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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.11, Code 1999, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. AT-RISK PROGRAMS.
1 4 a. A school district which received supplementary
1 5 weighting for at-risk pupils for the school budget year
1 6 beginning July 1, 1999, which does not qualify for
1 7 supplementary weighting for at-risk pupils for the school
1 8 budget year beginning July 1, 2000, and which meets the
1 9 requirements of paragraph "c", shall receive an amount of
1 10 additional funding for at-risk pupils as follows:
1 11 (1) For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2000, a
1 12 school district shall receive an amount of additional funding
1 13 for at-risk pupils equivalent to one hundred percent of the
1 14 amount of supplementary weighting which the district was
1 15 entitled to receive for the budget year beginning July 1,
1 16 1999.
1 17 (2) For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2001, a
1 18 school district shall receive seventy-five percent of the
1 19 amount received pursuant to subparagraph (1).
1 20 (3) For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2002, a
1 21 school district shall receive fifty percent of the amount
1 22 received pursuant to subparagraph (1).
1 23 (4) For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2003, a
1 24 school district shall receive twenty-five percent of the
1 25 amount received pursuant to subparagraph (1).
1 26 (5) For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2004, and
1 27 succeeding budget years, a school district shall not be
1 28 entitled to receive additional funding for at-risk pupils
1 29 pursuant to this paragraph.
1 30 b. The department of management shall annually establish a
1 31 modified allowable growth for the applicable school budget
1 32 year for a school district receiving additional funding
1 33 pursuant to paragraph "a".
1 34 c. A school district shall be eligible to receive
1 35 additional funding for at-risk pupils pursuant to paragraph
2 1 "a" only to the extent that the school district is fully
2 2 funding a returning dropout and dropout prevention program
2 3 pursuant to section 257.41 for the school budget year
2 4 beginning July 1, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003. If the amount
2 5 received pursuant to section 257.41 is less than the amount of
2 6 supplementary weighting which the district was entitled to
2 7 receive for the budget year beginning July 1, 1999, then for
2 8 the applicable school budget year a district shall receive the
2 9 sum of the amount received pursuant to section 257.41 and the
2 10 amount of additional funding received pursuant to paragraph
2 11 "a". This sum, however, shall not exceed one hundred percent
2 12 of the amount of supplementary weighting which the district
2 13 was entitled to receive for the budget year beginning July 1,
2 14 1999. If a school district is fully funding a returning
2 15 dropout and dropout prevention program pursuant to section
2 16 257.41 for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2000,
2 17 2001, 2002, or 2003, and the amount received pursuant to
2 18 section 257.41 is equal to or exceeds the amount of
2 19 supplementary weighting which the district was entitled to
2 20 receive for the budget year beginning July 1, 1999, a district
2 21 shall not receive additional funding pursuant to paragraph "a"
2 22 for the applicable budget year.
2 23 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, Code 1999, is amended by adding
2 24 the following new subsection:
2 25 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. The department of education shall
2 26 annually prepare a report regarding school finance provisions
2 27 or programs receiving a standing appropriation, including
2 28 supplementary weighting programs. The report shall provide
2 29 information regarding amounts received or accessed by school
2 30 districts pursuant to the provisions or programs, whether the
2 31 amounts received represent an increase or decrease over
2 32 amounts received during the previous budget year and the
2 33 percentage increase or decrease, conclusions regarding the
2 34 adequacy of amounts received by school districts and whether
2 35 the amounts received are equitable between school districts
3 1 based upon input from the school districts and analysis by the
3 2 department, and the rationale for current trends being
3 3 observed by the department and projections regarding possible
3 4 trends in the future. The report shall be submitted to the
3 5 general assembly by January 1 each year, and copies of the
3 6 report shall be forwarded to the chairpersons and members of
3 7 the committee on education in the senate and in the house of
3 8 representatives.
3 9 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 11 EXPLANATION
3 12 This bill provides that a school district which received
3 13 supplementary weighting for at-risk pupils for the school
3 14 budget year beginning July 1, 1999, and which does not qualify
3 15 for supplementary weighting for at-risk pupils for the school
3 16 budget year beginning July 1, 2000, shall receive additional
3 17 funding for at-risk pupils under specified circumstances.
3 18 The bill provides that for the school budget year beginning
3 19 July 1, 2000, a school district shall receive an amount of
3 20 additional funding for at-risk pupils equivalent to 100
3 21 percent of the amount of supplementary weighting which the
3 22 district was entitled to receive for the budget year beginning
3 23 July 1, 1999. The bill provides that for each succeeding
3 24 budget year, the amount of additional funding shall be reduced
3 25 incrementally by 25 percent, until the school budget year
3 26 beginning July 1, 2004, when a school district shall not be
3 27 eligible to receive additional funding for at-risk pupils.
3 28 The bill provides that the additional funding received shall
3 29 be in the form of modified allowable growth established by the
3 30 department of management.
3 31 The bill additionally provides that a school district shall
3 32 be eligible to receive the additional funding for at-risk
3 33 pupils only to the extent that the district is fully funding a
3 34 returning dropout and dropout prevention program pursuant to
3 35 Code section 257.41 for the school budget years beginning July
4 1 1, 2000, through July 1, 2003. The bill provides that if the
4 2 amount received pursuant to Code section 257.41 is less than
4 3 the amount of supplementary weighting which the district was
4 4 entitled to receive for the budget year beginning July 1,
4 5 1999, then for the applicable school budget year a district
4 6 shall receive the sum of the amount received pursuant to the
4 7 fully funded dropout and dropout prevention levy and the
4 8 amount of supplementary weighting which the district was
4 9 entitled to receive for the budget year beginning July 1,
4 10 1999. The bill provides that if a fully funded dropout and
4 11 dropout prevention program results in an amount received that
4 12 is equal to or exceeds the amount of supplementary weighting
4 13 which the district was entitled to receive for the budget year
4 14 beginning July 1, 1999, a district shall not receive
4 15 additional funding.
4 16 The bill further provides that the department of education
4 17 shall annually prepare a report regarding school finance
4 18 provisions or programs receiving a standing appropriation,
4 19 including supplementary weighting programs. The report shall
4 20 provide information regarding amounts received by school
4 21 districts, trends regarding increases or decreases observed,
4 22 and adequacy and equity issues. The bill provides that the
4 23 report shall be submitted to the general assembly by January 1
4 24 each year, and copies of the report shall be forwarded to the
4 25 chairpersons and members of the committee on education in the
4 26 senate and the house of representatives.
4 27 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
4 28 LSB 6725SV 78
4 29 rn/cls/14
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