Bill Text: IA SF472 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying the supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 77 and SF 245.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-04-08 - Read first time, referred to Education. H.J. 794. [SF472 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF472-Introduced.html

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Senate File 472 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     APPROPRIATIONS

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 245)
                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 77)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act modifying the supplementary weighting for limited
  2    English proficient students and including effective date and
  3    applicability provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph j, Code
  1  2 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    j.  Unusual need to continue providing a program or other
  1  4 special assistance to non=English speaking pupils after the
  1  5 expiration of the five=year period of years specified in
  1  6 section 280.4.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended
  1  8 to read as follows:
  1  9    3.  a.  In order to provide funds for the excess costs of
  1 10 instruction of limited English proficient students specified
  1 11 in paragraph "b" above the costs of instruction of pupils in
  1 12 a regular curriculum, students identified as limited English
  1 13 proficient shall be assigned an additional weighting of
  1 14 twenty=two hundredths three=tenths, and that weighting shall be
  1 15 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district of
  1 16 residence for a period not exceeding five the period of years
  1 17 specified in paragraph "b". However, the school budget review
  1 18 committee may grant supplemental aid or a modified supplemental
  1 19 amount to a school district to continue funding a program for
  1 20 students after the expiration of the five=year specified period
  1 21 of years.
  1 22    b.  (1)  For students first determined to be limited English
  1 23 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July
  1 24 1, 2010, but before July 1, 2015, the additional weighting
  1 25 provided under paragraph "a" shall be included in the weighted
  1 26 enrollment of the school district of residence for a cumulative
  1 27 period of time not exceeding five years beginning with the
  1 28 budget year for which the student was first determined to be
  1 29 limited English proficient. The five years of eligibility
  1 30 for the additional weighting need not be consecutive and
  1 31 a student's eligibility for the additional weighting is
  1 32 transferable to another district of residence.
  1 33    (2)  For students first determined to be limited English
  1 34 proficient for the budget year beginning on July 1, 2015, the
  1 35 additional weighting provided under paragraph "a" shall be
  2  1 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district of
  2  2 residence for a period not exceeding six years beginning with
  2  3 the budget year for which the student was first determined to
  2  4 be limited English proficient.
  2  5    (3)  For students first determined to be limited English
  2  6 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1,
  2  7 2016, the additional weighting provided under paragraph "a"
  2  8  shall be included in the weighted enrollment of the school
  2  9 district of residence for a period not exceeding seven years
  2 10 beginning with the budget year for which the student was first
  2 11 determined to be limited English proficient.
  2 12    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  2 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2 14    Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget
  2 15 years beginning on or after July 1, 2015.
  2 16                           EXPLANATION
  2 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 19    This bill relates to limited English proficient education
  2 20 by modifying the supplementary weighting for limited English
  2 21 proficient students.
  2 22    Current Code section 280.4 provides supplementary weighting
  2 23 for the excess costs of instruction of limited English
  2 24 proficient students.  The current amount of the supplementary
  2 25 weighting for students identified as limited English proficient
  2 26 is 0.22 per student.  The weighting is provided for those
  2 27 students first determined to be limited English proficient for
  2 28 a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2010, and may be
  2 29 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district for
  2 30 a period not exceeding five years.
  2 31    The bill increases the amount of the supplementary weighting
  2 32 for those students identified as limited English proficient to
  2 33 0.30 per student.
  2 34    The bill also specifies the number of years during which the
  2 35 additional weighting may be included in the school district's
  3  1 weighted enrollment.  For students first determined to be
  3  2 limited English proficient for a budget year beginning on or
  3  3 after July 1, 2010, but before July 1, 2015, the additional
  3  4 weighting may be included for a period not exceeding five
  3  5 years. For students first determined to be limited English
  3  6 proficient for the budget year beginning on July 1, 2015, the
  3  7 additional weighting may be included for a period not exceeding
  3  8 six years.  For students first determined to be limited English
  3  9 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1,
  3 10 2016, the additional weighting may be included for a period not
  3 11 exceeding seven years.
  3 12    The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school
  3 13 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2015.
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