HSB 655 (LSB 6298YC (3) 88)

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BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DOLECHECK)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the amounts a district of residence pays to a receiving district for a pupil participating in open enrollment and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 282.18, subsection 7, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  (a)  The board of directors of the district of residence shall pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost per pupil for the previous school year plus either an amount equal to the sum of the following:
   (i)  Either the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year as provided in section 257.9 or the teacher leadership supplement foundation aid for the previous fiscal year as provided in section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, if both the district of residence and the receiving district are receiving such supplements, plus any.
   (ii)  Any moneys received for the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking limited English proficient weighting under section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year.
   (iii)  An amount equal to the lesser of the receiving district’s teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year or the district of residence’s teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year, unless the pupil participating in open enrollment is receiving educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet in accordance with section 256.7, subsection 32.
   (b)  If the pupil participating in open enrollment is also an eligible pupil under section 261E.6, the receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in section 261E.7.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current Code section 282.18(7) provides that a pupil participating in open enrollment shall be counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the pupil’s district of residence. The school district of residence is then required to pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost per pupil for the previous school year plus either the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year or the teacher leadership supplement foundation aid for the previous fiscal year if both the district of residence and the receiving district are receiving such supplements, plus any moneys received for the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking weighting and any eligible postsecondary tuition reimbursement amounts under Code section 261E.7, if applicable.
   This bill adds to the total amount required to be paid by the district of residence to the receiving district an amount equal to the lesser of the receiving district’s teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year or the district of residence’s teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year. However, such teacher salary supplement amount is not included in the amount paid by the district of residence to the receiving district if the pupil participating in open enrollment is receiving educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet in accordance with Code section 256.7(32).
   The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2020.