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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256B.9, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  For the school year commencing July
  1  4 1, 1996, the director of the department of education shall
  1  5 report to the school budget review committee the total
  1  6 statewide deficit, actual or estimate for the most recent
  1  7 school year available, in costs for providing instruction for
  1  8 children requiring special education in the categories of the
  1  9 weighting plan established under this section, and for
  1 10 providing services to nonpublic school students pursuant to
  1 11 section 256.12, subsection 2.  The school budget review
  1 12 committee shall adjust the weighting plan beginning with the
  1 13 school year beginning July 1, 1996, so as to eliminate the
  1 14 amount of the statewide deficit as reported by the director.
  1 15 Any adjustment to weightings made under this subsection shall
  1 16 be in addition to any adjustments made pursuant to subsection
  1 17 4.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 257.1, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
  1 19 2, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1 20    For the budget year commencing July 1, 1991 1996, and for
  1 21 each succeeding budget year the regular program foundation
  1 22 base per pupil is eighty-three eighty-five percent of the
  1 23 regular program state cost per pupil, except that the regular
  1 24 program foundation base per pupil for the portion of weighted
  1 25 enrollment that is additional enrollment because of special
  1 26 education is seventy-nine percent of the regular program state
  1 27 cost per pupil.  For each succeeding budget year, the regular
  1 28 program foundation base shall increase one-half of one percent
  1 29 per year until the regular program foundation base reaches
  1 30 ninety percent of the regular program state cost per pupil.
  1 31 For the budget year commencing July 1, 1991 1996, and for each
  1 32 succeeding budget year the special education support services
  1 33 foundation base is seventy-nine eighty-five percent of the
  1 34 special education support services state cost per pupil.  It
  1 35 shall increase at the same rate as the regular program
  2  1 foundation base.  The combined foundation base is the sum of
  2  2 the regular program foundation base and the special education
  2  3 support services foundation base.
  2  4    Sec. 3.  Section 257.11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  2  5 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  2  6    In order to provide additional funds for school districts
  2  7 which send their resident pupils to another school district or
  2  8 to a community college for classes, which jointly employ and
  2  9 share the services of teachers under section 280.15, which use
  2 10 the services of a teacher employed by another school district,
  2 11 or which jointly employ and share the services of a school
  2 12 superintendent under section 280.15 or 273.7A, have
  2 13 established programs for returning dropouts and dropout
  2 14 prevention, or which have established gifted and talented
  2 15 children programs, a supplementary weighting plan for
  2 16 determining enrollment is adopted as follows:
  2 17    Sec. 4.  Section 257.11, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
  2 18 by adding the following new subsections:
  2 19    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN PROGRAMS.
  2 20 School districts that have established gifted and talented
  2 21 children programs approved pursuant to sections 257.42 through
  2 22 257.49 may receive supplementary weighting for each pupil
  2 23 enrolled in the program equal to two-tenths.  However, the
  2 24 total additional weighting allowed under this subsection for a
  2 25 budget year for a school district shall not result in
  2 26 additional funding in excess of the lesser of the product of
  2 27 one-fifth of the district cost per pupil multiplied by one-
  2 28 twentieth of the budget enrollment, or of the amount
  2 29 established by the department of management, as required in
  2 30 section 257.46, to be raised from supplementary weighting.
  2 31    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  RETURNING DROPOUTS AND DROPOUT
  2 32 PREVENTION PROGRAMS.  School districts that have established
  2 33 returning dropouts and dropout prevention programs approved
  2 34 pursuant to sections 257.38 through 257.41 may receive
  2 35 supplementary weighting for each pupil enrolled in the program
  3  1 equal to two-tenths.  However, the total additional weighting
  3  2 allowed under this subsection for a budget year for a school
  3  3 district shall not result in additional funding in excess of
  3  4 the lesser of the product of one-fifth of the district cost
  3  5 per pupil multiplied by one-twentieth of the budget
  3  6 enrollment, or of the amount established by the department of
  3  7 management, as required in section 257.41, to be raised from
  3  8 supplementary weighting.
  3  9    Sec. 5.  Section 257.38, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2,
  3 10 Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
  3 11    Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with
  3 12 boards of other school districts, requesting to use additional
  3 13 allowable growth receive supplementary weighting for programs
  3 14 for returning dropouts and dropout prevention, shall annually
  3 15 submit comprehensive program plans for the programs and budget
  3 16 costs, including requests for additional allowable growth
  3 17 supplementary weighting for funding the programs, to the
  3 18 department of education as provided in this chapter.  The
  3 19 program plans shall include:
  3 20    Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that
  3 21 will be implemented first upon approval of the application.
