Bill Text: IA SSB1074 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to at=risk, alternative and alternative school, and returning dropout and dropout prevention programs and funding.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-17 - 2:00PM; RM 24 Education. [SSB1074 Detail]
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Senate
Study
Bill
1074
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
at-risk,
alternative
and
alternative
school,
1
and
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs
and
2
funding.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.10,
subsection
5,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
Combined
district
cost
per
pupil.
The
combined
district
3
cost
per
pupil
for
a
school
district
is
the
sum
of
the
regular
4
program
district
cost
per
pupil
and
the
special
education
5
support
services
district
cost
per
pupil.
Combined
district
6
cost
per
pupil
does
not
include
a
modified
supplemental
amount
7
added
for
school
districts
that
have
a
negative
balance
of
8
funds
raised
for
special
education
instruction
programs,
a
9
modified
supplemental
amount
granted
by
the
school
budget
10
review
committee
for
a
single
school
year,
or
a
modified
11
supplemental
amount
added
for
programs
for
dropout
prevention
12
established
pursuant
to
sections
257.38
through
257.41
.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
Code
14
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
a.
In
order
to
provide
additional
funding
to
school
16
districts
for
programs
serving
at-risk
pupils
,
alternative
17
program
and
alternative
school
pupils
in
secondary
schools,
and
18
pupils
identified
as
potential
dropouts
or
returning
dropouts
19
as
defined
in
section
257.39,
a
supplementary
weighting
plan
20
for
at-risk
such
pupils
is
adopted.
A
supplementary
weighting
21
of
forty-eight
ten-thousandths
per
pupil
shall
be
assigned
22
to
the
percentage
of
pupils
in
a
school
district
enrolled
in
23
grades
one
through
six,
as
reported
by
the
school
district
on
24
the
basic
educational
data
survey
for
the
base
year,
who
are
25
eligible
for
free
and
reduced
price
meals
under
the
federal
26
National
School
Lunch
Act
and
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
27
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1751-1785,
multiplied
by
the
budget
28
enrollment
in
the
school
district;
and
a
supplementary
29
weighting
of
one
hundred
fifty-six
one-hundred-thousandths
30
per
pupil
shall
be
assigned
to
pupils
included
in
the
31
budget
enrollment
of
the
school
district.
Amounts
received
32
as
supplementary
weighting
for
at-risk
pupils
under
this
33
subsection
shall
be
utilized
by
a
school
district
to
develop
34
or
maintain
at-risk
pupils’
programs,
which
may
include
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alternative
programs
and
alternative
school
programs
,
and
1
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs
approved
2
pursuant
to
section
257.40
.
3
Sec.
3.
Section
257.11,
subsection
4,
Code
2015,
is
amended
4
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Up
to
five
percent
of
the
total
amount
6
that
a
school
district
receives
as
supplementary
weighting
7
pursuant
to
this
subsection
or
as
a
modified
supplemental
8
amount
received
under
section
257.41,
may
be
used
in
the
budget
9
year
for
purposes
of
providing
district-wide
or
building-wide
10
at-risk
and
dropout
prevention
programming
targeted
to
pupils
11
who
are
not
deemed
at
risk.
12
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“d”
and
section
13
282.24,
if
a
pupil
has
been
determined
by
the
school
district
14
to
be
likely
to
inflict
self-harm
or
likely
to
harm
another
15
pupil
and
all
of
the
following
apply,
the
school
district
may
16
use
amounts
received
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
to
pay
the
17
instructional
costs
necessary
to
address
the
pupil’s
behavior
18
during
instructional
time
when
those
services
are
not
otherwise
19
provided
to
pupils
who
do
not
require
special
education
and
the
20
costs
exceed
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
a
regular
21
curriculum:
22
(1)
The
pupil
does
not
require
special
education.
23
(2)
The
pupil
is
not
in
a
court-ordered
placement
under
24
chapter
232
under
the
care
and
custody
of
the
department
of
25
human
services
or
juvenile
court
services.
26
(3)
The
pupil
is
not
in
the
state
training
school
or
the
27
Iowa
juvenile
home
pursuant
to
a
court
order
entered
under
28
chapter
232
under
the
care
and
custody
of
the
department
of
29
human
services.
30
(4)
The
pupil
is
not
placed
in
a
facility
licensed
under
31
chapter
135B,
135C,
or
135H.
32
Sec.
4.
Section
257.38,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
33
follows:
34
257.38
Programs
Funding
for
at-risk,
alternative
school,
and
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returning
dropouts
and
dropout
prevention
programs
——
plan
.
1
1.
