Text: HF00105 Text: HF00107 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph j, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 j. Unusual need to continue providing a program or other 1 4 special assistance to non-English speaking pupils after the 1 5 expiration of thethree-yearfour-year period specified in 1 6 section 280.4. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended 1 8 to read as follows: 1 9 3. In order to provide funds for the excess costs of 1 10 instruction of limited English proficient students above the 1 11 costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum, 1 12 students identified as limited English proficient shall be 1 13 assigned an additional weighting that shall be included in the 1 14 weighted enrollment of the school district of residence for a 1 15 period not exceedingthreefour years. However, the school 1 16 budget review committee may grant supplemental aid or modified 1 17 allowable growth to a school district to continue funding a 1 18 program for students after the expiration of thethree-year1 19 four-year period. The school budget review committee shall 1 20 calculate the additional amount for the weighting to the 1 21 nearest one-hundredth of one percent so that to the extent 1 22 possible the moneys generated by the weighting will be 1 23 equivalent to the moneys generated by the two-tenths weighting 1 24 provided prior to July 2, 1991. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill extends the period of time during which the 1 27 additional weighting for limited English proficient pupils may 1 28 be obtained from three to four years. 1 29 The bill provides for a corresponding change to Code 1 30 section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph "j", concerning 1 31 requests by school districts for supplemental aid from the 1 32 school budget review committee based upon an unusual need to 1 33 continue a program relating to limited English proficiency 1 34 beyond a four-year period. 1 35 LSB 1970YH 79 2 1 rn/cf/24
Text: HF00105 Text: HF00107 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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