House File 64HOUSE FILE BY KAUFMANN, WORTHAN, DOLECHECK, HEATON, RAECKER, HOFFMAN, STRUYK, SODERBERG, GRANZOW, and WIENCEK Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the number of years of supplementary weighting 2 for limited English proficient students and providing 3 effective and applicability dates. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1052HH 82 6 ak/es/88 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph j, Code 1 2 2007, 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 four=yearfive=year period specified in 1 6 section 280.4. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2007, is amended 1 8 to read as follows: 1 9 3. In order to provide funds for the excess costs of 1 10 instruction of limited English proficient students above the 1 11 costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum, 1 12 students identified as limited English proficient shall be 1 13 assigned an additional weighting of twenty=two hundredths, and 1 14 that weighting shall be included in the weighted enrollment of 1 15 the school district of residence for a period not exceeding 1 16fourfive years. However, the school budget review committee 1 17 may grant supplemental aid or modified allowable growth to a 1 18 school district to continue funding a program for students 1 19 after the expiration of thefour=yearfive-year period. 1 20 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act, 1 21 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 1 22 enactment and is applicable for the school budget year 1 23 beginning July 1, 2007, and succeeding budget years. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill provides an extension of the period of time for 1 26 which a school district may receive supplementary weighting 1 27 for limited English proficient students from the current 1 28 period of four years to five years. The bill makes a 1 29 corresponding change to a provision that the school budget 1 30 review committee may grant supplemental aid or modified 1 31 allowable growth to a district after expiration of the 1 32 supplemental weighting time frame. 1 33 The bill takes effect upon enactment and is applicable for 1 34 the school budget year beginning July 1, 2007, and succeeding 1 35 budget years. 2 1 LSB 1052HH 82 2 2 ak:sc/es/88