Bill Text: IA SF8 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a low-income program supplement for school districts to provide programs serving low-income pupils.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-12 - Subcommittee: Behn, Chelgren, and Quirmbach. S.J. 83. [SF8 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF8-Introduced.html
Senate File 8 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY QUIRMBACH A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing a low=income program supplement for school 2 districts to provide programs serving low=income pupils. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1507XS (2) 87 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 1 2 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. For the budget year commencing July 1, 1999, and for each 1 4 succeeding budget year the regular program foundation base per 1 5 pupil is eighty=seven and five=tenths percent of the regular 1 6 program state cost per pupil. For the budget year commencing 1 7 July 1, 1991, and for each succeeding budget year the special 1 8 education support services foundation base is seventy=nine 1 9 percent of the special education support services state cost 1 10 per pupil. The combined foundation base is the sum of the 1 11 regular program foundation base, the special education support 1 12 services foundation base, the total teacher salary supplement 1 13 district cost, the total professional development supplement 1 14 district cost, the total early intervention supplement district 1 15 cost, the total teacher leadership supplement district cost, 1 16 the total area education agency teacher salary supplement 1 17 district cost, and the total area education agency professional 1 18 development supplement district cost, and the low=income 1 19 program supplement. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 257.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended 1 21 to read as follows: 1 22 3. Computations rounded. In making computations and 1 23 payments under this chapter, except in the case of computations 1 24 relating to funding of special education support services, 1 25 media services, and educational services provided through the 1 26 area education agencies, and the teacher salary supplement, the 1 27 professional development supplement, the early intervention 1 28 supplement,andthe teacher leadership supplement, and the 1 29 low=income program supplement, the department of management 1 30 shall round amounts to the nearest whole dollar. 1 31 Sec. 3. Section 257.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2017, 1 32 is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 1 33 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (10) The amount of the low=income program 1 34 supplement to be received by the school district under section 1 35 257.10A. 2 1 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 257.10A Low=income program supplement. 2 2 1. In order to provide additional funding to school 2 3 districts for programs serving low=income pupils, each district 2 4 shall receive for each budget year beginning on or after July 2 5 1, 2018, a low=income program supplement as calculated under 2 6 subsection 2. 2 7 2. Each school district's low=income program supplement 2 8 shall be an amount equal to the number of pupils in the school 2 9 district, as reported by the school district on the basic 2 10 educational data survey for the base year, who are eligible for 2 11 free and reduced price meals under the federal National School 2 12 Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 2 13 U.S.C. {1751=1785, multiplied by four hundredths of the regular 2 14 program state cost per pupil for the budget year. 2 15 3. Amounts received under this section shall be utilized 2 16 by a school district to develop or maintain programs for 2 17 low=income pupils, including but not limited to before and 2 18 after school educational programs, summer education programs, 2 19 individual instructional assistance programs, tutoring and 2 20 mentoring programs, programs to reduce or waive student fees 2 21 required as part of the school district's educational program, 2 22 or other programs or assistance approved by the department. 2 23 4. For purposes of this section, "low=income pupils" means 2 24 pupils who are eligible for free and reduced price meals under 2 25 the federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child 2 26 Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. {1751=1785. 2 27 5. Providing programs under this section for low=income 2 28 pupils shall not restrict a school district from offering 2 29 participation in those programs by pupils who are not 2 30 low=income pupils, using other funds and resources available to 2 31 the school district for such purposes. 2 32 Sec. 5. Section 257.16, subsection 4, Code 2017, is amended 2 33 to read as follows: 2 34 4. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if 2 35 the governor orders budget reductions in accordance with 3 1 section 8.31, the teacher salary supplement district cost, 3 2 the professional development supplement district cost, the 3 3 early intervention supplement district cost, and the teacher 3 4 leadership supplement district cost as calculated under 3 5 section 257.10, subsections 9, 10, 11, and 12,andthe area 3 6 education agency teacher salary supplement district cost and 3 7 the area education agency professional development supplement 3 8 district cost as calculated under section 257.37A, subsections 3 9 1 and 2, and the low=income program supplement as calculated 3 10 under section 257.10A shall be paid in full as calculated and 3 11 the reductions in the appropriations provided in accordance 3 12 with this section shall be reduced from the remaining moneys 3 13 appropriated pursuant to this section and shall be distributed 3 14 on a per pupil basis calculated with the weighted enrollment 3 15 determined in accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5. 3 16 EXPLANATION 3 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 19 This bill provides additional funding to school districts 3 20 for programs serving low=income pupils, as defined in the bill. 3 21 Under the bill, each district receives for each budget 3 22 year beginning on or after July 1, 2018, a low=income program 3 23 supplement. Each school district's low=income program 3 24 supplement is an amount equal to the number of pupils in the 3 25 school district who are eligible for free and reduced price 3 26 meals multiplied by four hundredths of the regular program 3 27 state cost per pupil for the budget year. 3 28 Amounts received by a school district under the bill must be 3 29 utilized by a school district to develop or maintain programs 3 30 for low=income pupils, including but not limited to before and 3 31 after school educational programs, summer education programs, 3 32 individual instructional assistance programs, tutoring and 3 33 mentoring programs, programs to reduce or waive student fees 3 34 required as part of the school district's educational program, 3 35 or other programs or assistance approved by the department. 4 1 The amount of the low=income program supplement is included 4 2 in the combined foundation base and is paid to each school 4 3 district as part of the state foundation aid. 4 4 The bill specifies that providing programs for low=income 4 5 pupils does not restrict a school district from offering 4 6 participation in those programs to pupils who are not 4 7 low=income pupils, using other funds available to the school 4 8 district. 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