Bill Text: IA SF2222 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the state board of education to establish a poverty weighting study committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-12 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Behn, and Wahls. S.J. 290. [SF2222 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF2222-Introduced.html
Senate File 2222 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2222 BY WAHLS A BILL FOR An Act requiring the state board of education to establish a 1 poverty weighting study committee. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5890XS (3) 88 md/jh
S.F. 2222 Section 1. POVERTY WEIGHTING STUDY COMMITTEE. 1 1. According to the 2018 condition of education annual 2 report, forty and one-half percent of Iowa students are 3 eligible for free and reduced price meals under the federal 4 National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act 5 of 1966, 42 U.S.C. §1751-1785, the most widely used measure of 6 student poverty. The percentage of students eligible for free 7 and reduced price meals is up from twenty-seven percent in the 8 2000-2001 school year. 9 2. Students from low-income households often lack 10 educational resources and advantages that are common in more 11 affluent households. In order to supplement the resources and 12 opportunities for those students from low-income households, 13 the state should study methods of providing additional funding 14 to school districts for such students. 15 3. The school finance formula review committee established 16 under section 257.1, subsection 4, met on December 13, 2019, 17 and recommended to the general assembly the creation of a 18 poverty weighting study committee. 19 4. The state board of education shall establish a study 20 committee to make recommendations for funding methodologies to 21 provide additional funding to school districts for students 22 from low-income households. The department of education shall 23 work cooperatively to provide staffing assistance for the study 24 committee. A majority of the members of the study committee 25 shall constitute a quorum. The study committee shall be 26 composed of all of the following: 27 a. One member appointed by the Iowa association of school 28 boards. 29 b. One member appointed by the urban education network. 30 c. One member appointed by the Iowa state education 31 association. 32 d. One member appointed by the school administrators of 33 Iowa. 34 e. One member who is a teacher, principal, or 35 -1- LSB 5890XS (3) 88 md/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2222 superintendent, appointed by each of the eight school districts 1 in the state with the highest percentage of students eligible 2 for free and reduced price meals. 3 f. One member who is a teacher, principal, or 4 superintendent, appointed by each of the eight school districts 5 in the state with the highest percentage of limited English 6 proficient students. 7 g. One member appointed by the director of the department of 8 education representing an educator preparation program. 9 5. By January 15, 2021, the study committee shall submit 10 recommendations to the general assembly for new or modified 11 funding methodologies to provide additional funding for 12 students from low-income households. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 The school finance formula review committee established 17 under Code section 257.1(4) met on December 13, 2019, and 18 recommended to the general assembly the creation of a poverty 19 weighting study committee. This bill directs the state 20 board of education to establish a study committee to make 21 recommendations for funding methodologies to provide additional 22 funding for students from low-income households. The bill 23 directs the department of education to work cooperatively 24 to provide staffing assistance for the study committee and 25 establishes the various persons comprising the study committee. 26 By January 15, 2021, the study committee is required to submit 27 recommendations to the general assembly for new or modified 28 funding methodologies to provide additional funding for 29 students from low-income households. 30 -2- LSB 5890XS (3) 88 md/jh 2/ 2
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