Senate
File
2042
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2042
BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
funding
and
programs
and
1
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.10,
subsection
12,
paragraph
d,
Code
1
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
d.
(1)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
3
succeeding
budget
years,
the
use
of
the
funds
calculated
under
4
this
subsection
shall
comply
with
the
requirements
of
chapter
5
284
and
shall
be
distributed
to
teachers
pursuant
to
section
6
284.15
.
The
funds
shall
be
used
only
to
increase
the
payment
7
for
a
teacher
assigned
to
a
leadership
role
pursuant
to
a
8
framework
or
comparable
system
approved
pursuant
to
section
9
284.15
;
to
increase
the
percentages
of
teachers
assigned
to
10
leadership
roles;
to
increase
the
minimum
teacher
starting
11
salary
to
thirty-three
thousand
five
hundred
dollars;
to
12
cover
the
costs
for
the
time
mentor
and
lead
teachers
are
not
13
providing
instruction
to
students
in
a
classroom;
for
coverage
14
of
a
classroom
when
an
initial
or
career
teacher
is
observing
15
or
co-teaching
with
a
teacher
assigned
to
a
leadership
role;
16
for
professional
development
time
to
learn
best
practices
17
associated
with
the
career
pathways
leadership
process;
and
for
18
other
costs
associated
with
a
framework
or
comparable
system
19
approved
by
the
department
of
education
under
section
284.15
20
with
the
goals
of
improving
instruction
and
elevating
the
21
quality
of
teaching
and
student
learning.
22
(2)
In
addition
to
the
uses
specified
in
subparagraph
(1),
23
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
succeeding
24
budget
years,
the
funds
calculated
under
this
subsection
may
25
also
be
used
for
any
of
the
following:
26
(a)
Salary
and
benefits
for
administrators
and
clerical
and
27
office
staff
of
the
district
who
have
duties
related
to
the
28
framework
and
comparable
systems
set
forth
pursuant
to
sections
29
284.15,
284.16,
and
284.17.
If
the
administrators
or
staff
30
members
are
shared
with
other
programs
or
functions
within
the
31
district,
funds
calculated
under
this
subsection
shall
only
32
be
expended
for
the
portion
of
time
spent
carrying
out
duties
33
related
to
the
framework
and
comparable
systems
set
forth
34
pursuant
to
sections
284.15,
284.16,
and
284.17.
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(b)
Professional
development
expenses
of
administrators
1
related
to
the
framework
and
comparable
systems
set
forth
2
pursuant
to
sections
284.15,
284.16,
and
284.17.
3
Sec.
2.
Section
257.41,
subsection
3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
4
to
read
as
follows:
5
3.
Limitation.
6
a.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
and
each
7
succeeding
fiscal
year
beginning
before
July
1,
2019
,
the
ratio
8
of
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
amount
established
9
by
the
department
of
management
compared
to
the
school
10
district’s
total
regular
program
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
11
two
and
one-half
percent.
However,
if
the
school
district’s
12
highest
such
ratio
so
determined
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
13
on
or
after
July
1,
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
exceeded
two
14
and
one-half
percent,
the
ratio
may
exceed
two
and
one-half
15
percent
but
shall
not
exceed
the
highest
such
ratio
established
16
during
that
period.
17
b.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
each
18
succeeding
fiscal
year,
the
ratio
of
the
amount
of
the
modified
19
supplemental
amount
established
by
the
department
of
management
20
compared
to
the
school
district’s
total
regular
program
21
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
five
percent.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
298.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
i,
Code
2018,
23
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
24
i.
The
purchase
of
transportation
equipment
for
25
transporting
students
,
and
the
repair
of
such
transportation
26
equipment
,
if
the
cost
of
the
repair
exceeds
two
thousand
five
27
hundred
dollars
and
the
operational
costs
of
transporting
28
students
.
For
the
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“repair”
means
29
restoring
an
existing
item
of
equipment
to
its
original
30
condition,
as
near
as
may
be,
after
gradual
obsolescence
or
31
physical
and
functional
depreciation
due
to
wear
and
tear,
32
corrosion
and
decay,
or
partial
destruction,
and
includes
33
maintenance
of
an
item
of
equipment.
34
Sec.
4.
