Bill Text: IA SF266 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students and including effective date provisions. (See SF 404.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF266 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF266-Introduced.html
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BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
supplementary
weighting
for
limited
English
1
proficient
students
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.31,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Unusual
need
to
continue
providing
a
program
or
other
3
special
assistance
to
non-English
speaking
pupils
after
4
the
expiration
of
the
four-year
applicable
period
of
years
5
specified
in
section
280.4
.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
280.4,
subsection
3,
Code
2013,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
3.
a.
In
order
to
provide
funds
for
the
excess
costs
9
of
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
students
above
10
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
a
regular
curriculum,
11
students
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
shall
be
12
assigned
an
additional
weighting
of
twenty-two
hundredths,
and
13
that
weighting
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
14
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
15
four
the
number
of
years
specified
in
paragraph
“b
”
.
However,
16
the
school
budget
review
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
17
or
modified
allowable
growth
to
a
school
district
to
continue
18
funding
a
program
for
students
after
the
expiration
of
the
19
four-year
specified
period
of
years
in
paragraph
“b”
.
20
b.
(1)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
21
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
before
July
1,
2013,
22
the
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
23
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
24
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
four
years.
25
(2)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
26
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
the
27
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
28
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
29
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
five
years.
30
(3)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
31
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
the
32
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
33
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
34
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
six
years.
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(4)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
1
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2
2015,
the
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
3
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
4
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
seven
years.
5
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
6
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
7
EXPLANATION
8
Current
Code
section
280.4
provides
funds
for
the
excess
9
costs
of
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
students
10
above
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
a
regular
11
curriculum.
This
funding
is
provided
for
a
period
not
to
12
exceed
four
years
through
assignment
of
an
additional
weighting
13
of
22
hundredths
to
each
student
identified
as
limited
English
14
proficient.
15
This
bill
increases
the
number
of
years
for
which
a
school
16
district
of
residence
may
include
the
additional
weighting
for
17
a
student
determined
to
be
limited
English
proficient.
Under
18
the
bill,
for
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
19
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
before
July
1,
2013,
20
the
additional
weighting
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
21
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
period
22
not
exceeding
four
years.
For
students
first
determined
to
23
be
limited
English
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
24
July
1,
2013,
the
additional
weighting
shall
be
included
in
the
25
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
26
period
not
exceeding
five
years.
For
students
first
determined
27
to
be
limited
English
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
28
July
1,
2014,
the
additional
weighting
shall
be
included
in
the
29
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
30
period
not
exceeding
six
years.
For
students
first
determined
31
to
be
limited
English
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
32
on
or
after
July
1,
2015,
the
additional
weighting
shall
be
33
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
34
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
seven
years.
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