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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.11, Code 1999, is amended by
1 2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
1 3 following:
1 4 257.11 SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING.
1 5 1. REGULAR CURRICULUM. Pupils in a regular curriculum
1 6 attending all their classes in the district in which they
1 7 reside, taught by teachers employed by that district, and
1 8 having administrators employed by that district, are assigned
1 9 a weighting of one.
1 10 2. DISTRICT-TO-DISTRICT SHARING.
1 11 a. In order to provide additional funds for school
1 12 districts which send their resident pupils to another school
1 13 district, which jointly employ and share the services of
1 14 teachers under section 280.15, or which use the services of a
1 15 teacher employed by another school district, a supplementary
1 16 weighting plan for determining enrollment is adopted.
1 17 b. If the school budget review committee certifies to the
1 18 department of management that the shared classes or teachers
1 19 would otherwise not be implemented without the assignment of
1 20 additional weighting, pupils attending classes in another
1 21 school district, attending classes taught by a teacher who is
1 22 employed jointly under section 280.15, or attending classes
1 23 taught by a teacher who is employed by another school
1 24 district, are assigned a weighting, in addition to the
1 25 weighting assigned in subsection 1, of forty-eight hundredths
1 26 of the percentage of the pupil's school day during which the
1 27 pupil attends classes in another district, attends classes
1 28 taught by a teacher who is jointly employed under section
1 29 280.15, or attends classes taught by a teacher who is employed
1 30 by another school district.
1 31 c. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2000, and
1 32 succeeding budget years, the board of directors of a school
1 33 district which receives supplementary weighting for resident
1 34 pupils sent to another school district shall pay to the school
1 35 district providing the shared class instruction the amount
2 1 received as supplementary weighting for the pupils pursuant to
2 2 this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the
2 3 state cost per pupil for the previous school year.
2 4 3. DISTRICT-TO-COMMUNITY-COLLEGE SHARING.
2 5 a. In order to provide additional funds for school
2 6 districts which send their resident pupils to a community
2 7 college for classes, a supplementary weighting plan for
2 8 determining enrollment is adopted.
2 9 b. If the school budget review committee certifies to the
2 10 department of management that the class would not otherwise be
2 11 implemented without the assignment of additional weighting,
2 12 pupils attending a community college-offered class or
2 13 attending a class taught by a community college-employed
2 14 teacher are assigned a weighting, in addition to the weighting
2 15 assigned in subsection 1, of forty-eight hundredths of the
2 16 percentage of the pupil's school day during which the pupil
2 17 attends class in the community college or attends a class
2 18 taught by a community college-employed teacher.
2 19 c. For the purposes of this subsection, supplementary
2 20 weighting shall be granted without regard to whether a shared
2 21 class is being taught at a community college, high school, or
2 22 alternative high school location, or whether a shared class
2 23 qualifies for community college credit.
2 24 4. SHARED CLASSES DELIVERED OVER THE IOWA COMMUNICATIONS
2 25 NETWORK. A pupil attending a class in which students from one
2 26 or more other school districts are enrolled and which is
2 27 taught via the Iowa communications network is not deemed to be
2 28 attending a class in another school district or in a community
2 29 college for the purposes of this section and the school
2 30 district is not eligible for supplementary weighting for that
2 31 class under this section.
2 32 5. PUPILS INELIGIBLE. A pupil eligible for the weighting
2 33 plan provided in section 256B.9 is not eligible for
2 34 supplementary weighting pursuant to this section.
2 35 Sec. 2. REVISED ENROLLMENT COUNT. For the purposes of
3 1 computing state aid under the state school foundation program
3 2 for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2000, school
3 3 districts shall submit a revised enrollment count which shall
3 4 include supplementary weighted enrollment figures for all
3 5 pupils enrolled in district-to-district sharing programs,
3 6 district-to-community-college sharing programs, and
3 7 alternative high school programs on September 17, 1999. The
3 8 revised enrollment count shall be certified to the department
3 9 of education within fifteen days from the effective date of
3 10 this Act. The department shall promptly forward the
3 11 information to the department of management, which shall
3 12 adjust the budget for each school district incorporating the
3 13 revised enrollment count.
3 14 Sec. 3. Section 257.12, Code 1999, is repealed.
3 15 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 16 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 17 EXPLANATION
3 18 This bill provides supplementary weighting for determining
3 19 enrollment in school districts which are involved in sharing
3 20 programs on a district to district, or district to community
3 21 college, basis.
