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House Journal: Page 236: Wednesday, February 1, 1995

 5   this section.
 6     2.  The board of directors shall submit, to the
 7   department of education by June 30 of the preceding
 8   school year, on a form provided by the department of
 9   education, assurances that the school improvement plan
10   was developed pursuant to subsection 1 and that the
11   district will comply with subsection 3 of this
12   section.
13     3.  The board of directors of each school district
14   and each school participating in a school improvement
15   plan shall report to their respective constituents on
16   student progress toward meeting the identified goals
17   for their district.  The report submitted under this
18   subsection may be used to meet the reporting
19   requirements of section 280.18 if the provisions of
20   this subsection and section 280.18 are met.
21     4.  Provisions of school improvement plans
22   involving compensation shall be consistent with
23   current collective bargaining agreements.
24     Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  295.4  SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
25   FUND.
26     A school improvement fund is established in the
27   office of treasurer of state to be administered by the
28   department of education.  Moneys appropriated by the
29   general assembly for deposit in the fund shall be paid
30   to school districts pursuant to the requirements of
31   this chapter.  Moneys received by school districts and
32   area education agencies may be used to compensate
33   school level instructional staff and school service
34   personnel for performance of additional instructional
35   or noninstructional duties beyond the regular
36   instructional or noninstructional duties.
37   Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund
38   on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the
39   general fund of the state.
40     Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  295.5  ALLOCATIONS AND
41   PAYMENTS.
42     1.  The amount of moneys allocated from the school
43   improvement fund to each school district for each
44   fiscal year shall be based upon the proportion that
45   the basic enrollment of the district for a budget year
46   as defined under section 257.6 bears to the sum of the
47   basic enrollments of all districts in the state for
48   that budget year.
49     2.  Commencing with the school year beginning July
50   1, 1995, and annually for each subsequent four-year
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 1   period, the department of education shall notify the
 2   department of revenue and finance of the amount of
 3   school improvement money to be paid to each school
 4   district.  Payments shall be made by the department of
 5   revenue and finance on a monthly basis commencing on

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