SF 120 (LSB 1885XS (2) 85)

SENATE FILE 120

BY  BOWMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act modifying the funding requirements for whole grade sharing agreements and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 282.12, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  For one-way sharing, the sending district shall pay no less than one-half
 
a percentage of the district cost per pupil of the sending district
 
that is proportionate to the percentage of the pupil’s school day during which the pupil attends classes in the receiving district minus any actual costs incurred by the sending district including but not limited to transportation and administration costs, if such costs are specified in the agreement.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to sharing agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2013.
EXPLANATION
   Current Code section 282.12 requires a sending district in a one-way whole grade sharing agreement to pay to the receiving district not less than one-half of the sending district’s cost per pupil. This bill requires a sending district in a one-way whole grade sharing agreement to pay a percentage of the sending district’s cost per pupil that is proportionate to the percentage of the pupil’s school day during which the pupil attends classes in the receiving district minus any actual costs incurred by the sending district including but not limited to transportation and administration costs, if such costs are specified in the agreement.
   The bill applies to sharing agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2013.