Boards
of
school
districts,
individually
or
jointly
with
2
boards
of
other
school
districts,
requesting
to
use
a
modified
3
supplemental
amount
for
costs
in
excess
of
the
amount
received
4
under
section
257.11,
subsection
4,
for
programs
for
at-risk
5
students,
secondary
students
who
attend
alternative
programs
6
and
alternative
schools,
and
returning
dropouts
and
dropout
7
prevention,
shall
submit
comprehensive
program
plans
for
the
8
programs
and
budget
costs,
including
annual
requests
for
a
9
modified
supplemental
amount
for
funding
the
programs,
to
the
10
department
of
education
as
a
component
of
the
comprehensive
11
school
improvement
plan
submitted
to
the
department
pursuant
to
12
section
256.7,
subsection
21
.
The
program
plans
shall
include:
13
a.
Program
goals,
objectives,
and
activities
to
meet
14
the
needs
of
children
who
may
drop
out
of
school
students
15
identified
as
at
risk,
secondary
students
who
attend
16
alternative
programs
and
alternative
schools,
or
potential
17
dropouts
or
returning
dropouts
.
18
b.
Student
identification
criteria
and
procedures.
19
c.
Staff
in-service
education
design.
20
d.
Staff
utilization
plans.
21
e.
Evaluation
criteria
and
procedures
and
performance
22
measures.
23
f.
Program
budget.
24
g.
Qualifications
required
of
personnel
delivering
the
25
program.
26
h.
A
provision
for
dropout
prevention
and
integration
of
27
dropouts
into
the
educational
program
of
the
district
for
28
at-risk
students
.
29
i.
A
provision
for
identifying
dropouts
at-risk
students
.
30
j.
A
program
for
returning
dropouts.
31
k.
j.
Other
factors
the
department
requires.
32
2.
Program
plans
shall
identify
the
parts
of
the
plan
that
33
will
be
implemented
first
upon
approval
of
the
request.
If
a
34
district
is
requesting
to
use
a
modified
supplemental
amount
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to
finance
the
program,
the
school
district
shall
not
identify
1
more
than
five
percent
of
its
budget
enrollment
for
the
budget
2
year
as
returning
dropouts
and
potential
dropouts.
3
Sec.
5.
Section
257.40,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
4
follows:
5
257.40
Approval
of
programs
for
at-risk
pupils,
alternative
6
programs
and
schools,
and
returning
dropouts
and
dropout
7
prevention
——
annual
report
.
8
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
requesting
9
to
use
a
modified
supplemental
amount
for
costs
in
excess
of
10
the
funding
received
under
section
257.11,
subsection
4,
for
11
programs
for
at-risk
students,
secondary
students
who
attend
12
alternative
programs
and
alternative
schools,
or
returning
13
dropouts
and
dropout
prevention
shall
submit
requests
for
a
14
modified
at-risk
supplemental
amount,
including
budget
costs,
15
to
the
department
not
later
than
December
15
of
the
year
16
preceding
the
budget
year
during
which
the
program
will
be
17
offered.
The
department
shall
review
the
request
and
shall
18
prior
to
January
15
either
grant
approval
for
the
request
19
or
return
the
request
for
approval
with
comments
of
the
20
department
included.
An
unapproved
request
for
a
program
may
21
be
resubmitted
with
modifications
to
the
department
not
later
22
than
February
1.
Not
later
than
February
15,
the
department
23
shall
notify
the
department
of
management
and
the
school
budget
24
review
committee
of
the
names
of
the
school
districts
for
which
25
programs
using
a
modified
supplemental
amount
for
funding
have
26
been
approved
and
the
approved
budget
of
each
program
listed
27
separately
for
each
school
district
having
an
approved
request.
28
2.
Beginning
January
15,
2007,
the
department
shall
submit
29
an
annual
report
to
the
chairpersons
and
ranking
members
30
of
the
senate
and
house
education
committees
that
includes
31
the
ways
school
districts
in
the
previous
school
year
used
32
modified
supplemental
amounts
approved
under
subsection
33
1
;
identifies,
by
grade
level,
age,
and
district
size,
the
34
students
in
the
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs
for
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which
the
department
approves
a
request;
describes
school
1
district
progress
toward
increasing
student
achievement
and
2
attendance
for
the
students
in
the
programs;
and
describes
how
3
the
school
districts
are
using
the
revenues
from
the
modified
4
supplemental
amounts
to
improve
student
achievement
among
5
minority
subgroups.
6
Sec.
6.
Section
257.41,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2015,
are
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
1.
Budget.
