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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.1, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 2, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 For the budget year commencing July 1,19911995, and for 1 4 each succeeding budget year the regular program foundation 1 5 base per pupil is eighty-three percent of the regular program 1 6 state cost per pupil, except that the regular program1 7foundation base per pupil for the portion of weighted1 8enrollment that is additional enrollment because of special1 9education is seventy-nine percent of the regular program state1 10cost per pupil. For the budget year commencing July 1,19911 11 1995, and for each succeeding budget year the special 1 12 education support services foundation base isseventy-nine1 13 eighty-three percent of the special education support services 1 14 state cost per pupil. The combined foundation base is the sum 1 15 of the regular program foundation base and the special 1 16 education support services foundation base. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 257.6, subsection 5, Code 1995, is amended 1 18 to read as follows: 1 19 5. WEIGHTED ENROLLMENT. Weighted enrollment is the budget 1 20 enrollment plus the district's additional enrollment because 1 21 of special education calculated on December 1 of the base year 1 22 plus additional pupils added due to the application of the 1 23 supplementary weighting plus the district's additional 1 24 enrollment for transportation costs based upon the sparsity 1 25 factor calculated under subsection 6. 1 26 Weighted enrollment for special education support services 1 27 costs is equal to the weighted enrollment minus the additional 1 28 pupils added due to the application of the supplementary 1 29 weighting. 1 30 Sec. 3. Section 257.6, Code 1995, is amended by adding the 1 31 following new subsection: 1 32 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. SPARSITY FACTOR. For budget years 1 33 beginning on or after July 1, 1996, a school district having 1 34 fewer than three and five-tenths public school pupils per 1 35 square mile on December 1 of the base year shall receive 2 1 additional enrollment for transportation costs because of the 2 2 sparsity factor. This additional enrollment is equal to one- 2 3 tenth of the school district's actual enrollment. 2 4 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 257.50 ADDITIONAL AID FOR AT-RISK 2 5 PUPILS. 2 6 1. Beginning with school budget years commencing July 1, 2 7 1996, school districts shall receive additional state aid 2 8 based upon an above average percentage of pupils eligible for 2 9 free or reduced price lunches taught in a public school in the 2 10 district. A school district shall receive state aid for each 2 11 public school in which the percentage of pupils eligible for 2 12 the federal free and reduced price lunch program at the school 2 13 exceeds the state average percent for all schools in the 2 14 state. The department shall calculate the state average 2 15 percent by adding together every school's percent of pupils 2 16 eligible for the federal free and reduced lunch program and 2 17 dividing that total by the number of schools. Each school 2 18 district shall assist the department in identifying the 2 19 schools with above average percentages, and the information 2 20 shall be reported by the department to the department of 2 21 management by October 1 of each budget year. 2 22 2. The amount of additional state aid a school district 2 23 shall receive for a budget year equals the sum for all schools 2 24 in the district of the product of the applicable percent of 2 25 the district cost per pupil for that budget year multiplied by 2 26 the number of pupils identified and reported pursuant to 2 27 subsection 1 for each school whose percentage of such pupils 2 28 exceeds the state average percentage. 2 29 For purposes of this subsection, the "applicable percent" 2 30 equals one of the following: 2 31 a. If the school's percentage exceeds the state percentage 2 32 by more than one percentage point but less than twenty-five 2 33 percentage points, ten percent. 2 34 b. If the school's percentage exceeds the state percentage 2 35 by twenty-five percentage points but not more than fifty 3 1 percentage points, twenty percent. 3 2 c. If the school's percentage exceeds the state percentage 3 3 by fifty percentage points or more, thirty percent. 3 4 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 3 5 the department of management for each fiscal year an amount 3 6 sufficient to pay the additional state aid to school districts 3 7 under this section. The additional state aid shall be paid in 3 8 the manner provided in section 257.16, commencing with the 3 9 October 15 payment. Aid received by a school district under 3 10 this section shall be miscellaneous income. 3 11 3. The state aid received by a school district under this 3 12 section shall be used by the school district to provide at the 3 13 eligible schools short-term services in the support areas of 3 14 counseling, at-risk interventions, or accommodations needed to 3 15 be provided in a school setting to fulfill section 504 of the 3 16 federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 3 17 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATES. 3 18 1. Section 1 of this Act, being deemed of immediate 3 19 importance, takes effect upon enactment for calculating state 3 20 foundation aid for school budget years commencing on or after 3 21 July 1, 1995. 3 22 2. Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Act take effect January 1, 3 23 1996, for budget years commencing on or after that date. 3 24 EXPLANATION 3 25 The bill increases the foundation base level relating to 3 26 special education from 79 to 83 percent of the special 3 27 education support services cost per pupil and from 79 to 83 3 28 percent of the regular program cost per pupil for the portion 3 29 of weighted enrollment because of special education beginning 3 30 July 1, 1995. 3 31 The bill provides additional weighted enrollment for 3 32 transportation costs based upon a sparsity factor of 3.5 3 33 public school pupils per square mile of the school district 3 34 beginning July 1, 1996. 3 35 The bill also provides additional state aid for school 4 1 districts that have schools in which the percentage of pupils 4 2 who are eligible for free or reduced price lunch exceeds the 4 3 state average beginning July 1, 1996. 4 4 LSB 2402SV 76 4 5 mg/sc/14
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