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House Amendment 1909

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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 49                               
  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
  3 38 kh/jj/28
     

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