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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.6, subsection 5, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 Weighted enrollment is the budget enrollment plus the
1 4 district's additional enrollment because of special education
1 5 calculated on December 1 of the base year plus additional
1 6 pupils added due to the application of the supplementary
1 7 weighting pursuant to sections 257.11 and 257.13.
1 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 257.13 CLASS SIZE REDUCTION
1 9 WEIGHTING PROGRAM.
1 10 1. There is established a class size reduction weighting
1 11 program to provide additional funds for school districts that
1 12 develop a class size reduction plan. To be eligible for
1 13 supplementary weighting as provided in this section, a school
1 14 district shall submit annually by April 15 of the base year to
1 15 the department of education a plan which includes, at a
1 16 minimum, the goals of reducing class size in kindergarten and
1 17 grades one through three, instituting professional development
1 18 to assist teachers in teaching challenging curricula more
1 19 effectively, and engaging parents, teachers, school
1 20 administrators, and students in the achievement of the shared
1 21 goal of raising student achievement levels. In addition, the
1 22 plan shall provide for methods for measuring student
1 23 achievement and progress.
1 24 2. A pupil enrolled in a school district that meets the
1 25 requirements of subsection 1, and who is assigned to a self-
1 26 contained classroom in which the student-to-teacher ratio is
1 27 not more than fifteen students to one teacher, or the
1 28 equivalent in a school that utilizes team teaching methods,
1 29 and who is receiving at a minimum the grade-appropriate
1 30 educational program provided in accordance with section
1 31 256.11, is assigned a supplementary weighting of two-tenths,
1 32 which is in addition to any weighting received under section
1 33 257.6, if the pupil is enrolled in and attending the
1 34 following:
1 35 a. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined kindergarten and
2 1 grade one program, in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997,
2 2 or in a succeeding fiscal year.
2 3 b. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined kindergarten and
2 4 grade one program, or grade one in the fiscal year beginning
2 5 July 1, 1998, or in a succeeding fiscal year.
2 6 c. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined kindergarten and
2 7 grade one program, grade one, or grade two in the fiscal year
2 8 beginning July 1, 1999, or in a succeeding fiscal year.
2 9 d. Full-day kindergarten, or a combined kindergarten and
2 10 grade one program, grade one, grade two, or grade three in the
2 11 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, or in a succeeding fiscal
2 12 year.
2 13 3. A school district shall provide a separate accounting
2 14 of the pupils eligible for supplemental weighting in
2 15 accordance with this section, when certifying its actual
2 16 enrollment to the department of education.
2 17 Sec. 3. Section 298.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding the
2 18 following new subsection:
2 19 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the
2 20 voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy in a school
2 21 district may exceed the sixty-seven cents per thousand dollars
2 22 of assessed valuation limit by twenty-five cents if the levy
2 23 exceeding sixty-seven cents per thousand dollars of assessed
2 24 valuation is established by a school district that has
2 25 developed a class size reduction plan pursuant to section
2 26 257.13. The revenue from the levy above the sixty-seven cent
2 27 limit provided for in subsection 1 shall be used for purposes
2 28 of facilities-related costs associated with reducing class
2 29 size in kindergarten and grades one through three.
2 30 Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 1997, for
2 31 computations required for the school year beginning July 1,
2 32 1998.
2 33 EXPLANATION
2 34 This bill establishes a class size reduction weighting
2 35 program to provide additional funds for school districts that
3 1 submit an annual plan to the department of education that
3 2 includes, at a minimum, the goals of reducing class size in
3 3 grades kindergarten through three, instituting professional
3 4 development to assist teachers in teaching challenging
3 5 curricula more effectively, and engaging parents, teachers,
3 6 school administrators, and students in the achievement of the
3 7 shared goal of raising student achievement. In addition, the
3 8 plan shall provide for methods for measuring student
3 9 achievement and progress.
3 10 The bill begins by assigning a supplemental weighting of
3 11 0.2 to full-day kindergarten students in the fiscal year
3 12 beginning July 1, 1997, and adds one grade per year until by
3 13 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, all full-day
3 14 kindergarten through grade three pupils in self-contained
3 15 classrooms in which the student-to-teacher ratio is not more
3 16 than 15 students to one teacher, or the equivalent in a school
3 17 that utilizes team teaching methods, are assigned a
3 18 supplementary weighting of 0.2.
3 19 The bill permits the voter-approved physical plant and
3 20 equipment levy to exceed the current limit of 0.67 cents by
3 21 0.25 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation in the district
3 22 for school districts participating in the class size reduction
3 23 program.
3 24 LSB 1920XS 77
3 25 kh/jw/5.1
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