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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-1866, to Senate File 549, as
1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 7, by striking line 20 and inserting the
1 5 following: "of higher learning.
1 6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 279.59 CLASS SIZE
1 7 REDUCTION PROGRAM.
1 8 1. There is established a class size reduction
1 9 program to provide additional funds for school
1 10 districts that develop a class size reduction plan.
1 11 To be eligible for a class size reduction payment as
1 12 provided in this section, a school district shall
1 13 submit annually by April 15 to the department of
1 14 education a plan which includes, at a minimum, the
1 15 goals of reducing class size in grades one through
1 16 three and instituting professional development to
1 17 assist teachers in teaching challenging curricula more
1 18 effectively, the methods by which the district shall
1 19 achieve those goals, and a process for engaging
1 20 parents, teachers, school administrators, and students
1 21 in the shared goal of raising student achievement
1 22 levels. In addition, the plan shall provide for
1 23 methods for measuring student achievement and
1 24 progress.
1 25 2. a. There is appropriated from the general fund
1 26 of the state to the department of education for the
1 27 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June
1 28 30, 1998, the sum of seven million five hundred
1 29 thousand dollars to be used to fund school districts
1 30 that meet the requirements of subsection 1 and which
1 31 limit the district's self-contained grade one
1 32 classroom sizes to an average student-to-teacher ratio
1 33 of not more than twenty students to one teacher, or
1 34 the equivalent, in a school that utilizes team
1 35 teaching methods.
1 36 b. There is appropriated from the general fund of
1 37 the state to the department of education for the
1 38 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June
1 39 30, 1999, the sum of fifteen million dollars to be
1 40 used to fund school districts that meet the
1 41 requirements of subsection 1 and which limit the self-
1 42 contained grade one and grade two classroom sizes to
1 43 an average student-to-teacher ratio of not more than
1 44 twenty students to one teacher, or the equivalent, in
1 45 a school that utilizes team teaching methods.
1 46 c. There is appropriated from the general fund of
1 47 the state to the department of education for the
1 48 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June
1 49 30, 2000, and for succeeding years, the sum of twenty-
1 50 two million five hundred thousand dollars to be used
2 1 to fund school districts that meet the requirements of
2 2 subsection 1 and which limit the self-contained
2 3 classroom sizes in grades one through three to an
2 4 average student-to-teacher ratio of not more than
2 5 twenty students to one teacher, or the equivalent, in
2 6 a school that utilizes team teaching methods.
2 7 3. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 2
2 8 for each fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated,
2 9 the amount of moneys allocated to school districts
2 10 shall be in the proportion that the basic enrollment
2 11 for the budget year of the grade level in the district
2 12 for which the moneys are appropriated bears to the sum
2 13 of the basic enrollments for the budget year of the
2 14 grade level of all school districts in the state
2 15 qualifying for moneys under subsection 1 for the
2 16 budget year, as basic enrollment and budget year are
2 17 defined in chapter 257.
2 18 4. For each year in which an appropriation is made
2 19 to the class size reduction program, the department of
2 20 education shall notify the department of revenue and
2 21 finance of the amount to be paid to each school
2 22 district based upon the distribution plan set forth
2 23 for the appropriation made pursuant to this section.
2 24 The allocation to each school district under this
2 25 section shall be made in one payment on or about
2 26 October 1 of the fiscal year for which the
2 27 appropriation is made, taking into consideration the
2 28 relative budget and cash position of the state
2 29 resources. Prior to the receipt of funds, school
2 30 districts shall submit to the department of education
2 31 the plan developed in accordance with subsection 1 and
2 32 that funds received under this section shall be used
2 33 in accordance with the required class size reduction
2 34 plan.
2 35 5. Moneys received under this section shall not be
2 36 commingled with state aid payments made to a school
2 37 district under section 257.16 and shall be accounted
2 38 for by the local school district separately from state
2 39 aid payments.
2 40 6. Payments made to school districts under this
2 41 section are miscellaneous income for purposes of
2 42 chapter 257 or are considered encumbered. Each local
2 43 school district shall maintain a separate listing for
2 44 payments received and expenditures made pursuant to
2 45 this section.""
2 46 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 50 WISE of Lee
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3 4 LARKIN of Lee
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3 8 COHOON of Des Moines
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3 12 HUSER of Polk
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3 16 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
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3 20 MASCHER of Johnson
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3 24 WARNSTADT of Woodbury
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3 28 MAY of Worth
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3 32 FOEGE of Linn
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3 36 BRAND of Tama
3 37 SF 549.214 77
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