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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.39A SCHOOL-TO-WORK AND
1 2 CAREER PATHWAYS – ASSESSMENT AND APPROPRIATION.
1 3 1. A school district that assigns a weighting under
1 4 section 257.11, subsection 8, shall establish clearly defined,
1 5 measurable standards and shall annually use measurement
1 6 instruments to assess the development of student employability
1 7 skills. The school district shall provide the results of this
1 8 assessment to the department of education upon request.
1 9 2. There is appropriated for the fiscal year beginning
1 10 July 1, 1998, and each subsequent fiscal year from the general
1 11 fund of the state ten million dollars, or so much thereof as
1 12 is necessary, to the department of management to pay the
1 13 supplementary aid pursuant to section 257.11, subsection 8.
1 14 State aid paid under this section shall be paid in monthly
1 15 installments beginning on September 15 of a budget year and
1 16 ending on or about June 15 of the budget year as determined by
1 17 the department of management, taking into consideration the
1 18 relative budget and cash position of the state resources. All
1 19 moneys received by a school district from the state under this
1 20 chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the school
1 21 district and may be used for any school general fund purpose.
1 22 3. If the amount appropriated under subsection 2 is
1 23 insufficient to make the aid payments under subsection 2 and
1 24 section 257.11, subsection 8, the director of the department
1 25 of management shall prorate the payments on the basis of the
1 26 amount appropriated.
1 27 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997,
1 28 is amended to read as follows:
1 29 In order to provide additional funds for school districts
1 30 that offer school-to-work or career pathways programs as
1 31 provided in section 256.38 or 256.39, or which send their
1 32 resident pupils to another school district or to a community
1 33 college for classes, which jointly employ and share the
1 34 services of teachers under section 280.15, which use the
1 35 services of a teacher employed by another school district, or
2 1 which jointly employ and share the services of a school
2 2 superintendent under section 280.15 or 273.7A, a supplementary
2 3 weighting plan for determining enrollment is adopted as
2 4 follows:
2 5 Sec. 3. Section 257.11, Code 1997, is amended by adding
2 6 the following new subsection:
2 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. SCHOOL-TO-WORK OR CAREER PATHWAYS
2 8 PROGRAMS. For the budget year commencing July 1, 1998, and
2 9 for each succeeding budget year, resident pupils enrolled in
2 10 grades nine through twelve within the district who are
2 11 participating in a school-to-work program which meets the
2 12 objectives identified in section 256.38, subsection 2, or
2 13 which meets requirements identified in section 256.39,
2 14 subsection 2, shall be assigned an additional weighting of
2 15 two-tenths of one pupil, subject to the provisions of section
2 16 256.39A, subsection 3.
2 17 Sec. 4. Section 257.16, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997,
2 18 is amended to read as follows:
2 19 There is appropriated each year from the general fund of
2 20 the state an amount necessary to pay the foundation aid and
2 21 supplementary aid under section 257.4, subsection 2, except as
2 22 limited in section 256.39A.
2 23 Sec. 5. INITIAL YEAR ENROLLMENT CERTIFICATION – INITIAL
2 24 YEAR EXEMPTION. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
2 25 and ending June 30, 1999, to qualify for funding under section
2 26 257.11, subsection 8, a school district shall certify to the
2 27 department of education, by June 30, 1998, the number of
2 28 pupils who were counted in the basic enrollment of the school
2 29 district on the third Friday of September of the 1997-1998
2 30 school year who were participating in a school-to-work program
2 31 as identified in section 256.38, or a career pathways program
2 32 as identified in section 256.39. The department of education
2 33 shall promptly forward the information on additional
2 34 enrollment because of school-to-work or career pathways
2 35 program participation to the department of management. For
3 1 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30,
3 2 1999, the department of management shall pay supplementary aid
3 3 as provided in section 256.39A and section 257.11, subsection
3 4 8, on the basis of this additional enrollment.
3 5 Notwithstanding section 256.39A, subsection 1, a school
3 6 district is exempt from the requirements of section 256.39A
3 7 relating to measurement instruments and assessment results for
3 8 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30,
3 9 1999.
3 10 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act relating
3 11 to initial year enrollment certification, being deemed of
3 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 13 EXPLANATION
3 14 This bill provides for an annual appropriation of $10
3 15 million to pay foundation aid to school districts for high
3 16 school pupils participating in school-to-work or career
3 17 pathways programs. The bill assigns an additional weighting
3 18 of 0.2 of one pupil to those pupils. After the initial year
3 19 of funding, a school district that assigns such a weighting
3 20 must establish clearly defined, measurable standards and
3 21 annually use measurement instruments to assess the development
3 22 of student employability skills. The school district shall
3 23 provide the results of this assessment to the department of
3 24 education upon request.
3 25 LSB 3332YH 77
3 26 kh/sc/14
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