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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 295.1 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND
1 2 INTENT.
1 3 The general assembly finds that it is in the public
1 4 interest to develop and equitably fund instructional
1 5 technology within the public schools of this state to ensure
1 6 that school students, teachers, and administrators are
1 7 equipped and prepared to excel in the twenty-first century.
1 8 Toward that goal, it is the intent of this chapter to
1 9 establish and fund a school improvement technology program.
1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 295.2 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
1 11 APPROPRIATION.
1 12 1. a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 13 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
1 14 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the sum of
1 15 fifteen million dollars for the school improvement technology
1 16 program.
1 17 b. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
1 18 infrastructure account of the state to the department of
1 19 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
1 20 ending June 30, 1997, the sum of fifteen million dollars for
1 21 the school improvement technology program.
1 22 c. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 23 state to the department of education for each fiscal year of
1 24 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30,
1 25 2001, the sum of thirty million dollars for the school
1 26 improvement technology program.
1 27 2. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1 other than
1 28 the moneys allocated in subsection 3, for each fiscal year in
1 29 which moneys are appropriated, the amount of moneys allocated
1 30 to school districts shall be in the proportion that the basic
1 31 enrollment of a district, bears to the sum of the basic
1 32 enrollments of all school districts in the state for the
1 33 budget year. However, a district shall not receive less than
1 34 fifteen thousand dollars in a fiscal year. The Iowa braille
1 35 and sight saving school, the state school for the deaf, and
2 1 the Price laboratory school at the university of northern Iowa
2 2 shall annually certify their basic enrollments to the
2 3 department of education by October 1. The department of human
2 4 services shall certify the average student yearly enrollments
2 5 of the state training school, the Iowa juvenile home, Woodward
2 6 state hospital-school, and Glenwood state hospital-school to
2 7 the department of education by October 1.
2 8 3. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, for each
2 9 fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated, the sum of four
2 10 hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be divided among the area
2 11 education agencies based upon each area education agency's
2 12 percentage of the total full-time equivalent elementary and
2 13 secondary teachers employed in the school districts in this
2 14 state. An area education agency may contract with an
2 15 appropriate accredited institution of higher education in Iowa
2 16 to provide staff development and training in accordance with
2 17 section 295.3.
2 18 4. For each year in which an appropriation is made to the
2 19 school improvement technology program, the department of
2 20 education shall notify the department of revenue and finance
2 21 of the amount to be paid to each school district and area
2 22 education agency based upon the distribution plan set forth
2 23 for the appropriation made pursuant to this section. The
2 24 allocation to each school district and area education agency
2 25 under this section shall be made in one payment on or about
2 26 October 15 of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is
2 27 made, taking into consideration the relative budget and cash
2 28 position of the state resources. Prior to the receipt of
2 29 funds, school districts shall provide to the department of
2 30 education adequate assurance that they have developed or are
2 31 developing a technology plan as required by section 295.3 and
2 32 that funds received under this section will be used in
2 33 accordance with the required technology plan.
2 34 5. Moneys received under this section shall not be
2 35 commingled with state aid payments made under sections 257.16
3 1 and 257.35 to a school district or area education agency and
3 2 shall be accounted for by the local school district or area
3 3 education agency separately from state aid payments.
3 4 6. Payments made to school districts and area education
3 5 agencies under this section are miscellaneous income for
3 6 purposes of chapter 257 or are considered encumbered. Each
3 7 local school district and area education agency shall maintain
3 8 a separate listing within their budgets for payments received
3 9 and expenditures made pursuant to this section.
3 10 7. Moneys received under this section shall not be used
3 11 for payment of any collective bargaining agreement or
3 12 arbitrator's decision negotiated or awarded under chapter 20.
3 13 8. For purposes of this section, "school district" means a
3 14 school district, the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the
3 15 state school for the deaf, the Price laboratory school at the
3 16 university of northern Iowa, the state training school, the
3 17 Iowa juvenile home, Woodward state hospital-school, and
3 18 Glenwood state hospital-school.
3 19 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 295.3 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
3 20 PLANNING.
3 21 1. The board of directors of a school district shall adopt
3 22 a technology plan that supports school improvement technology
3 23 efforts and includes an evaluation component. The plan shall
3 24 be developed by licensed professional staff of the district,
3 25 including both teachers and administrators. The plan shall,
3 26 at a minimum, focus on the attainment of student achievement
3 27 goals under sections 280.12 and 280.18, shall consider the
3 28 district's interconnectivity with the Iowa communications
3 29 network, and shall demonstrate how, over a four-year period,
3 30 the board will utilize technology to improve student
3 31 achievement. Technology plans shall be kept on file in the
3 32 district and a copy sent to the appropriate area education
3 33 agency. Progress made under these plans shall be included as
3 34 part of the annual report submitted to the department of
3 35 education in compliance with sections 280.12 and 280.18.
4 1 2. Each area education agency shall develop a plan to
4 2 assist school districts in the development of a technology
4 3 planning process to meet the purposes of this chapter. The
4 4 plan shall describe how the area education agency intends to
4 5 support school districts with instructional technology staff
4 6 development and training. For the fiscal year beginning July
4 7 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, prior to the receipt of
4 8 funds, each area education agency shall provide the department
4 9 of education adequate assurance that a technology plan as
4 10 required under this section has been or is being developed.
4 11 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and for each
4 12 succeeding fiscal year, each area education agency shall
4 13 submit its plan to the department of education. The
4 14 department shall approve each plan prior to the disbursement
4 15 of funds.
4 16 3. The Iowa braille and sight saving school, the state
4 17 school for the deaf, and the Price laboratory school at the
4 18 university of northern Iowa shall develop a technology plan
4 19 that supports and improves student achievement, demonstrates
4 20 how technology will be utilized to improve student
4 21 achievement, and includes an evaluation component. Plans and
4 22 an annual progress report shall be submitted to the state
4 23 board of regents and the department of education.
4 24 4. The state training school, the Iowa juvenile home, and
4 25 the Glenwood and Woodward state hospital-schools shall each
4 26 develop a technology plan that supports and improves student
4 27 achievement, demonstrates the manner in which technology will
4 28 be utilized to improve student achievement, and includes an
4 29 evaluation component. Plans and an annual progress report
4 30 shall be submitted to the departments of human services and
4 31 education.
4 32 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 295.4 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
4 33 TECHNOLOGY EXPENDITURES.
4 34 1. School districts, as defined in section 295.2,
4 35 subsection 7, shall expend funds received pursuant to section
5 1 295.2 for the acquisition, lease, lease-purchase,
5 2 installation, and maintenance of instructional technology
5 3 equipment, including hardware and software, materials and
5 4 supplies related to instructional technology and staff
5 5 development and training related to instructional technology,
5 6 and shall establish priorities for the use of the funds.
5 7 However, funds received by a school district pursuant to
5 8 section 295.2 shall not be expended to add a full-time
5 9 equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing.
5 10 2. Funds received by an area education agency pursuant to
5 11 section 295.2 shall be expended for the costs related to
5 12 supporting school districts within the area served with
5 13 technology planning and equipment, including hardware and
5 14 software, materials and supplies related to instructional
5 15 technology and staff development and training related to
5 16 instructional technology.
5 17 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 295.5 REPEAL.
5 18 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2001.
5 19 SF 2063
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