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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate file 480 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 13, by inserting after line 10 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. 100. Section 257.11, Code 1999, is amended 1 5 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 1 6 the following: 1 7 257.11 SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING. 1 8 1. REGULAR CURRICULUM. Pupils in a regular 1 9 curriculum attending all their classes in the district 1 10 in which they reside, taught by teachers employed by 1 11 that district, and having administrators employed by 1 12 that district, are assigned a weighting of one. 1 13 2. DISTRICT-TO-DISTRICT SHARING. 1 14 a. In order to provide additional funds for school 1 15 districts which send their resident pupils to another 1 16 school district, which jointly employ and share the 1 17 services of teachers under section 280.15, or which 1 18 use the services of a teacher employed by another 1 19 school district, a supplementary weighting plan for 1 20 determining enrollment is adopted. 1 21 b. If the school budget review committee certifies 1 22 to the department of management that the shared 1 23 classes or teachers would otherwise not be implemented 1 24 without the assignment of additional weighting, pupils 1 25 attending classes in another school district, 1 26 attending classes taught by a teacher who is employed 1 27 jointly under section 280.15, or attending classes 1 28 taught by a teacher who is employed by another school 1 29 district, are assigned a weighting, in addition to the 1 30 weighting assigned in subsection 1, of forty-eight 1 31 hundredths of the percentage of the pupil's school day 1 32 during which the pupil attends classes in another 1 33 district, attends classes taught by a teacher who is 1 34 jointly employed under section 280.15, or attends 1 35 classes taught by a teacher who is employed by another 1 36 school district. 1 37 3. DISTRICT-TO-COMMUNITY-COLLEGE SHARING. 1 38 a. In order to provide additional funds for school 1 39 districts which send their resident pupils to a 1 40 community college for classes, a supplementary 1 41 weighting plan for determining enrollment is adopted. 1 42 b. If the school budget review committee certifies 1 43 to the department of management that the class would 1 44 not otherwise be implemented without the assignment of 1 45 additional weighting, pupils attending a community 1 46 college-offered class or attending a class taught by a 1 47 community college-employed teacher are assigned a 1 48 weighting, in addition to the weighting assigned in 1 49 subsection 1, of forty-eight hundredths of the 1 50 percentage of the pupil's school day during which the 2 1 pupil attends class in the community college or 2 2 attends a class taught by a community college-employed 2 3 teacher. The following requirements shall be met for 2 4 the purposes of assigning an additional weighting for 2 5 classes offered through a sharing agreement between a 2 6 school district and community college. The class must 2 7 be: 2 8 (1) Supplementing high school classes and not 2 9 supplanting a class that was offered in the preceding 2 10 year or the second preceding year. 2 11 (2) Included in the community college catalog or 2 12 other official college literature describing class 2 13 offerings. 2 14 (3) Open to all registered community college 2 15 students, not just high school students. 2 16 (4) For college credit and the credit must apply 2 17 toward an associate of arts or associate of science 2 18 degree, or toward an associate of applied arts or 2 19 associate of applied science degree, or toward 2 20 completion of a diploma program. 2 21 (5) Taught by a teacher meeting requirements for 2 22 providing instruction at the community college level. 2 23 (6) Taught utilizing the class syllabus approved 2 24 by the community college. 2 25 (7) Of the same quality as a class offered on a 2 26 community college campus. 2 27 4. AT-RISK PROGRAMS. 