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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.46, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 256.46 RULES FOR PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR 1 4 ACTIVITIES BY CERTAIN CHILDREN. 1 5 The state board shall adopt rules that permit a child who 1 6 does not meet the residence requirements for participation in 1 7 extracurricular interscholastic contests or competitions 1 8 sponsored or administered by an organization as defined in 1 9 section 280.13 to participate in the contests or competitions 1 10 immediately if the child is duly enrolled in a school, is 1 11 otherwise eligible to participate, and meets one of the 1 12 following circumstances or a similar circumstance: the child 1 13 has been adopted; the child is placed under foster or shelter 1 14 care; the child is living with one of the child's parents as a 1 15 result of divorce, separation, death, or other change in the 1 16 child's parents' marital relationship, or pursuant to other 1 17 court-ordered decree or order of custody; the child is a 1 18 foreign exchange student; the child has been placed in a 1 19 juvenile correctional facility; the child is a ward of the 1 20 court or the state; the child is a participant in a substance 1 21 abuse or mental health program; or the child is enrolled in an 1 22 accredited nonpublic high school because the child's district 1 23 of residence has entered into a whole grade sharing agreement 1 24 for the pupil's grade with another district. 1 25 Sec. 2. Section 261C.6, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, 1 26 is amended to read as follows: 1 27 Not later than June 30 of each year, a school district 1 28 shall pay a tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible 1 29 postsecondary institution that has enrolled its resident 1 30 eligible pupils under this chapter, unless the eligible pupil 1 31 is participating in open enrollment under section 282.18, in 1 32 which case, the tuition reimbursement amount shall be paid by 1 33 the receiving district. However, if a child's residency 1 34 changes during a school year, the tuition shall be paid by the 1 35 district in which the child was enrolled as of the third 2 1 Friday in September or the district in which the child was 2 2 counted under section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph "f". For 2 3 pupils enrolled at the school for the deaf and the Iowa 2 4 braille and sight saving school, the state board of regents 2 5 shall pay a tuition reimbursement amount by June 30 of each 2 6 year. The amount of tuition reimbursement for each separate 2 7 course shall equal the lesser of: 2 8 Sec. 3. Section 280.13A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2 9 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 10 If a school district or nonpublic school does not provide 2 11 an interscholastic activity for its students, the board of 2 12 directors of that school district or the authorities in charge 2 13 of the nonpublic school may complete an agreement with another 2 14 school district or nonpublic school to provide for the 2 15 eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities 2 16 provided by that other school district or nonpublic school. A 2 17 copy of each agreement completed under this section shall be 2 18 filed with the appropriate organization as organization is 2 19 defined in section 280.13 not later than April 30 of the 2 20 school year preceding the school year in which the agreement 2 21 takes effect, unless an exception is granted by the 2 22 organization for good cause. An agreement completed under 2 23 this section shall be deemed approved unless denied by the 2 24 governing organization within ten days after its receipt. A 2 25 governing organization shall determine whether an agreement 2 26 would substantially prejudice the interscholastic activities 2 27 of other schools. An agreement denied by a governing 2 28 organization under this section may be appealed to the state 2 29 board of education under chapter 290. 2 30 Sec. 4. Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2001, is 2 31 amended to read as follows: 2 32 7. A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be 2 33 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the 2 34 pupil's district of residence. A pupil's residence, for 2 35 purposes of this section, means a residence under section 3 1 282.1. The board of directors of the district of residence 3 2 shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per pupil 3 3 for the previous school year, plus any moneys received for the 3 4 pupil as a result of the non-English speaking weighting under 3 5 section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year 3 6 multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year. 3 7 The district of residence shall also transmit the phase III 3 8 moneys allocated to the district for the previous year for the 3 9 full-time equivalent attendance of the pupil, who is the 3 10 subject of the request, to the receiving district specified in 3 11 the request for transfer. If the pupil participating in open 3 12 enrollment is also an eligible pupil under chapter 261C, the 3 13 receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount 3 14 to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in 3 15 section 261C.6. 