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Senate Amendment 5745

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  1  1    Amend the House amendment, S-5400, to Senate File
  1  2 2366, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
  1  3 as follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 14, by inserting after line 31 the
  1  5 following:
  1  6    "Sec. 100.  Section 257.6, subsection 5, Code 1997,
  1  7 is amended to read as follows:
  1  8    5.  WEIGHTED ENROLLMENT.  Weighted enrollment is
  1  9 the budget enrollment plus the district's additional
  1 10 enrollment because of special education calculated on
  1 11 December 1 of the base year plus additional pupils
  1 12 added due to the application of the supplementary
  1 13 weighting pursuant to sections 257.11 and 257.12A.
  1 14    Weighted enrollment for special education support
  1 15 services costs is equal to the weighted enrollment
  1 16 minus the additional pupils added due to the
  1 17 application of the supplementary weighting.
  1 18    Sec. 101.  NEW SECTION.  257.12A  CLASS SIZE
  1 19 REDUCTION WEIGHTING PROGRAM.
  1 20    1.  There is established a class size reduction
  1 21 weighting program to provide additional funds for
  1 22 school districts that develop a class size reduction
  1 23 plan.  To be eligible for supplementary weighting as
  1 24 provided in this section, a school district shall
  1 25 submit annually by April 15 of the base year to the
  1 26 department of education a plan which includes, at a
  1 27 minimum, the goals of reducing class size in
  1 28 kindergarten and grades one through three, instituting
  1 29 professional development to assist teachers in
  1 30 teaching challenging curricula more effectively, and
  1 31 engaging parents, teachers, school administrators, and
  1 32 students in the achievement of the shared goal of
  1 33 raising student achievement levels.  In addition, the
  1 34 plan shall provide for methods for measuring student
  1 35 achievement and progress.
  1 36    2.  A pupil enrolled in a school district that
  1 37 meets the requirements of subsection 1, and who is
  1 38 assigned to a self-contained classroom in which the
  1 39 student-to-teacher ratio is not more than fifteen
  1 40 students to one teacher, or the equivalent in a school
  1 41 that utilizes team teaching methods, and who is
  1 42 receiving at a minimum the grade-appropriate
  1 43 educational program provided in accordance with
  1 44 section 256.11, is assigned a supplementary weighting
  1 45 of two-tenths, which is in addition to any weighting
  1 46 received under section 257.6, if the pupil is enrolled
  1 47 in and attending the following:
  1 48    a.  Full-day kindergarten, or a combined
  1 49 kindergarten and grade one program, in the fiscal year
  1 50 beginning July 1, 1998, or in a succeeding fiscal
  2  1 year.
  2  2    b.  Full-day kindergarten, a combined kindergarten
  2  3 and grade one program, or grade one in the fiscal year
  2  4 beginning July 1, 1999, or in a succeeding fiscal
  2  5 year.
  2  6    c.  Full-day kindergarten, a combined kindergarten
  2  7 and grade one program, grade one, or grade two in the
  2  8 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, or in a succeeding
  2  9 fiscal year.
  2 10    d.  Full-day kindergarten, a combined kindergarten
  2 11 and grade one program, grade one, grade two, or grade
  2 12 three in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, or in
  2 13 a succeeding fiscal year.
  2 14    3.  A school district shall provide a separate
  2 15 accounting of the pupils eligible for supplemental
  2 16 weighting in accordance with this section, when
  2 17 certifying its actual enrollment to the department of
  2 18 education."
  2 19    #2.  Page 24, by inserting after line 25 the
  2 20 following:
  2 21    "Sec. 102.  Section 298.2, subsection 2, Code
  2 22 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 23    2.  If the electors of a school district have
  2 24 authorized a voter-approved physical plant and
  2 25 equipment levy not exceeding sixty-seven cents per
  2 26 thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the district
  2 27 prior to July 1, 1997, the levy shall continue for the
  2 28 period authorized under the voter-approved levy, and
  2 29 the maximum levy that can be authorized by the
  2 30 electors under the voter-approved levy on or after
  2 31 July 1, 1997, under this section, is an additional
  2 32 sixty-seven cents in accordance with subsection 1, or
  2 33 an additional ninety-two cents in accordance with
  2 34 subsections 1 and 7, for a period to coincide with the
  2 35 period for which the initial physical plant and
  2 36 equipment levy in the district was approved.
  2 37    Sec. 103.  Section 298.2, Code Supplement 1997, is
  2 38 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  2 39    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Notwithstanding subsection 1,
  2 40 the voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy
  2 41 in a school district may exceed the one dollar and
  2 42 thirty-four cents per thousand dollars of assessed
  2 43 valuation limit by twenty-five cents if the levy
  2 44 exceeding one dollar and thirty-four cents per
  2 45 thousand dollars of assessed valuation is established
  2 46 by a school district that has developed a class size
  2 47 reduction plan pursuant to section 257.12A.  The
  2 48 revenue from the levy of twenty-five cents above the
  2 49 limits provided for in subsections 1 and 2 shall be
  2 50 used for purposes of facilities-related costs
  3  1 associated with reducing class size in kindergarten
  3  2 and grades one through three."
  3  3    #3.  Page 25, by inserting after line 16 the
  3  4 following:
  3  5    "Sec. ___.  Sections 100, 101, 102, and 103 of this
  3  6 Act, relating to class size reduction, take effect
  3  7 July 1, 1998, for computations required for the school
  3  8 year beginning July 1, 1999."
  3  9    #4.  By renumbering, relettering, and redesignating
  3 10 as necessary.  
  3 11 
  3 12 
  3 13                               
  3 14 BILL FINK 
  3 15 PATRICIA HARPER 
  3 16 JOHNIE HAMMOND 
  3 17 PATRICK J. DELUHERY 
  3 18 PATTY JUDGE 
  3 19 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL 
  3 20 EUGENE S. FRAISE 
  3 21 ELAINE SZYMONIAK 
  3 22 TOM VILSACK 
  3 23 MIKE CONNOLLY 
  3 24 DICK L. DEARDEN 
  3 25 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 
  3 26 MARY NEUHAUSER 
  3 27 MATT McCOY 
  3 28 WALLY E. HORN 
  3 29 DON GETTINGS 
  3 30 TOM FLYNN 
  3 31 JOHN P. KIBBIE 
  3 32 ROD HALVORSON 
  3 33 DENNIS H. BLACK 
  3 34 WILLIAM D. PALMER 
  3 35 SF 2366.712 77
  3 36 kh/sc/28
     

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