  3 22 If a district is requesting to use additional allowable growth
  3 23 receive supplementary weighting to finance the program, it
  3 24 shall not identify more than five percent of its budget
  3 25 enrollment for the budget year as returning dropouts and
  3 26 potential dropouts.
  3 27    Sec. 6.  Section 257.40, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  3 28 follows:
  3 29    257.40  PLANS FOR RETURNING DROPOUTS AND DROPOUT
  3 30 PREVENTION.
  3 31    The board of directors of a school district requesting to
  3 32 use additional allowable growth receive supplementary
  3 33 weighting for programs for returning dropouts and dropout
  3 34 prevention shall submit applications for approval for the
  3 35 programs to the department not later than November 1 preceding
  4  1 the budget year during which the program will be offered.  The
  4  2 department shall review the program plans and shall prior to
  4  3 January 15 either grant approval for the program or return the
  4  4 request for approval with comments of the department included.
  4  5 An unapproved request for a program may be resubmitted with
  4  6 modifications to the department not later than February 1.
  4  7 Not later than February 15, the department shall notify the
  4  8 department of management and the school budget review
  4  9 committee of the names of the school districts for which
  4 10 programs using additional allowable growth receiving
  4 11 supplementary weighting for funding have been approved and the
  4 12 approved budget of each program listed separately for each
  4 13 school district having an approved program.
  4 14    Sec. 7.  Section 257.41, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  4 15 follows:
  4 16    257.41  FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FOR RETURNING DROPOUTS AND
  4 17 DROPOUT PREVENTION.
  4 18    The budget of an approved program for returning dropouts
  4 19 and dropout prevention for a school district, after
  4 20 subtracting funds received from other sources for that
  4 21 purpose, shall be funded annually on a basis of one-fourth or
  4 22 more from the district cost of the school district and up to
  4 23 three-fourths by an increase in allowable growth as defined in
  4 24 section 257.8 receipt of supplementary weighting as provided
  4 25 in section 257.11, subsection 9.  Annually, the department of
  4 26 management shall establish a modified allowable growth the
  4 27 amount of additional funding needed to be raised from the
  4 28 supplementary weighting for each such district equal to the
  4 29 difference between the approved budget for the program for
  4 30 returning dropouts and dropout prevention for that district
  4 31 and the sum of the amount funded from the district cost of the
  4 32 school district plus funds received from other sources.
  4 33    Sec. 8.  Section 257.42, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995,
  4 34 is amended to read as follows:
  4 35    Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with
  5  1 the boards of other school districts, requesting to use
  5  2 additional allowable growth receive supplementary weighting
  5  3 for gifted and talented children programs, may annually submit
  5  4 program plans for gifted and talented children programs and
  5  5 budget costs, including requests for additional allowable
  5  6 growth supplementary weighting for funding the programs, to
  5  7 the department of education and to the applicable gifted and
  5  8 talented children advisory council, if an advisory council has
  5  9 been established, as provided in this chapter.
  5 10    Sec. 9.  Section 257.42, unnumbered paragraphs 4 and 5,
  5 11 Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
  5 12    The department of education shall adopt rules under chapter
  5 13 17A relating to the administration of sections 257.42 through
  5 14 257.49.  The rules shall prescribe the format of program plans
  5 15 submitted under section 257.43 and shall require that programs
  5 16 fulfill specified objectives.  The department shall encourage
  5 17 and assist school districts to provide programs for gifted and
  5 18 talented children whether or not additional allowable growth
  5 19 supplementary weighting is requested under this chapter.
  5 20    The department may request that the staff of the auditor of
  5 21 state conduct an independent program audit to verify that the
  5 22 gifted and talented children programs funded by additional
  5 23 allowable growth supplementary weighting conform to a
  5 24 district's program plans.
