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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated
1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof
1 5 as is necessary, to be used for purposes of allocating grants
1 6 to school districts with low-performing elementary attendance
1 7 centers as provided in section 256.17:
1 8 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
1 9 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 256.17 LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOL
1 10 GRANTS.
1 11 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys to the
1 12 department of education to provide low-performing school
1 13 grants to school districts with low-performing elementary
1 14 attendance centers, the department shall develop by
1 15 inspection, supervision, or through reports submitted to the
1 16 department as provided in section 256.7, subsection 21, and
1 17 sections 280.12 and 280.18, a matrix of core indicators that
1 18 compares the articulated goals of the school districts with
1 19 each other and assign a value to the core indicators based on
1 20 its relationship to student performance and core indicators
1 21 from the matrix, the department shall establish a list of the
1 22 twenty lowest-performing elementary attendance centers and
1 23 shall administer and approve grants to the school districts in
1 24 which the low-performing elementary attendance centers are
1 25 located.
1 26 2. A school district that receives a low-performing school
1 27 grant shall, for purposes only of improving student
1 28 achievement at the low-performing attendance center, expend
1 29 grant funds to reduce class sizes by hiring additional
1 30 teachers, teachers aides, and para-educators; to support
1 31 reading instruction and for research-based reading programs
1 32 and materials; for other research-based instructional programs
1 33 and materials designed to improve student achievement; and to
1 34 increase parental involvement and provide parents with
1 35 strategies to improve their child's academic achievement.
2 1 3. Each attendance center for which moneys are expended as
2 2 provided under this section shall annually report to the board
2 3 of directors of the school district, which shall submit the
2 4 report to the department, the attendance center's progress
2 5 made in improving student achievement and reaching school
2 6 district goals on the academic and other core indicators in
2 7 accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21. The department
2 8 shall submit an annual report to the chairpersons and ranking
2 9 members of the joint education appropriations subcommittee
2 10 describing the ways in which school districts are using moneys
2 11 received under this section, and the progress made by
2 12 attendance centers toward improving student achievement.
2 13 4. For each fiscal year for which moneys are appropriated
2 14 for purposes of this section, the amount of grant moneys
2 15 allocated to a school district shall be in the proportion that
2 16 the basic enrollment of the school district's low-performing
2 17 elementary attendance center bears to the sum of the basic
2 18 enrollments of all attendance centers for the budget year
2 19 which are determined to be low-performing elementary
2 20 attendance centers as provided in subsection 1.
2 21 5. For each year for which an appropriation is made for
2 22 low-performing school grants, the department shall notify the
2 23 department of revenue and finance of the amount to be paid to
2 24 a school district based upon the distribution plan set forth
2 25 under this section. The allocation made to a school district
2 26 under this section shall be made in one payment on or about
2 27 October 15 of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is
2 28 made, taking into consideration the relative budget and cash
2 29 position of the state resources.
2 30 6. Moneys received under this section shall not be
2 31 commingled with state aid payments made under section 257.16
2 32 to a school district and shall be accounted for by the school
2 33 district separately from state aid payments. Payments made to
2 34 school districts under this section are miscellaneous income
2 35 for purposes of chapter 257. Each school district shall
3 1 maintain a separate listing within their budgets for payments
3 2 received and expenditures made pursuant to this section.
3 3 EXPLANATION
3 4 This bill appropriates $2 million from the general fund of
3 5 the state to the department of education for fiscal year 1999-
3 6 2000 for purposes of allocating grants to school districts
3 7 with low-performing elementary attendance centers.
3 8 The bill requires the department, when the general assembly
3 9 appropriates moneys for grants, to develop by inspection,
3 10 supervision, or through student achievement goals and planning
3 11 reports submitted to the department, a matrix that compares
3 12 school district goals and indicators in order to establish a
3 13 list of the 20 lowest performing elementary attendance
3 14 centers, and directs the department to administer and approve
3 15 grants to the school districts in which the low-performing
3 16 elementary attendance centers are located. Grant moneys shall
3 17 be distributed to qualifying school districts on a per pupil
3 18 basis.
3 19 A school district that receives a low-performing school
3 20 grant can expend grant moneys only for purposes of improving
3 21 student achievement at the low-performing attendance center.
3 22 Moneys can be used to reduce class sizes by hiring additional
3 23 teachers, teachers aides, and para-educators; to support
3 24 reading instruction and for research-based reading programs
3 25 and materials; for other research-based instructional programs
3 26 designed to improve student achievement; and to increase
3 27 parental involvement and provide parents with strategies to
3 28 improve their child's academic achievement.
3 29 Each attendance center for which grant moneys are expended
3 30 shall annually report to the board of directors of the school
3 31 district, which shall submit the report to the department, the
3 32 attendance center's progress made in improving student
3 33 achievement and reaching school district goals on the academic
3 34 and other core indicators. The department shall submit an
3 35 annual report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
4 1 joint education appropriations subcommittee describing the
4 2 ways school districts are using grant moneys and the progress
4 3 made by attendance centers toward improving student
4 4 achievement.
4 5 LSB 1928YH 78
4 6 kh/cf/24
Text: HF00267 Text: HF00269 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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