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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2366 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 13, by inserting after line 16 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. 100. Section 257.6, subsection 5, Code 1997, 1 5 is amended to read as follows: 1 6 5. WEIGHTED ENROLLMENT. Weighted enrollment is 1 7 the budget enrollment plus the district's additional 1 8 enrollment because of special education calculated on 1 9 December 1 of the base year plus additional pupils 1 10 added due to the application of the supplementary 1 11 weighting pursuant to sections 257.11 and 257.13. 1 12 Weighted enrollment for special education support 1 13 services costs is equal to the weighted enrollment 1 14 minus the additional pupils added due to the 1 15 application of the supplementary weighting. 1 16 Sec. 101. NEW SECTION. 257.13 CLASS SIZE 1 17 REDUCTION WEIGHTING PROGRAM. 1 18 1. There is established a class size reduction 1 19 weighting program to provide additional funds for 1 20 school districts that develop a class size reduction 1 21 plan. To be eligible for supplementary weighting as 1 22 provided in this section, a school district shall 1 23 submit annually by April 15 of the base year to the 1 24 department of education a plan which includes, at a 1 25 minimum, the goals of reducing class size in 1 26 kindergarten and grades one through three, instituting 1 27 professional development to assist teachers in 1 28 teaching challenging curricula more effectively, and 1 29 engaging parents, teachers, school administrators, and 1 30 students in the achievement of the shared goal of 1 31 raising student achievement levels. In addition, the 1 32 plan shall provide for methods for measuring student 1 33 achievement and progress. 1 34 2. A pupil enrolled in a school district that 1 35 meets the requirements of subsection 1, and who is 1 36 assigned to a self-contained classroom in which the 1 37 student-to-teacher ratio is not more than fifteen 1 38 students to one teacher, or the equivalent in a school 1 39 that utilizes team teaching methods, and who is 1 40 receiving at a minimum the grade-appropriate 1 41 educational program provided in accordance with 1 42 section 256.11, is assigned a supplementary weighting 1 43 of two-tenths, which is in addition to any weighting 1 44 received under section 257.6, if the pupil is enrolled 1 45 in and attending the following: 1 46 a. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined 1 47 kindergarten and grade one program, in the fiscal year 1 48 beginning July 1, 1998, or in a succeeding fiscal 1 49 year. 1 50 b. Full-day kindergarten, a combined kindergarten 2 1 and grade one program, or grade one in the fiscal year 2 2 beginning July 1, 1999, or in a succeeding fiscal 2 3 year. 2 4 c. Full-day kindergarten, a combined kindergarten 2 5 and grade one program, grade one, or grade two in the 2 6 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, or in a succeeding 2 7 fiscal year. 2 8 d. Full-day kindergarten, a combined kindergarten 2 9 and grade one program, grade one, grade two, or grade 2 10 three in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, or in 2 11 a succeeding fiscal year. 2 12 3. A school district shall provide a separate 2 13 accounting of the pupils eligible for supplemental 2 14 weighting in accordance with this section, when 2 15 certifying its actual enrollment to the department of 2 16 education." 2 17 #2. Page 25, by inserting after line 33 the 2 18 following: 2 19 "Sec. 102. Section 298.2, subsection 2, Code 2 20 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 21 2. If the electors of a school district have 2 22 authorized a voter-approved physical plant and 2 23 equipment levy not exceeding sixty-seven cents per 2 24 thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the district 2 25 prior to July 1, 1997, the levy shall continue for the 2 26 period authorized under the voter-approved levy, and 2 27 the maximum levy that can be authorized by the 2 28 electors under the voter-approved levy on or after 2 29 July 1, 1997,under this section,is an additional 2 30 sixty-seven cents in accordance with subsection 1, or 2 31 an additional ninety-two cents in accordance with 2 32 subsections 1 and 7, for a period to coincide with the 2 33 period for which the initial physical plant and 2 34 equipment levy in the district was approved. 2 35 Sec. 103. Section 298.2, Code Supplement 1997, is 2 36 amended by adding the following new subsection: 2 37 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Notwithstanding subsection 1, 2 38 the voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy 2 39 in a school district may exceed the one dollar and 2 40 thirty-four cents per thousand dollars of assessed 2 41 valuation limit by twenty-five cents if the levy 2 42 exceeding one dollar and thirty-four cents per 2 43 thousand dollars of assessed valuation is established 2 44 by a school district that has developed a class size 2 45 reduction plan pursuant to section 257.13. The 2 46 revenue from the levy of twenty-five cents above the 2 47 limits provided for in subsections 1 and 2 shall be 2 48 used for purposes of facilities-related costs 2 49 associated with reducing class size in kindergarten 2 50 and grades one through three." 3 1 #3. Page 26, by inserting after line 24 the 3 2 following: 3 3 "Sec. ___. Sections 100, 101, 102, and 103 of this 3 4 Act, relating to class size reduction, take effect 3 5 July 1, 1998, for computations required for the school 3 6 year beginning July 1, 1999." 3 7 #4. By renumbering, relettering, and redesignating 3 8 as necessary. 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 TOM VILSACK 3 13 DENNIS H. BLACK 3 14 BILL FINK 3 15 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 3 16 MIKE CONNOLLY 3 17 TOM FLYNN 3 18 ROD HALVORSON 3 19 PATRICK J. DELUHERY 3 20 PATTY JUDGE 3 21 MARY NEUHAUSER 3 22 EUGENE S. FRAISE 3 23 JOHNIE HAMMOND 3 24 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL 3 25 PATRICIA HARPER 3 26 SF 2366.702 77 3 27 kh/sc/28
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