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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.32, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. Unusual need for additional moneys 1 4 resulting from the open enrollment of a designated school 1 5 district, or the affiliation of a school district with an area 1 6 education agency through open enrollment. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 257.37, subsection 4, Code 1999, is 1 8 amended to read as follows: 1 9 4. "Enrollment served" means the basic enrollment plus the 1 10 number of nonpublic school pupils served with media services 1 11 or educational services, as applicable, except that if a 1 12 nonpublic school pupil or a pupil attending another district 1 13 under a whole-grade sharing agreement or open enrollment 1 14 receives services through an area other than the area of the 1 15 pupil's residence, the pupil shall be deemed to be served by 1 16 the area of the pupil's residence, which shall by contractual 1 17 arrangement reimburse the area through which the pupil 1 18 actually receives services. Each school district shall 1 19 include in the third Friday in September enrollment report the 1 20 number of nonpublic school pupils within each school district 1 21 for media and educational services served by the area. A 1 22 school district affiliating with an area education agency 1 23 pursuant to section 273.14 shall be included within the basic 1 24 enrollment count as provided in this subsection. 1 25 Sec. 3. Section 273.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, 1 26 is amended to read as follows: 1 27 There are established throughout the state fifteen area 1 28 education agencies, each of which is governed by an area 1 29 education agency board of directors. The boundaries of an 1 30 area education agency shall not divide a school district. The 1 31 director of the department of education shall change 1 32 boundaries of area education agencies to take into account 1 33 mergers of local school districts and changes in boundaries of 1 34 local school districts, when necessary to maintain the policy 1 35 of this chapter that a local school district, which is not a 2 1 school district affiliating through open enrollment pursuant 2 2 to section 273.14 with an area education agency other than its 2 3 assigned area education agency, shall not be a part of more 2 4 than one area education agency. 2 5 Sec. 4. Section 273.2, unnumbered paragraphs 3 and 4, Code 2 6 1999, are amended to read as follows: 2 7 The area education agency board shall furnish educational 2 8 services and programs as provided in sections 273.1 to 273.9 2 9 and chapter 256B to the pupils enrolled in public or nonpublic 2 10 schools located within its boundaries, or affiliated with the 2 11 area education agency through open enrollment pursuant to 2 12 section 257.14, which are on the list of accredited schools 2 13 pursuant to section 256.11. The programs and services 2 14 provided shall be at least commensurate with programs and 2 15 services existing on July 1, 1974. The programs and services 2 16 provided to pupils enrolled in nonpublic schools shall be 2 17 comparable to programs and services provided to pupils 2 18 enrolled in public schools within constitutional guidelines. 2 19 The area education agency board shall provide for special 2 20 education services and media services for the local school 2 21 districts in the area, or affiliated with the area education 2 22 agency through open enrollment pursuant to section 273.14, and 2 23 shall encourage and assist school districts in the area to 2 24 establish programs for gifted and talented children. 2 25 Sec. 5. Section 273.8, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 2 26 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 27 The board of directors of the area education agency shall 2 28 be elected at director district conventions attended by 2 29 members of the boards of directors of the local school 2 30 districts located within the director district, or assigned to 2 31 the director district through open enrollment pursuant to 2 32 section 273.14. The member of the area education agency board 2 33 to be elected at the director district convention may be a 2 34 member of a local school district board of directors and shall 2 35 be an elector and a resident of the director district, other 3 1 than school district employees. 3 2 Sec. 6. Section 273.8, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 3 3 3, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 4 The board of each separate school district which is located 3 5 entirely or partially inside an area education agency director 3 6 district, or which has affiliated through open enrollment 3 7 pursuant to section 257.14 with an area education agency other 3 8 than its assigned area education agency and is assigned to the 3 9 director district, shall cast a vote for director of the area 3 10 education agency board based upon the ratio that the 3 11 population of the school district, or portion of the school 3 12 district, in the director district bears to the total 3 13 population in the director district. The population of each 3 14 school district or portion shall be determined by the 3 15 department of education. The board of a school district which 3 16 has affiliated through open enrollment pursuant to section 3 17 257.14 with an area education agency other than its assigned 3 18 area education agency shall not be permitted to cast a vote 3 19 for director of its assigned area education agency for a year 3 20 during which the school district has affiliated with another 3 21 area education agency. 3 22 Sec. 7. Section 273.8, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 3 23 5, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 24 A candidate for election to the area education agency board 3 25 shall file a statement of candidacy with the area education 3 26 agency secretary at least ten days prior to the date of the 3 27 director district convention, on forms prescribed by the 3 28 department of education. The statement of candidacy shall 3 29 include the candidate's name, address and school district. 