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House Journal: Page 1047: Wednesday, March 27, 1996

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 1   costs, including requests for additional allowable
 2   growth supplementary weighting for funding the
 3   programs, to the department of education and to the
 4   applicable gifted and talented children advisory
 5   council, if an advisory council has been established,
 6   as provided in this chapter.
 7     Sec. ___.  Section 257.42, unnumbered paragraphs 4
 8   and 5, Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
 9     The department of education shall adopt rules under
10   chapter 17A relating to the administration of sections
11   257.42 through 257.49.  The rules shall prescribe the
12   format of program plans submitted under section 257.43
13   and shall require that programs fulfill specified
14   objectives.  The department shall encourage and assist
15   school districts to provide programs for gifted and
16   talented children whether or not additional allowable
17   growth supplementary weighting is requested under
this
18   chapter.
19     The department may request that the staff of the
20   auditor of state conduct an independent program audit
21   to verify that the gifted and talented children
22   programs funded by additional allowable growth
23   supplementary weighting conform to a district's
24   program plans.
25     Sec. ___.  Section 257.45, subsection 1, Code 1995,
26   is amended to read as follows:
27     1.  The board of directors of a school district
28   requesting to use additional allowable growth
receive
29   supplementary weighting for gifted and talented
30   children programs shall submit applications for
31   approval for the programs to the department not later
32   than November 1 preceding the fiscal year during which
33   the program will be offered.  The board shall also
34   submit a copy of the program plans to the gifted and
35   talented children advisory council, if an advisory
36   council has been established.  The department shall
37   review the program plans and shall prior to January 15
38   either grant approval for the program or return the
39   request for approval with comments of the department
40   included.  Any unapproved request for a program may be
41   resubmitted with modifications to the department not
42   later than a date established by the department.  Not
43   later than February 15 the department shall notify the
44   department of management and the school budget review
45   committee of the names of the school districts for
46   which gifted and talented children programs using
47   additional allowable growth receiving supplementary
48   weighting for funding have been approved and the
49   approved budget of each program listed separately for
50   each school district having an approved program.

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