3 22 For purposes of determining the amount of supplementary
3 23 weighting, pupils in a regular curriculum attending all their
3 24 classes in the district in which they reside, taught by
3 25 teachers employed by that district, and having administrators
3 26 employed by that district, are assigned a weighting of one.
3 27 The bill provides that school districts which send their
3 28 resident pupils to another school district, which jointly
3 29 employ and share the services of teachers under Code section
3 30 280.15, or which use the services of a teacher employed by
3 31 another school district, will have assigned to the pupils an
3 32 additional weighting of .48 of the percentage of the pupil's
3 33 school day during which the pupil is involved in the shared
3 34 program. In order to receive the supplementary weighting, the
3 35 school budget review committee must certify to the department
4 1 of management that the shared classes or teachers would
4 2 otherwise not be implemented without the assignment of
4 3 additional weighting.
4 4 The bill provides that for the school budget year beginning
4 5 July 1, 2000, and succeeding budget years, the board of
4 6 directors of a school district which receives supplementary
4 7 weighting for resident pupils sent to another school district
4 8 shall pay to the school district providing the shared class
4 9 instruction the amount received as supplementary weighting for
4 10 the pupils for the previous school year multiplied by the
4 11 state cost per pupil for the previous school year.
4 12 The bill also provides that school districts which send
4 13 their resident pupils to a community college-offered class or
4 14 to a class taught by a community college-employed teacher will
4 15 have assigned to the pupils an additional weighting of .48 of
4 16 the percentage of the pupil's school day during which the
4 17 pupil is involved in the shared program, if the school budget
4 18 review committee certifies to the department of management
4 19 that the class would not otherwise be implemented without the
4 20 assignment of the supplementary weighting. The bill provides
4 21 that supplementary weighting will be granted without regard to
4 22 whether a shared class is being taught at a community college,
4 23 high school, or alternative high school location, or whether a
4 24 shared class qualifies for community college credit.
4 25 The bill provides that pupils attending a class in which
4 26 students from one or more other school districts are enrolled,
4 27 which is taught via the Iowa communications network, will not
4 28 be considered to be attending a class in another school
4 29 district or in a community college for purposes of qualifying
4 30 for supplementary weighting. The bill further provides that
4 31 pupils eligible for special education weighting pursuant to
4 32 Code section 256B.9 will not be eligible for supplementary
4 33 weighting for shared programs between school districts or
4 34 between a school district and a community college.
4 35 Additionally, the bill provides for the deletion of
5 1 provisions which previously authorized supplementary
5 2 weighting. The deleted provisions relate to the addition of
5 3 supplementary weighting amounts for school districts entering
5 4 into a whole grade sharing agreement pursuant to Code sections
5 5 282.10 through 282.12 beginning with the budget year beginning
5 6 on July 1, 1993, and for a five-year period for school
5 7 districts entering into a whole grade sharing agreement for
5 8 the budget years beginning July 1, 1991, and July 1, 1992.
5 9 Also deleted are provisions which had authorized supplementary
5 10 weighting for a five-year duration for school districts
5 11 entering into an agreement involving the joint employment of a
5 12 superintendent for the budget years beginning July 1, 1991,
5 13 and July 1, 1992, and supplementary weighting for a six-year
5 14 period for school districts undergoing a reorganization taking
5 15 effect on or before July 1, 1993. The bill further deletes
5 16 previously authorized supplementary weighting for shared
5 17 mathematics, science, and language classes for the budget
5 18 years beginning July 1, 1991, and July 1, 1992, and provisions
5 19 relating to the rounding off of supplementary weighting
5 20 calculations.
5 21 The bill provides that for purposes of computing state aid
5 22 under the state school foundation program for the school
5 23 budget year beginning July 1, 2000, school districts must
5 24 perform a revised enrollment count including enrollment
5 25 figures for all pupils enrolled in district-to-district
5 26 sharing programs, district-to-community-college sharing
5 27 programs, and alternative high school programs. Each district
5 28 must certify the revised enrollment count to the department of
5 29 education within fifteen days from the effective date of this
5 30 Act. The department must forward the information to the
5 31 department of management, which must adjust the budget of each
5 32 school district accordingly.
5 33 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
5 34 LSB 6415YH 78
5 35 rn/cls/14
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