2 28 a. In order to provide additional funding to 2 29 school districts for programs serving at-risk pupils 2 30 in grades nine through twelve, a supplementary 2 31 weighting plan for at-risk pupils is adopted. A 2 32 supplementary weighting of fifty-one thousandths per 2 33 pupil shall be assigned to the percentage of pupils in 2 34 a school district enrolled in grades one through 2 35 twelve who are eligible for free or reduced price 2 36 meals under the federal National School Lunch Act and 2 37 the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 2 38 1751-1785, multiplied by the enrollment in grades nine 2 39 through twelve in the school district, and a 2 40 supplementary weighting of fourteen thousandths shall 2 41 be assigned to pupils in grades nine through twelve 2 42 based on the actual enrollment of pupils in grades 2 43 nine through twelve in the school district. Amounts 2 44 received as supplementary weighting for at-risk pupils 2 45 shall be utilized by a school district to develop or 2 46 maintain alternative programs or an at-risk pupils' 2 47 program, including alternative high school programs, 2 48 and shall be in addition to and not supplanting moneys 2 49 appropriated in section 279.51 and moneys otherwise 2 50 appropriated by law to supplement that funding. 3 1 b. Notwithstanding paragraph "a", a school 3 2 district which received supplementary weighting for an 3 3 alternative high school program offered by a community 3 4 college or another school district, for the school 3 5 budget year beginning July 1, 1998, shall receive a 3 6 minimum of one hundred percent of the amount 3 7 determined by the application of supplementary 3 8 weighting for students in an alternative high school 3 9 program for the school budget year beginning July 1, 3 10 1999, and for the succeeding school budget year. This 3 11 amount shall be adjusted according to the provisions 3 12 of section 257.6 based upon reports filed under 3 13 section 11.6. The adjusted amount shall be used as 3 14 the basis for any guarantees or reductions under this 3 15 section beginning with the budget year commencing July 3 16 1, 2000. Effective for the school budget year 3 17 beginning July 1, 2001, and for succeeding budget 3 18 years, a school district which received supplementary 3 19 weighting for an alternative high school program 3 20 offered by a community college or another school 3 21 district for the school budget year beginning July 1, 3 22 1998, shall receive a twenty percent reduction in the 3 23 amount received pursuant to this paragraph each year 3 24 until the amount generated by the supplementary 3 25 weighting authorized in paragraph "a" is reached. 3 26 5. SHARED CLASSES DELIVERED OVER THE IOWA 3 27 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. A pupil attending a class in 3 28 which students from one or more other school districts 3 29 are enrolled and which is taught via the Iowa 3 30 communications network is not deemed to be attending a 3 31 class in another school district or in a community 3 32 college for the purposes of this section and the 3 33 school district is not eligible for supplementary 3 34 weighting for that class under this section. 3 35 6. PUPILS INELIGIBLE. A pupil eligible for the 3 36 weighting plan provided in section 256B.9, or 3 37 attending classes authorized pursuant to chapter 261C, 3 38 is not eligible for supplementary weighting pursuant 3 39 to this section. A pupil attending an alternative 3 40 high school or an alternative program shall receive 3 41 supplementary weighting pursuant to subsection 4, and 3 42 shall not be eligible for supplementary weighting 3 43 pursuant to subsection 2 or 3. 3 44 Sec. 101. ENROLLMENT ADJUSTMENT. For the school 3 45 budget year beginning July 1, 1999, a school district 3 46 participating in an alternative high school program 3 47 offered by a community college, which undercounted its 3 48 weighted enrollment attributable to participation in 3 49 the alternative high school program by 55 or more 3 50 students when determining enrollment pursuant to 4 1 section 257.6 on September 18, 1998, shall be 4 2 authorized to adjust the enrollment count to reflect 4 3 the revised weighted enrollment count in a report 4 4 which shall be submitted to the department of 4 5 education within 30 days after the effective date of 4 6 this section. The department of education shall 4 7 forward the report to the department of management, 4 8 which shall adjust the budget enrollment for the 4 9 school district accordingly. 4 10 Sec. 102. Section 257.12, Code 1999, is repealed." 4 11 #2. Page 13, by inserting before line 11 the 4 12 following: 4 13 "Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 100 through 4 14 102 of this division of this Act, being deemed of 4 15 immediate importance, take effect upon enactment." 4 16 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 4 17 4 18 4 19 4 20 MIKE CONNOLLY 4 21 SF 480.502 78 4 22 rn/jw
Text: S03531 Text: S03533 Text: S03500 - S03599 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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