3 30 The list of candidates shall be sent by the secretary of the 3 31 area education agency by ordinary mail to the presidents of 3 32 the boards of directors of all school districts within, or 3 33 affiliated with, the director district immediately following 3 34 the last day for filing the statement of candidacy. However, 3 35 if no candidate files with the area education agency secretary 4 1 by the deadline, an eligible elector who is present at the 4 2 director district convention may be nominated at the 4 3 convention by a delegate from a board of directors of a school 4 4 district located within the director district. Delegates to 4 5 director district conventions shall not be bound by a school 4 6 board or any school board member to pledge their votes to any 4 7 candidate prior to the date of the convention. 4 8 Sec. 8. Section 273.9, Code 1999, is amended by adding the 4 9 following new subsection: 4 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Funding for a school district which is 4 11 affiliating with an area education agency pursuant to the open 4 12 enrollment provisions of section 275.14 shall be determined as 4 13 if the area education agency subject to the affiliation is the 4 14 area education agency to which the school district was 4 15 originally assigned. Program plans required to be submitted 4 16 by area education agency administrators pursuant to 4 17 subsections 3 and 4 shall be submitted by the administrator of 4 18 an affiliated area education agency, provided that the board 4 19 of directors of the area education agency, and the department 4 20 of education, has approved the open enrollment pursuant to 4 21 section 273.14, subsection 1, paragraph "a". 4 22 Sec. 9. NEW SECTION. 273.14 AREA EDUCATION AGENCY OPEN 4 23 ENROLLMENT. 4 24 1. If the board of directors of a school district adopts a 4 25 resolution in favor of affiliating with an area education 4 26 agency other than the area education agency to which it is 4 27 assigned pursuant to section 273.2, the school district shall 4 28 be authorized to affiliate with the other area education 4 29 agency provided all of the following conditions are met: 4 30 a. The school district seeking to affiliate submits a 4 31 request to the director of the department of education and the 4 32 board of directors of the area education agency with which 4 33 affiliation is sought on forms developed by the department by 4 34 rule. 4 35 b. A request shall not be considered by the department 5 1 unless it has been approved by the board of directors of the 5 2 area education agency with which affiliation is sought. In 5 3 considering whether to grant a request, the department shall 5 4 take into account the impact on the area education agency to 5 5 which the school district has been assigned of the proposed 5 6 open enrollment, and the capacity of the area education agency 5 7 with which affiliation is sought to provide services to an 5 8 additional school district. A request shall not be granted if 5 9 the department determines that the affiliation would 5 10 negatively impact the funding or delivery of services in 5 11 either the assigned area education agency or the area 5 12 education agency with which the school district requests to 5 13 affiliate. 5 14 c. A request, if granted, shall be permitted for a one- 5 15 year period. Within sixty days prior to the conclusion of a 5 16 year during which a school district is affiliated with an area 5 17 education agency other than its assigned area education agency 5 18 through open enrollment, a school district desiring to 5 19 reaffiliate with an area education agency for an additional 5 20 year shall submit a new request to the department and the area 5 21 education agency with which affiliation is sought. 5 22 d. A school district which is affiliating with an area 5 23 education agency pursuant to this section shall be considered 5 24 in all respects a component school district with access to 5 25 area education agency services and facilities equal to that of 5 26 the school districts which are physically located within the 5 27 area served by the area education agency. 5 28 e. A school district shall not be permitted to affiliate 5 29 with more than one area education agency over the course of a 5 30 school year. 5 31 EXPLANATION 5 32 This bill provides for area education agency open 5 33 enrollment by a school district. The bill provides that if 5 34 the board of directors of a school district adopts a 5 35 resolution in favor of affiliating with an area education 6 1 agency other than the area education agency to which it is 6 2 assigned pursuant to section 273.2, the school district may be 6 3 authorized to affiliate with the other area education agency. 6 4 In order to become affiliated with another area education 6 5 agency, a school district must submit a request to the 6 6 director of the department of education, and the board of 6 7 directors of the area education agency with which affiliation 6 8 is sought, on forms to be developed by the department by rule. 6 9 The request will not be considered by the department unless it 6 10 has been approved by the board of directors of the area 6 11 education agency with which affiliation is sought. In 6 12 considering whether to grant a request, the department will 6 13 take into account the impact on the area education agency to 6 14 which the school district has been assigned of the proposed 6 15 open enrollment, and the capacity of the area education agency 6 16 with which affiliation is sought to provide services to an 6 17 additional school district. A request will not be granted if, 6 18 in the determination of the department, the affiliation would 6 19 negatively impact the funding or delivery of services in 6 20 either the assigned or the affiliated area education agency. 6 21 If granted, a request will apply for a one-year period. The 6 22 bill provides that a school district which is affiliating with 6 23 an area education agency pursuant to this section will be 6 24 considered in all respects a component school district with 6 25 access to area education agency services and facilities equal 6 26 to that of the school districts which are physically located 6 27 in the area served by the area education agency. 6 28 The bill provides that funding for a school district which 6 29 is affiliating with an area education agency pursuant to open 6 30 enrollment will be determined as if the area education agency 6 31 subject to the affiliation is the area education agency to 6 32 which the school district was originally assigned. The bill 6 33 provides a number of conforming changes, including several 6 34 relating to participation by an affiliating school district in 6 35 the election of an area education agency board of directors. 7 1 LSB 2790HH 78 7 2 rn/gg/8
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