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1 1 Amend Senate File 549 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 21, by inserting after line 2 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. 201. Section 257.6, subsection 5, unnumbered
1 5 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1 6 Weighted enrollment is the budget enrollment plus
1 7 the district's additional enrollment because of
1 8 special education calculated on December 1 of the base
1 9 year plus additional pupils added due to the
1 10 application of the supplementary weighting pursuant to
1 11 sections 257.11 and 257.13.
1 12 Sec. 202. NEW SECTION. 257.13 CLASS SIZE
1 13 REDUCTION WEIGHTING PROGRAM.
1 14 1. There is established a class size reduction
1 15 weighting program to provide additional funds for
1 16 school districts that develop a class size reduction
1 17 plan. To be eligible for supplementary weighting as
1 18 provided in this section, a school district shall
1 19 submit annually by April 15 of the base year to the
1 20 department of education a plan which includes, at a
1 21 minimum, the goals of reducing class size in
1 22 kindergarten and grades one through three, instituting
1 23 professional development to assist teachers in
1 24 teaching challenging curricula more effectively, and
1 25 engaging parents, teachers, school administrators, and
1 26 students in the achievement of the shared goal of
1 27 raising student achievement levels. In addition, the
1 28 plan shall provide for methods for measuring student
1 29 achievement and progress.
1 30 2. A pupil enrolled in a school district that
1 31 meets the requirements of subsection 1, and who is
1 32 assigned to a self-contained classroom in which the
1 33 student-to-teacher ratio is not more than fifteen
1 34 students to one teacher, or the equivalent in a school
1 35 that utilizes team teaching methods, and who is
1 36 receiving at a minimum the grade-appropriate
1 37 educational program provided in accordance with
1 38 section 256.11, is assigned a supplementary weighting
1 39 of two-tenths, which is in addition to any weighting
1 40 received under section 257.6, if the pupil is enrolled
1 41 in and attending the following:
1 42 a. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined
1 43 kindergarten and grade one program, in the fiscal year
1 44 beginning July 1, 1997, or in a succeeding fiscal
1 45 year.
1 46 b. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined
1 47 kindergarten and grade one program, or grade one in
1 48 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, or in a
1 49 succeeding fiscal year.
1 50 c. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined
2 1 kindergarten and grade one program, grade one, or
2 2 grade two in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999,
2 3 or in a succeeding fiscal year.
2 4 d. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined
2 5 kindergarten and grade one program, grade one, grade
2 6 two, or grade three in the fiscal year beginning July
2 7 1, 2000, or in a succeeding fiscal year.
2 8 3. A school district shall provide a separate
2 9 accounting of the pupils eligible for supplemental
2 10 weighting in accordance with this section, when
2 11 certifying its actual enrollment to the department of
2 12 education."
2 13 #2. Page 27, by inserting after line 17 the
2 14 following:
2 15 "Sec. 203. Section 298.2, Code 1997, is amended by
2 16 adding the following new subsection:
2 17 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. Notwithstanding subsection 1,
2 18 the voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy
2 19 in a school district may exceed the sixty-seven cents
2 20 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation limit by
2 21 twenty-five cents if the levy exceeding sixty-seven
2 22 cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation is
2 23 established by a school district that has developed a
2 24 class size reduction plan pursuant to section 257.13.
2 25 The revenue from the levy above the sixty-seven cent
2 26 limit provided for in subsection 1 shall be used for
2 27 purposes of facilities-related costs associated with
2 28 reducing class size in kindergarten and grades one
2 29 through three."
2 30 #3. Page 28, by inserting after line 28 the
2 31 following:
2 32 "Sec. . Sections 201, 202, and 203 of this Act,
2 33 relating to a class size reduction program, take
2 34 effect July 1, 1997, for computations required for the
2 35 school year beginning July 1, 1998."
2 36 #4. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
2 37 word "relating" the following: "to the establishment
2 38 of a class size reduction weighting program and
2 39 increasing the physical plant and equipment levy for
2 40 eligible school districts, and relating".
2 41
2 42
2 43
2 44 MARY NEUHAUSER
2 45
2 46
2 47
2 48 ROBERT E. DVORSKY
2 49
2 50
3 1
3 2 MIKE CONNOLLY
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6 BILL FINK
3 7
3 8
3 9
3 10 DON GETTINGS
3 11
3 12
3 13
3 14 ROD HALVORSON
3 15 SF 549.711 77
3 16 kh/sc/28
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