The
budget
of
an
approved
program
for
at-risk
9
students,
secondary
students
who
attend
alternative
programs
10
or
alternative
schools,
or
returning
dropouts
and
dropout
11
prevention
for
a
school
district,
after
subtracting
funds
12
received
under
section
257.11,
subsection
4,
paragraphs
“a”
13
through
“c”
,
and
from
other
sources
for
that
purpose,
including
14
any
previous
carryover,
shall
be
funded
annually
on
a
basis
15
of
one-fourth
or
more
from
the
district
cost
of
the
school
16
district
and
up
to
three-fourths
through
establishment
of
a
17
modified
supplemental
amount.
Annually,
the
department
of
18
management
shall
establish
a
modified
supplemental
amount
for
19
each
such
school
district
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
20
approved
budget
for
the
program
for
returning
dropouts
and
21
dropout
prevention
for
that
district
and
the
sum
of
the
amount
22
funded
from
the
district
cost
of
the
school
district
plus
funds
23
received
under
section
257.11,
subsection
4,
and
from
other
24
sources
for
that
purpose,
including
any
previous
carryover
.
25
2.
Appropriate
uses
of
funding.
Appropriate
uses
of
the
26
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
program
funding
for
an
27
approved
program
include
but
are
not
limited
to
the
following:
28
a.
Salary
and
benefits
for
instructional
staff,
29
instructional
support
staff,
and
school-based
youth
services
30
staff
who
are
working
with
students
who
are
participating
in
31
at-risk
or
dropout
prevention
programs,
alternative
programs,
32
and
alternative
schools,
in
a
traditional
or
alternative
33
setting,
if
the
staff
person’s
time
is
dedicated
to
working
34
with
returning
dropouts
or
such
students
who
are
deemed,
at
any
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time
during
the
school
year,
to
be
at
risk
of
dropping
out,
1
in
order
to
provide
services
beyond
those
which
are
provided
2
by
the
school
district
to
students
who
are
not
identified
3
as
at
risk
of
dropping
out
participating
in
such
programs
4
or
alternative
schools
.
However,
if
the
staff
person
works
5
part-time
with
students
who
are
participating
in
returning
6
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs,
alternative
programs,
7
and
alternative
schools
a
program
or
alternative
school
and
8
the
staff
person
has
another
unrelated
staff
assignment,
9
only
the
portion
of
the
staff
person’s
time
that
is
related
10
to
the
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
program
,
11
alternative
program,
or
alternative
school
may
be
charged
to
12
the
program
or
school
.
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
if
13
an
alternative
setting
is
necessary
to
provide
for
a
program
14
which
is
offered
at
a
location
off
school
grounds
and
which
15
is
intended
to
serve
student
needs
by
improving
relationships
16
and
connections
to
school,
decreasing
truancy
and
tardiness,
17
providing
opportunities
for
course
credit
recovery,
or
helping
18
students
identified
as
at
risk
of
dropping
out
to
accelerate
19
through
multiple
grade
levels
of
achievement
within
a
shortened
20
time
frame,
the
tuition
costs
for
a
student
identified
as
at
21
risk
of
dropping
out
shall
be
considered
an
appropriate
use
of
22
the
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
program
funding
23
under
this
section
.
24
b.
Professional
development
for
all
teachers
and
staff
25
working
with
at-risk
students
and
programs
involving
dropout
26
prevention
strategies
under
a
program
or
an
alternative
school
27
setting
.
28
c.
Research-based
resources,
materials,
software,
supplies,
29
and
purchased
services
that
meet
all
of
the
following
criteria:
30
(1)
Meets
the
needs
of
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
31
students
identified
as
at
risk
of
dropping
out
and
of
returning
32
dropouts
.
33
(2)
Are
beyond
those
provided
by
the
regular
school
program.
34
(3)
Are
necessary
to
provide
the
services
listed
in
the
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school
district’s
dropout
prevention
plan
submitted
pursuant
1
to
section
257.38
.
2
(4)
Will
remain
with
the
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
3
at-risk
program,
alternative
program
or
alternative
school,
or
4
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
program.
5
d.
Up
to
five
percent
of
the
total
budgeted
amount
received
6
pursuant
to
subsection
1
may
be
used
for
purposes
of
providing
7
district-wide
or
building-wide
returning
dropout
and
dropout
8
prevention
programming
targeted
to
students
who
are
not
deemed
9
at
risk
of
dropping
out.
10
Sec.
7.
Section
257.41,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
Other
uses.
