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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2496, as passed by the House, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 6, line 2 through page 7, 1 4 line 22, and inserting the following: 1 5 "4. AT-RISK PROGRAMS AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS. 1 6 a. In order to provide additional funding to 1 7 school districts for programs serving at-risk pupils 1 8 and alternative school pupils in secondary schools, a 1 9 supplementary weighting plan for at-risk pupils is 1 10 adopted. A supplementary weighting of four hundred 1 11 sixty-nine one-hundred-thousandths per pupil shall be 1 12 assigned to the percentage of pupils in a school 1 13 district enrolled in grades one through six, as 1 14 reported by the school district on the basic 1 15 educational data survey for the base year, who are 1 16 eligible for free and reduced price meals under the 1 17 federal National School Lunch Act and the federal 1 18 Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751-1785, 1 19 multiplied by the budget enrollment in the school 1 20 district; and a supplementary weighting of one hundred 1 21 fifty-two one-hundred-thousandths per pupil shall be 1 22 assigned to pupils included in the budget enrollment 1 23 of the school district. Amounts received as 1 24 supplementary weighting for at-risk pupils shall be 1 25 utilized by a school district to develop or maintain 1 26 at-risk pupils' programs, which may include 1 27 alternative school programs. 1 28 b. Notwithstanding paragraph "a", a school 1 29 district which received supplementary weighting for an 1 30 alternative high school program for the school budget 1 31 year beginning July 1, 1999, shall receive an amount 1 32 of supplementary weighting for the next three school 1 33 budget years as follows: 1 34 (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2000, 1 35 the greater of the amount of supplementary weighting 1 36 determined pursuant to paragraph "a", or sixty-five 1 37 percent of the amount received for the budget year 1 38 beginning July 1, 1999. 1 39 (2) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, 1 40 the greater of the amount of supplementary weighting 1 41 determined pursuant to paragraph "a", or forty percent 1 42 of the amount received for the budget year beginning 1 43 July 1, 1999. 1 44 (3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2002, 1 45 and succeeding budget years, the amount of 1 46 supplementary weighting determined pursuant to 1 47 paragraph "a". 1 48 For the purposes of this paragraph "b", the amount 1 49 received for the budget year beginning July 1, 1999, 1 50 shall be adjusted according to the provisions of 2 1 section 257.6 based upon reports filed under section 2 2 11.6. The adjusted amount shall be used as the basis 2 3 for any guarantees or reductions. 2 4 If a school district receives an amount pursuant to 2 5 this paragraph "b" which exceeds the amount the 2 6 district would otherwise have received pursuant to 2 7 paragraph "a", the department of management shall 2 8 annually determine the amount of the excess that would 2 9 have been state aid and the amount that would have 2 10 been property tax if the school district had generated 2 11 that amount pursuant to paragraph "a", and shall 2 12 include the amounts in the state aid payments and 2 13 property tax levies of school districts. The 2 14 department of management shall recalculate the 2 15 supplementary weighting amount received each year to 2 16 reflect the amount of the reduction in funding from 2 17 one budget year to the next pursuant to subparagraphs 2 18 (1) through (3). It is the intent of the general 2 19 assembly that when weights are recalculated under this 2 20 subsection, the total amounts generated by each weight 2 21 shall be approximately equal. 2 22 c. If the amount to be received under paragraph 2 23 "a" or "b" by a school district or a consortium of 2 24 school districts is less than fifty thousand dollars 2 25 and the school district or consortium received funds 2 26 under section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraph "c" or 2 27 "e", Code 1999, for school-based youth services during 2 28 the budget year beginning July 1, 1999, such school 2 29 district or consortium shall receive a total amount 2 30 under this subsection of fifty thousand dollars for 2 31 each of the budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and 2 32 July 1, 2001. The department of management shall 2 33 adjust the supplementary weighting of a school 2 34 district or the school district acting as the fiscal 2 35 agent for a consortium eligible under this paragraph 2 36 in a manner to assure that the district or the 2 37 consortium receives the total sum of fifty thousand 2 38 dollars as guaranteed in this paragraph. If the 2 39 consortium elects not to continue a school based youth 2 40 service program, the funds shall be distributed 2 41 equally to the school districts in the consortium. 2 42 This paragraph is repealed effective July 1, 2002, for 2 43 budget years beginning on or after that date. To the 2 44 extent possible, the total amount of moneys generated 2 45 by the enactment of this subsection, including this 2 46 paragraph, shall be equivalent to the amount generated 2 47 under this subsection without the inclusion of this 2 48 paragraph. The department of management shall adjust 2 49 the weighting assigned in this subsection to reflect 2 50 this intent." 3 1 #2. Page 7, line 33, by inserting after the word 3 2 "section." the following: "A pupil attending an 3 3 alternative program or an at-risk pupils' program, 3 4 including alternative high school programs, is not 3 5 eligible for supplementary weighting under subsection 3 6 2." 3 7 #3. Page 7, by inserting after line 33 the 3 8 following: 3 9 "7. SCHOOL FINANCE APPROPRIATIONS REPORT. The 3 10 department of education shall annually prepare a 3 11 report regarding school finance provisions or programs 3 12 receiving a standing appropriation, including 3 13 supplementary weighting programs. The report shall 3 14 provide information regarding amounts received or 3 15 accessed by school districts pursuant to the 3 16 provisions or programs, whether the amounts received 3 17 represent an increase or decrease over amounts 3 18 received during the previous budget year and the 3 19 percentage increase or decrease, conclusions regarding 3 20 the adequacy of amounts received by school districts 3 21 and whether the amounts received are equitable between 3 22 school districts based upon input from the school 3 23 districts and analysis by the department, and the 3 24 rationale for current trends being observed by the 3 25 department and projections regarding possible trends 3 26 in the future. The report shall be submitted to the 3 27 general assembly by January 1 each year, and copies of 3 28 the report shall be forwarded to the chairpersons and 3 29 members of the committee on education in the senate 3 30 and in the house of representatives." 3 31 #4. Page 7, by inserting before line 34 the 3 32 following: 3 33 "Sec. . Section 279.51, subsection 1, 3 34 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1999, is 3 35 amended to read as follows: 3 36 There is appropriated from the general fund of the 3 37 state to the department of education for the fiscal 3 38 year beginning July 1,19982000, and each succeeding 3 39 fiscal year, the sum offifteentwelve millionthree3 40 five hundred sixty thousand dollars. 3 41 Sec. . Section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraphs 3 42 c and e, Code Supplement 1999, are amended by striking 3 43 the paragraphs. 3 44 Sec. . Section 279.51, subsection 3, Code 3 45 Supplement 1999, is amended by striking the 3 46 subsection." 3 47 #5. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating 3 48 and correcting internal references as necessary. 3 49 HF 2496S 3 50 rn/cc/26
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