Bill Text: IA SF550 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to additional weighting for limited English proficient students and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-11 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Cournoyer, and Wahls. S.J. 521. [SF550 Detail]
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BY
WAHLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
additional
weighting
for
limited
English
1
proficient
students
and
including
applicability
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
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,
Code
2019,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
3.
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
three
tenths
,
and
that
weighting
shall
be
14
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
15
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
five
the
period
of
years
16
specified
in
paragraph
“b”
.
However,
the
school
budget
review
17
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
or
a
modified
supplemental
18
amount
to
a
school
district
to
continue
funding
a
program
for
19
students
after
the
expiration
of
the
five-year
specified
period
20
of
years
.
21
b.
(1)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
22
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
23
1,
2010,
but
before
July
1,
2020,
the
additional
weighting
24
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
25
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
cumulative
26
period
of
time
not
exceeding
five
years
beginning
with
the
27
budget
year
for
which
the
student
was
first
determined
to
be
28
limited
English
proficient.
The
five
years
of
eligibility
29
for
the
additional
weighting
need
not
be
consecutive
and
30
a
student’s
eligibility
for
the
additional
weighting
is
31
transferable
to
another
district
of
residence.
32
(2)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
33
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
34
2020,
the
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
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shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
1
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
seven
years
2
beginning
with
the
budget
year
for
which
the
student
was
3
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
proficient.
The
seven
4
years
of
eligibility
for
the
additional
weighting
need
not
be
5
consecutive
and
a
student’s
eligibility
for
the
additional
6
weighting
is
transferable
to
another
district
of
residence.
7
Sec.
3.
Section
282.18,
subsection
7,
paragraph
b,
8
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
(1)
The
board
of
directors
of
the
district
of
residence
10
shall
pay
to
the
receiving
district
the
sum
of
the
state
cost
11
per
pupil
for
the
previous
school
year
plus
either
the
teacher
12
leadership
supplement
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
previous
13
fiscal
year
as
provided
in
section
257.9
or
the
teacher
14
leadership
supplement
foundation
aid
for
the
previous
fiscal
15
year
as
provided
in
section
284.13,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“d”
,
16
if
both
the
district
of
residence
and
the
receiving
district
17
are
receiving
such
supplements,
plus
any
moneys
received
for
18
the
pupil
as
a
result
of
the
non-English
speaking
limited
19
English
proficient
weighting
under
section
280.4,
subsection
20
3
,
for
the
previous
school
year
multiplied
by
the
state
cost
21
per
pupil
for
the
previous
year.
If
the
pupil
participating
in
22
open
enrollment
is
also
an
eligible
pupil
under
section
261E.6
,
23
the
receiving
district
shall
pay
the
tuition
reimbursement
24
amount
to
an
eligible
postsecondary
institution
as
provided
in
25
section
261E.7
.
26
Sec.
4.
Section
282.18,
subsection
16,
paragraph
a,
Code
27
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
28
a.
If
a
request
under
this
section
is
for
transfer
to
the
29
research
and
development
school,
as
described
in
chapter
256G
,
30
the
student
who
is
the
subject
of
the
request
shall
be
included
31
in
the
basic
enrollment
of
the
student’s
district
of
residence
32
and
the
board
of
directors
of
the
district
of
residence
shall
33
pay
to
the
research
and
development
school
the
state
cost
per
34
pupil
for
the
previous
school
year,
plus
any
moneys
received
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for
the
pupil
as
a
result
of
the
non-English
speaking
limited
1
English
proficient
weighting
under
section
280.4,
subsection
2
3
,
for
the
previous
school
year
multiplied
by
the
state
cost
3
per
pupil
for
the
previous
year.
4
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
5
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2020.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
relates
to
limited
English
proficient
education
10
by
increasing
the
amount
of
supplementary
weighting
and
the
11
number
of
years
of
supplementary
weighting
for
limited
English
12
proficient
students.
13
Current
Code
section
280.4
provides
supplementary
weighting
14
for
the
excess
costs
of
instruction
of
limited
English
15
proficient
students.
The
current
amount
of
the
additional
16
weighting
for
students
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
17
is
0.22
per
student.
The
weighting
is
provided
for
those
18
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
proficient
for
19
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2010,
and
may
be
20
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
for
21
a
period
not
exceeding
five
years.
22
The
bill
provides
that
for
students
first
determined
to
be
23
limited
English
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
24
after
July
1,
2010,
but
before
July
1,
2020,
the
additional
25
weighting
may
be
included
for
a
period
not
exceeding
five
26
years.
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
27
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
28
2020,
the
additional
weighting
may
be
included
for
a
period
29
not
exceeding
seven
years.
The
bill
also
increases
the
amount
30
of
the
additional
weighting
for
students
identified
as
limited
31
English
proficient
from
0.22
per
student
to
0.3
per
student.
32
The
bill
also
makes
statutory
changes
to
provide
uniformity
33
in
referring
to
limited
English
proficient
pupils.
34
The
bill
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
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