Bill Text: IA SF53 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain amounts of school district funding for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs or alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 246.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 246. S.J. 299. [SF53 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF53-Introduced.html
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BY
COURNOYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
certain
amounts
of
school
district
funding
1
for
programs
for
at-risk
students,
secondary
students
who
2
attend
alternative
programs
or
alternative
schools,
or
3
returning
dropouts
and
dropout
prevention,
and
including
4
effective
date
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.41,
subsection
3,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Limitation.
3
a.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
and
each
4
succeeding
fiscal
year
beginning
before
July
1,
2023
,
the
ratio
5
of
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
amount
established
6
by
the
department
of
management
compared
to
the
school
7
district’s
total
regular
program
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
8
two
and
one-half
percent.
However,
if
the
school
district’s
9
highest
such
ratio
so
determined
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
10
on
or
after
July
1,
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
exceeded
two
11
and
one-half
percent,
the
ratio
may
exceed
two
and
one-half
12
percent
but
shall
not
exceed
the
highest
such
ratio
established
13
during
that
period.
14
b.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
the
ratio
of
15
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
amount
established
by
16
the
department
of
management
compared
to
the
school
district’s
17
total
regular
program
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
three
18
percent.
However,
if
the
school
district’s
highest
such
ratio
19
so
determined
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
20
1,
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
exceeded
three
percent,
the
21
ratio
may
exceed
three
percent
but
shall
not
exceed
the
highest
22
such
ratio
established
during
that
period.
23
c.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
the
ratio
of
24
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
amount
established
by
25
the
department
of
management
compared
to
the
school
district’s
26
total
regular
program
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
three
and
27
one-half
percent.
However,
if
the
school
district’s
highest
28
such
ratio
so
determined
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
29
after
July
1,
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
exceeded
three
30
and
one-half
percent,
the
ratio
may
exceed
three
and
one-half
31
percent
but
shall
not
exceed
the
highest
such
ratio
established
32
during
that
period.
33
d.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
the
ratio
of
34
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
amount
established
by
35
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the
department
of
management
compared
to
the
school
district’s
1
total
regular
program
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
four
2
percent.
However,
if
the
school
district’s
highest
such
ratio
3
so
determined
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
4
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
exceeded
four
percent,
the
ratio
5
may
exceed
four
percent
but
shall
not
exceed
the
highest
such
6
ratio
established
during
that
period.
7
e.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
the
ratio
of
8
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
amount
established
by
9
the
department
of
management
compared
to
the
school
district’s
10
total
regular
program
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
four
and
11
one-half
percent.
However,
if
the
school
district’s
highest
12
such
ratio
so
determined
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
13
after
July
1,
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
exceeded
four
14
and
one-half
percent,
the
ratio
may
exceed
four
and
one-half
15
percent
but
shall
not
exceed
the
highest
such
ratio
established
16
during
that
period.
17
f.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
each
18
succeeding
fiscal
year,
the
ratio
of
the
amount
of
the
modified
19
supplemental
amount
established
by
the
department
of
management
20
compared
to
the
school
district’s
total
regular
program
21
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
five
percent.
22
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
23
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
As
part
of
the
budget
for
a
school
district’s
program
for
28
at-risk
students,
secondary
students
who
attend
alternative
29
programs
and
alternative
schools,
or
returning
dropouts
and
30
dropout
prevention,
the
school
board
may
request
to
use
a
31
modified
supplemental
amount.
However,
current
law
provides
32
that
the
ratio
of
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
33
amount
compared
to
the
school
district’s
total
regular
program
34
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
2.5
percent
or
the
school
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district’s
highest
ratio
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
1
after
July
1,
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
whichever
is
2
greater.
3
This
bill
modifies
the
maximum
modified
supplemental
amount
4
calculation
for
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
5
2023,
but
before
July
1,
2027,
by
increasing
the
2.5
percent
6
ratio
figure
by
0.5
percent
each
fiscal
year
until
the
fiscal
7
year
beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
8
when
the
maximum
ratio
percentage
is
set
at
5
percent
for
all
9
school
districts.
10
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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