  5 25    Sec. 10.  Section 257.45, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
  5 26 amended to read as follows:
  5 27    1.  The board of directors of a school district requesting
  5 28 to use additional allowable growth receive supplementary
  5 29 weighting for gifted and talented children programs shall
  5 30 submit applications for approval for the programs to the
  5 31 department not later than November 1 preceding the fiscal year
  5 32 during which the program will be offered.  The board shall
  5 33 also submit a copy of the program plans to the gifted and
  5 34 talented children advisory council, if an advisory council has
  5 35 been established.  The department shall review the program
  6  1 plans and shall prior to January 15 either grant approval for
  6  2 the program or return the request for approval with comments
  6  3 of the department included.  Any unapproved request for a
  6  4 program may be resubmitted with modifications to the
  6  5 department not later than a date established by the
  6  6 department.  Not later than February 15 the department shall
  6  7 notify the department of management and the school budget
  6  8 review committee of the names of the school districts for
  6  9 which gifted and talented children programs using additional
  6 10 allowable growth receiving supplementary weighting for funding
  6 11 have been approved and the approved budget of each program
  6 12 listed separately for each school district having an approved
  6 13 program.
  6 14    Sec. 11.  Section 257.46, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  6 15 follows:
  6 16    257.46  FUNDING.
  6 17    The budget of an approved gifted and talented children
  6 18 program for a school district, after subtracting funds
  6 19 received from other sources for that purpose, shall be funded
  6 20 annually on a basis of one-fourth or more from the district
  6 21 cost of the school district and up to three-fourths by an
  6 22 increase in allowable growth as defined in section 257.8
  6 23 receipt of supplementary weighting as provided in section
  6 24 257.11, subsection 8.  The approved budget for a gifted and
  6 25 talented children program shall not exceed an amount equal to
  6 26 one and twenty-four-hundredths percent of the district cost
  6 27 per pupil of the district for the base year multiplied by the
  6 28 budget enrollment of the district for the budget year.
  6 29 Annually, the department of management shall establish a
  6 30 modified allowable growth the amount of additional funding
  6 31 needed to be raised from the supplementary weighting for each
  6 32 such district equal to the difference between the approved
  6 33 budget for the gifted and talented children program for that
  6 34 district and the sum of the amount funded from the district
  6 35 cost of the school district plus funds received from other
  7  1 sources.
  7  2    If any portion of the gifted and talented program budget
  7  3 remains unexpended at the end of the budget year, the part of
  7  4 the remainder equal to the proportion of the original budget
  7  5 which was funded by an increase in allowable growth, as
  7  6 defined in section 257.8, supplementary weightings shall be
  7  7 carried over to the subsequent budget year and added to the
  7  8 gifted and talented program budget for that year.
  7  9    Sec. 12.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
  7 10 takes effect upon enactment, and applies to the computation of
  7 11 school funding for school budget years commencing on or after
  7 12 July 1, 1996.  
  7 13                           EXPLANATION
  7 14    This bill contains several provisions related to the state
  7 15 school foundation program funding level and the application
  7 16 and adjustment of supplemental weighting for designated
  7 17 programs.
  7 18    The bill provides that the school budget review committee
  7 19 shall receive a report of the total statewide deficit for
  7 20 instruction costs for weighted special education public and
  7 21 nonpublic school children from the department of education for
  7 22 the last school year available.  The school budget review
  7 23 committee shall adjust the weighting plan beginning with the
  7 24 school year commencing July 1, 1996, to eliminate the reported
  7 25 special education deficit.
  7 26    The bill also provides that for the budget year commencing
  7 27 July 1, 1996, the regular program and special education
  7 28 support services foundation bases per pupil are 85 percent of
  7 29 the regular program and special education support services
  7 30 state cost per pupil.  These foundation base levels shall
  7 31 increase one-half of one percent each succeeding budget year
  7 32 until the level of 90 percent is reached.
  7 33    The bill additionally provides for supplementary weighting
  7 34 for funding for programs involving returning dropouts, and
  7 35 dropout prevention, and gifted and talented children.  Current
  8  1 law provides additional allowable growth which is funded by
  8  2 property tax for these programs.  School districts which have
  8  3 established these programs may receive supplementary weighting
  8  4 for each pupil enrolled in the programs equal to two-tenths
  8  5 per child.  The total additional weighting allowed, for a
  8  6 budget year resulting from the supplementary weighting, shall
  8  7 not result in additional funding exceeding the lesser of one-
  8  8 fifth of the district cost per pupil multiplied by one-
  8  9 twentieth of the budget enrollment, or the amount established
  8 10 for the respective program by the department of management.
  8 11    The bill provides an immediate effective and applicability
  8 12 date.  
  8 13 LSB 3836YH 76
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