Notwithstanding
subsection
13
2
and
section
282.24,
if
a
student
has
been
determined
by
the
14
school
district
to
be
likely
to
inflict
self-harm
or
likely
to
15
harm
another
student
and
all
of
the
following
apply,
the
school
16
district
may
use
the
modified
supplemental
amount
established
17
under
subsection
1
to
pay
the
instructional
costs
necessary
to
18
address
the
student’s
behavior
during
instructional
time
when
19
those
services
are
not
otherwise
provided
to
students
who
do
20
not
require
special
education
and
the
costs
exceed
the
costs
of
21
instruction
of
students
in
a
regular
curriculum:
22
(1)
The
student
does
not
require
special
education.
23
(2)
The
student
is
not
in
a
court-ordered
placement
under
24
chapter
232
under
the
care
and
custody
of
the
department
of
25
human
services
or
juvenile
court
services.
26
(3)
The
student
is
not
in
the
state
training
school
or
the
27
Iowa
juvenile
home
pursuant
to
a
court
order
entered
under
28
chapter
232
under
the
care
and
custody
of
the
department
of
29
human
services.
30
(4)
The
pupil
is
not
placed
in
a
facility
licensed
under
31
chapter
135B,
135C,
or
135H.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
makes
changes
relating
to
at-risk
programs,
1
alternative
programs
and
alternative
schools,
and
returning
2
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs
and
funding
for
the
3
schools
and
programs.
4
The
bill
modifies
a
provision
that
establishes
supplementary
5
weighting
for
programs
serving
at-risk
pupils
and
alternative
6
school
pupils
in
secondary
schools
to
add
alternative
programs
7
for
secondary
school
pupils
and
programs
for
returning
dropouts
8
and
dropout
prevention.
9
The
bill
authorizes
a
school
district
to
use,
in
the
budget
10
year,
up
to
5
percent
of
the
total
supplementary
weighting
11
amounts
received
pursuant
to
Code
section
257.11,
subsection
4,
12
or
up
to
5
percent
of
a
modified
supplemental
amount
received
13
pursuant
to
Code
section
257.41
for
at-risk
pupils,
alternative
14
program
and
alternative
school
pupils,
or
pupils
in
returning
15
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs,
for
purposes
of
16
providing
district-wide
or
building-wide
at-risk
and
dropout
17
prevention
programming
targeted
to
students
who
are
not
deemed
18
at
risk.
19
The
bill
strikes
a
provision
that
allows
a
school
district
20
to
use
up
to
5
percent
of
its
total
budgeted
amount
received
21
for
an
approved
program
for
returning
dropouts
and
dropout
22
prevention
to
be
used
for
purposes
of
providing
district-wide
23
or
building-wide
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
24
programming
targeted
to
students
who
are
not
deemed
at
risk
of
25
dropping
out.
26
The
bill
provides
that
when
a
student
who
does
not
require
27
special
education
and
who
is
not
in
a
court-ordered
placement
28
under
the
care
and
custody
of
the
department
of
human
services
29
or
juvenile
court
services
and
who
is
not
in
the
state
training
30
school
or
the
Iowa
juvenile
home
and
who
is
not
placed
in
31
a
hospital,
health
care
facility,
or
psychiatric
medical
32
institution
for
children
and
who
has
been
determined
by
the
33
school
district
to
be
likely
to
inflict
self-harm
or
likely
34
to
harm
another
student,
the
school
district
may
use
the
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supplementary
weighting
amounts
and
the
modified
supplemental
1
amounts
received
for
at-risk,
alternative
program
and
school,
2
or
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs
to
pay
the
3
instructional
costs
necessary
to
address
the
student’s
behavior
4
during
instructional
time
when
those
services
are
not
otherwise
5
provided
to
students
who
do
not
require
special
education
6
and
the
costs
exceed
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
a
7
regular
curriculum.
8
The
modified
supplemental
amount
which
a
school
district
9
may
request
must
be
for
costs
in
excess
of
the
supplementary
10
weighting
amounts
received
by
the
school
district
for
at-risk
11
students,
alternative
program
and
school
students,
and
12
potential
or
returning
dropouts.
13
The
bill
makes
conforming
changes
relating
to
the
submission
14
of
comprehensive
program
plans
to
the
department
of
education
15
by
school
districts
requesting
to
use
a
modified
supplemental
16
amount
for
costs
in
excess
of
the
supplementary
weighting
17
received
for
at-risk,
alternative
school,
and
returning
18
dropouts
and
dropout
prevention;
and
relating
to
budgets
for
19
programs
funded
with
modified
supplemental
amounts
and
to
20
allowable
uses
of
program
funding.
21
The
bill
strikes
a
provision
requiring
the
department
to
22
submit
an
annual
report
to
the
general
assembly
describing
the
23
ways
school
districts
used
modified
supplemental
amounts
for
24
returning
dropout
and
dropout
prevention
programs
in
the
prior
25
school
year.
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