Bill Text: IA SF445 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to additional weighting for limited English proficient students and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 29.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Fiscal note, revised. [SF445 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF445-Introduced.html
Senate
File
445
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
445
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
29)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
additional
weighting
for
limited
English
1
proficient
students
and
including
effective
date
and
2
applicability
provisions.
3
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
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Unusual
need
to
continue
providing
a
program
or
other
3
special
assistance
to
non-English
speaking
limited
English
4
proficient
pupils
after
the
expiration
of
the
five-year
period
5
of
years
specified
in
section
280.4
.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
280.4,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
2019,
7
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
a.
In
order
to
provide
funds
for
the
excess
costs
of
9
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
students
specified
10
in
paragraph
“b”
above
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
11
a
regular
curriculum,
students
identified
as
limited
English
12
proficient
shall
be
assigned
an
additional
weighting
of
13
twenty-two
hundredths
two
hundred
ninety-five
thousandths
,
and
14
that
weighting
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
15
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
16
five
the
period
of
years
specified
in
paragraph
“b”
.
However,
17
the
school
budget
review
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
18
or
a
modified
supplemental
amount
to
a
school
district
to
19
continue
funding
a
program
for
students
after
the
expiration
of
20
the
five-year
specified
period
of
years
.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
282.18,
subsection
7,
paragraph
b,
22
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
(1)
The
board
of
directors
of
the
district
of
residence
24
shall
pay
to
the
receiving
district
the
sum
of
the
state
cost
25
per
pupil
for
the
previous
school
year
plus
either
the
teacher
26
leadership
supplement
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
previous
27
fiscal
year
as
provided
in
section
257.9
or
the
teacher
28
leadership
supplement
foundation
aid
for
the
previous
fiscal
29
year
as
provided
in
section
284.13,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“d”
,
30
if
both
the
district
of
residence
and
the
receiving
district
31
are
receiving
such
supplements,
plus
any
moneys
received
for
32
the
pupil
as
a
result
of
the
non-English
speaking
limited
33
English
proficient
weighting
under
section
280.4,
subsection
34
3
,
for
the
previous
school
year
multiplied
by
the
state
cost
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per
pupil
for
the
previous
year.
If
the
pupil
participating
in
1
open
enrollment
is
also
an
eligible
pupil
under
section
261E.6
,
2
the
receiving
district
shall
pay
the
tuition
reimbursement
3
amount
to
an
eligible
postsecondary
institution
as
provided
in
4
section
261E.7
.
5
Sec.
4.
Section
282.18,
subsection
16,
paragraph
a,
Code
6
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
a.
If
a
request
under
this
section
is
for
transfer
to
the
8
research
and
development
school,
as
described
in
chapter
256G
,
9
the
student
who
is
the
subject
of
the
request
shall
be
included
10
in
the
basic
enrollment
of
the
student’s
district
of
residence
11
and
the
board
of
directors
of
the
district
of
residence
shall
12
pay
to
the
research
and
development
school
the
state
cost
per
13
pupil
for
the
previous
school
year,
plus
any
moneys
received
14
for
the
pupil
as
a
result
of
the
non-English
speaking
limited
15
English
proficient
weighting
under
section
280.4,
subsection
16
3
,
for
the
previous
school
year
multiplied
by
the
state
cost
17
per
pupil
for
the
previous
year.
18
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
19
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
Sec.
6.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
21
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
limited
English
proficient
education
by
26
increasing
the
amount
of
supplementary
weighting
for
limited
27
English
proficient
students.
28
Current
Code
section
280.4
provides
supplementary
weighting
29
for
the
excess
costs
of
instruction
of
limited
English
30
proficient
students.
The
current
amount
of
the
additional
31
weighting
for
students
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
32
is
0.22
per
student.
The
weighting
is
provided
for
those
33
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
proficient
for
34
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2010,
and
may
be
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included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
for
1
a
period
not
exceeding
five
years.
2
The
bill
increases
the
amount
of
the
additional
weighting
3
for
students
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
from
0.22
4
per
student
to
0.295
per
student.
5
The
bill
also
makes
statutory
changes
to
provide
uniformity
6
in
referring
to
limited
English
proficient
pupils.
7
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
school
8
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019.
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