Section
423F.3,
subsection
6,
Code
2018,
is
amended
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by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
1
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0d.
Additionally,
for
school
budget
years
2
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
“school
infrastructure”
3
includes
the
transportation
costs
of
the
school
district
4
specified
in
section
298.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“i”
.
5
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
6
section
298.3
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
7
after
July
1,
2019.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
modifies
several
provisions
relating
to
school
12
district
funding
and
programs
including
the
teacher
leadership
13
supplement,
the
physical
plant
and
equipment
levies,
revenues
14
from
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
education
(SAVE)
fund,
15
and
the
at-risk
and
dropout
prevention
program.
16
Current
Code
section
257.10(12)
specifies
the
purposes
for
17
which
the
teacher
leadership
supplement
moneys
may
be
expended
18
by
school
districts
within
the
requirements
of
Code
chapter
19
284
including
increases
in
payment
for
a
teacher
assigned
to
20
a
leadership
role,
increases
in
the
percentages
of
teachers
21
assigned
to
leadership
roles,
increases
to
the
minimum
teacher
22
starting
salary,
payment
of
the
costs
for
the
time
mentor
and
23
lead
teachers
are
not
providing
instruction
to
students
in
a
24
classroom,
payment
for
coverage
of
a
classroom
when
an
initial
25
or
career
teacher
is
observing
or
co-teaching
with
a
teacher
26
assigned
to
a
leadership
role,
professional
development
time
27
to
learn
best
practices
associated
with
the
career
pathways
28
leadership
process,
and
for
other
costs
associated
with
a
29
framework
or
comparable
system
approved
by
the
department
of
30
education.
The
bill
provides
that
in
addition
to
the
uses
31
specified
under
current
law,
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
32
1,
2019,
and
succeeding
budget
years,
the
funds
may
be
used
for
33
a
proportionate
share
of
salary
and
benefits
for
administrators
34
and
clerical
and
office
staff
who
have
duties
related
to
the
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teacher
leadership
framework
and
comparable
systems
set
forth
1
pursuant
to
Code
sections
284.15,
284.16,
and
284.17
and
for
2
professional
development
expenses
of
administrators
related
to
3
the
teacher
leadership
framework
and
comparable
systems.
4
As
part
of
the
budget
for
a
school
district’s
program
for
5
at-risk
students,
secondary
students
who
attend
alternative
6
programs
and
alternative
schools,
or
returning
dropouts
and
7
dropout
prevention,
the
school
board
may
request
to
use
a
8
modified
supplemental
amount.
However,
current
law
provides
9
that
the
ratio
of
the
amount
of
the
modified
supplemental
10
amount
compared
to
the
school
district’s
total
regular
program
11
district
cost
shall
not
exceed
2.5
percent
or
the
school
12
district’s
highest
ratio
for
any
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
13
after
July
1,
2009,
but
before
July
1,
2013,
whichever
is
14
greater.
The
bill
provides
that
for
each
budget
year
beginning
15
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
the
ratio
shall
not
exceed
5
percent.
16
Code
section
298.3
specifies
the
purposes
for
which
the
17
revenue
from
the
regular
and
voter-approved
physical
plant
18
and
equipment
levies
may
be
expended.
Current
law
authorizes
19
such
revenues
to
be
used
for
the
purchase
of
transportation
20
equipment
for
transporting
students
and
the
repair
of
such
21
transportation
equipment
if
the
cost
of
the
repair
exceeds
22
$2,500.
The
bill
strikes
the
repair
cost
requirement
23
and
authorizes
such
revenues
to
also
be
expended
for
the
24
operational
costs
of
transporting
students.
25
As
part
of
the
restrictions
on
the
use
of
revenues
received
26
from
the
SAVE
fund,
Code
section
423F.3
defines
“school
27
infrastructure”.
The
bill
authorizes
additional
purposes
for
28
which
a
school
district
may
use
funds
received
from
the
SAVE
29
fund
by
modifying
the
definition
of
“school
infrastructure”.
30
For
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
the
31
bill
includes
the
transportation
costs
of
the
school
district
32
specified
in
Code
section
298.3(1)(i),
as
amended
in
the
bill,
33
within
the
definition
of
school
infrastructure.
34
The
section
of
the
bill
amending
Code
section
298.3
applies
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to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019.
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