counselor or coordinator; a school resource officer; or a
school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of
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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 or another school district 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 or
another school district are not the same operational function,
so long as either both operational functions are eligible for
weighting under this subsection or the operational function
the individual performs for the school district is special
education director. In either 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 .
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph “a” :
(a) “College and career transition counselor or coordinator”
means a licensed school counselor or an appropriately trained
individual responsible for providing direct services to
students, parents, families, schools, and postsecondary
institutions to support college preparation and postsecondary
success, such as college preparation, financial aid processing,
and transition to postsecondary institution enrollment.
(b) “Political subdivision” means a city, township, county,
school corporation, merged area, area education agency,
institution governed by the state board of regents, or any
other governmental subdivision.
(c) “School resource officer” means the same as defined in
34 U.S.C. §10389.
(d) “Work-based learning coordinator” means an appropriately
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trained individual responsible for facilitating authentic,
engaging work-based learning experiences for learners and
educators in partnership with employers and others to enhance
learning by connecting the content and skills that are
necessary for future careers.
b. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1),
each operational function assigned a supplementary weighting
of five pupils under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), shall
instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of four pupils
for the school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022,
July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024 but before July 1, 2035 .
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), each
operational function assigned a supplementary weighting of
three pupils under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), shall
instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of two pupils for
the school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022,
July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024 but before July 1, 2035 .
c. School districts that share operational functions with
other school districts are not required to be contiguous school
districts. If two or more districts sharing operational
functions are not contiguous to each other, the districts
separating those districts are not required to be a party to
the operational functions sharing arrangement.
d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
be available to a school district during the period commencing
with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the
budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034 . 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.
e. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
be available to an area education agency during the period
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commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through
the budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034 . 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.
f. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2025 2035 .
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
Code section 257.11(5) provides supplementary weighting
for school districts and area education agencies that share
specified operational functions with another political
subdivision of this state. Supplementary weighting under
this provision is available for school budget years beginning
on or after July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning
July 1, 2024. This bill extends the period of years for the
supplementary weighting through the budget year beginning July
1, 2034.
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