Senate File 242 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY KETTERING and McKINLEY
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act directing state aid funding for special education support
2 services, media services, educational services, area education
3 agency professional development supplement, and area education
4 agency teacher salary supplement to the applicable school
5 districts, allowing area education agencies and other
6 organizations to bid to provide the services the funding
7 supports, and providing an applicability date.
8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.35, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The For school budget years beginning prior to July 1,
1 4 2010, the department of management shall deduct the amounts
1 5 calculated for special education support services, media
1 6 services, area education agency teacher salary supplement
1 7 district cost, area education agency professional development
1 8 supplement district cost, and educational services for each
1 9 school district from the state aid due to the district
1 10 pursuant to this chapter and shall pay the amounts to the
1 11 respective area education agencies on a monthly basis from
1 12 September 15 through June 15 during each school year. The
1 13 department of management shall notify each school district of
1 14 the amount of state aid deducted for these purposes and the
1 15 balance of state aid shall be paid to the district. If a
1 16 district does not qualify for state aid under this chapter in
1 17 an amount sufficient to cover its amount due to the area
1 18 education agency as calculated by the department of
1 19 management, the school district shall pay the deficiency to
1 20 the area education agency from other moneys received by the
1 21 district, on a quarterly basis during each school year.
1 22 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 257.35A AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES ==
1 23 STATE FUNDING REDIRECTED.
1 24 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the
1 25 contrary, for school budget years beginning after July 1,
1 26 2010, the state aid funding for special education support
1 27 services, media services, and educational services, as
1 28 calculated by this chapter, shall be paid directly to the
1 29 applicable school district.
1 30 2. A school district receiving funding under subsection 1
1 31 shall choose one of the following options:
1 32 a. A school district may provide its own special education
1 33 services, media services, and educational services, as those
1 34 services are described in chapter 273. However, the school
1 35 district shall not receive funding for its costs that exceeds
2 1 the amount determined under subsection 1, except for funds
2 2 received from another school district for providing special
2 3 education services, media services, or educational services to
2 4 such other school district.
2 5 b. A school district may solicit bids from organizations,
2 6 including other school districts and area education agencies,
2 7 to provide special education services, media services, and
2 8 educational services, as those services are described in
2 9 chapter 273. However, the school district soliciting bids
2 10 shall not receive funding for its costs that exceeds the
2 11 amount determined under subsection 1.
2 12 3. The department of education shall distribute the
2 13 appropriate amount of area education agency professional
2 14 development supplement and area education agency teacher
2 15 salary supplement funding to a school district if an area
2 16 education agency successfully bids to provide the services.
2 17 Sec. 3. Section 273.9, subsection 1, Code 2009, is amended
2 18 to read as follows:
2 19 1. School For school budget years beginning prior to July
2 20 1, 2010, school districts shall pay for the programs and
2 21 services provided through the area education agency and shall
2 22 include expenditures for the programs and services in their
2 23 budgets, in accordance with this section.
2 24 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 273.9A FUNDING FROM SCHOOL
2 25 DISTRICTS == STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS.
2 26 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the
2 27 contrary, for school budget years beginning after July 1,
2 28 2010, an area education agency or other organization shall
2 29 receive state aid funding for providing special education
2 30 support services, media services, and educational services
2 31 from the applicable school district. Area education agencies
2 32 and other organizations may submit bids for providing special
2 33 education support services, media services, and educational
2 34 services in a process to be determined by the department of
2 35 education by rule under chapter 17A.
3 1 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies to school
3 2 budget years beginning on and after July 1, 2010.
3 3 EXPLANATION
3 4 This bill enacts new Code section 257.35A, which directs
3 5 state aid funding for special education support services,
3 6 media services, educational services, area education agency
3 7 professional development supplement, and area education agency
3 8 teacher salary supplement to the applicable school districts.
3 9 The bill allows a school district to provide its own
3 10 services. A school district may also bid to provide services
3 11 to other school districts. A school district may also solicit
3 12 bids from organizations to receive these services. If a
3 13 school district provides its own special education support
3 14 services, media services, or educational services, it shall
3 15 not receive funding that exceeds the amount determined under
3 16 new Code section 257.35A. The bill requires area education
3 17 agencies (AEAs) and other organizations to bid to provide
3 18 special education support services, media services, and
3 19 educational services. An AEA or organization that
3 20 successfully bids to provide these services to a school
3 21 district will receive the appropriate amount of funding. The
3 22 department of education is tasked with developing the bid
3 23 process by rule.
3 24 Currently, area education agency funding operates pursuant
3 25 to a "flow=through" concept. With no direct taxing authority,
3 26 AEAs rely on local school districts to generate funds for
3 27 their operation. While AEA funding is included within a
3 28 school district's budget, the district does not actually
3 29 receive AEA=related state aid payments. Instead, funds
3 30 generated by the districts through the operation of the school
3 31 finance formula and earmarked for AEAs are subtracted by the
3 32 department of management from the state aid otherwise due to
3 33 the district and are paid directly to each AEA.
3 34 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on and
3 35 after July 1, 2010.
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