S.F. 2104 Section 1. FUNDING FOR TEACHER LIBRARIANS, GUIDANCE 1 COUNSELORS, AND SCHOOL NURSES. Notwithstanding any provision 2 of a collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to 3 chapter 20, and any provision of section 256.11, subsections 9, 4 9A, and 9B, to the contrary, school districts are not required 5 to have a teacher librarian, guidance counselor, or school 6 nurse for any school budget year commencing during the fiscal 7 period beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2012. Any 8 funds not expended due to this section may be expended for 9 school district general fund purposes. 10 Sec. 2. FUNDING FOR EXPANDED PHYSICAL EDUCATION 11 PROGRAMS AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION 12 COURSES. Notwithstanding any provision of section 256.11, 13 subsection 6, to the contrary, school districts may suspend 14 expanded physical education programs and cardiopulmonary 15 resuscitation certification courses for any school budget year 16 commencing during the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2009, and 17 ending June 30, 2012. 18 Sec. 3. FUNDING FOR THE STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. 19 Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 256C to the contrary, 20 preschool foundation aid payments under chapter 256C shall 21 be distributed to all school districts based on a school 22 district’s budget enrollment compared to the statewide total 23 budget enrollment for the school budget year beginning July 1, 24 2009, for any school budget year commencing during the fiscal 25 period beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2012, to 26 be used for chapter 256C purposes, if applicable, or school 27 district general fund purposes. 28 Sec. 4. FUNDING FOR TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT. 29 Notwithstanding any provision of a collective bargaining 30 agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 20 and any provision 31 of section 257.10, subsection 9, to the contrary, school 32 districts may expend teacher salary supplement funding for 33 school district general fund purposes for any school budget 34 year commencing during the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1 -1- LSB 5330XS (3) 83 ak/rj 1/ 3

S.F. 2104 2009, and ending June 30, 2012. 2 Sec. 5. FUNDING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 3 SUPPLEMENT. Notwithstanding any provision of a collective 4 bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 20 5 and any provision of section 257.10, subsection 10, to the 6 contrary, school districts may expend professional development 7 supplement funding for school district general fund purposes 8 for any school budget year commencing during the fiscal period 9 beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2012. 10 Sec. 6. FUNDING FOR THE EARLY INTERVENTION SUPPLEMENT. 11 Notwithstanding any provision of a collective bargaining 12 agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 20 and any provision 13 of section 257.10, subsection 11, to the contrary, school 14 districts may expend early intervention supplement funding for 15 school district general fund purposes for any school budget 16 year commencing during the fiscal period beginning July 1, 17 2009, and ending June 30, 2012. 18 Sec. 7. FUNDING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. Notwithstanding 19 any provision of section 257.19, to the contrary, school 20 districts may additionally expend instructional support funds 21 for funding purposes under sections 257.41 and 257.46 for 22 any school budget year commencing during the fiscal period 23 beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2012. 24 Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT AND APPLICABILITY. This 25 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 26 enactment and applies to the expenditure of funds by school 27 districts on and after that date. 28 EXPLANATION 29 This bill suspends several program and financial mandates 30 and restrictions for school districts for any school budget 31 year commencing during the fiscal period beginning July 1, 32 2009, and ending June 30, 2012. 33 The bill suspends requirements in Code section 256.11(9), 34 (9A), and (9B), so that school districts are not required 35 during these budget years to have a teacher librarian, a 1 -2- LSB 5330XS (3) 83 ak/rj 2/ 3

S.F. 2104 guidance counselor, or school nurse. The bill states that any 2 contrary provision of a collective bargaining agreement is also 3 suspended. This requirement suspension allows school districts 4 either to not fill these positions or to lay off persons in 5 these positions in order to use funds for these positions for 6 school district general fund purposes. 7 School districts may suspend expansion of physical education 8 programs and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification 9 courses under Code section 256.11(6). 10 The bill pools the statewide preschool program funding in 11 Code chapter 256C and redistributes it to all school districts 12 based on a district’s budget enrollment as compared to the 13 statewide total budget enrollment, using the enrollment counts 14 from the school budget year beginning July 1, 2009. The 15 redistributed funds may be used for Code chapter 256C purposes, 16 if applicable, or school district general fund purposes. 17 Categorical allowable growth funds, including supplemental 18 funding for teacher salaries under Code section 257.10(9), 19 professional development under Code chapter 257.10(10), and 20 early intervention programs under Code chapter 257.10(11), are 21 made expendable for school district general fund purposes. 22 The bill states that any contrary provision of a collective 23 bargaining agreement pertaining to this action is suspended. 24 The bill also removes restrictions on instructional support 25 funds in Code section 257.19 so that the funds may be used for 26 funding dropout prevention programs under Code section 257.41, 27 and gifted and talented programs under Code section 257.46. 28 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies on and after 29 the date of enactment. Any funds referenced in the bill that 30 are not yet expended on the effective date of the bill for the 31 school budget year July 1, 2009, are affected. 32 -3- LSB 5330XS (3) 83 ak/rj 3/ 3