3 16 Sec. 5. Section 292.2, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 3 17 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 18 d. The department of education, in consultation with the 3 19 department of revenue and finance and the department of 3 20 management, shall annually compute capacity per pupil and the 3 21 local match percentage for each school district in the state. 3 22 Theinitialcalculations shall be released not later than 3 23January 1, 2001. For all calculations thereafter, the3 24calculations shall be released not later than JulySeptember 1 3 25 of each year. 3 26 Sec. 6. Section 294A.6, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, 3 27 is amended to read as follows: 3 28 For the school year beginning July 1, 1998, the department 3 29 of education shall notify the department of revenue and 3 30 finance of the total minimum salary supplement, as described 3 31 in section 294A.5, subsection 2, paragraphs "a" and "b", to be 3 32 paid to each school district and area education agency under 3 33 phase I and the department of revenue and finance shall make 3 34 the payments. For school years after the school year 3 35 beginning July 1,19982001, if a school district or area 4 1 education agency reduces the number of its full-time 4 2 equivalent teachers in the base year below the number employed 4 3 during the school year beginning July 1, 1998, the department 4 4 of revenue and finance shall reduce the total minimum salary 4 5 supplement payable to that school district or area education 4 6 agency in the budget year so that the amount paid is equal to 4 7 the ratio of the number of full-time equivalent teachers 4 8 employed in the school district or area education agency for 4 9that schoolthe base year divided by the number of full-time 4 10 equivalent teachers employed in the school district or area 4 11 education agency for the school year beginning July 1, 1998, 4 12 and multiplying that fraction by the total minimum salary 4 13 supplement paid to that school district or area education 4 14 agency for the school year beginning July 1, 1998. For 4 15 purposes of this section, "base year" and "budget year" mean 4 16 the same as defined in section 257.2. 4 17 Sec. 7. Section 294A.16, unnumbered paragraphs 4 and 5, 4 18 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows: 4 19A school district or area education agency, which receives4 20money for a school year for an approved phase III plan, may4 21retain up to fifty percent of the moneys allocated to the4 22district or area education agency for the next succeeding4 23school year, in order to continue the approved plan.Any of 4 24 theretainedphase III moneys remaining in the district or 4 25 area education agency accountafterat thesecondend of the 4 26 fiscal yearof the planshallrevert to the general fund of4 27the state as provided in section 8.33remain available for 4 28 expenditure for purposes of this division by the school 4 29 district or area education agency in succeeding fiscal years. 4 30 Any moneys allocatedor retainedfor an approved phase III 4 31 plan,and any interest accrued on the moneys,are 4 32 miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257, shall not be 4 33 commingled with state aid payments made,under sections 257.16 4 34 and 257.35,to a school district or area education agency, and 4 35 shall be accounted for by the school district or area 5 1 education agency separately from state aid payment accounts. 5 2 EXPLANATION 5 3 This bill amends Code provisions administered by the 5 4 department of education, including provisions related to 5 5 participation by children in extracurricular activities, 5 6 payment for postsecondary enrollment options costs for a 5 7 student participating in open enrollment, agreements to 5 8 provide for interscholastic activities for nonpublic school 5 9 students, the date by which the department of education must 5 10 release its school infrastructure program calculations, the 5 11 basis for phase I payment calculations, and the use of phase 5 12 III balances by school districts and area education agencies. 5 13 The bill requires the state board of education to expand 5 14 the circumstances under which a child not meeting residence 5 15 requirements must be allowed to participate immediately in 5 16 extracurricular activities, to include a circumstance in which 5 17 a child is living with one of the child's parents pursuant to 5 18 a court-ordered decree or order of custody. 5 19 The bill shifts responsibility for the payment of the 5 20 tuition reimbursement amount owed by a school district for a 5 21 student who is enrolled under postsecondary enrollment options 5 22 and who is also participating in open enrollment to the 5 23 receiving district. However, the bill provides that if the 5 24 child's residency changes during the school year, tuition 5 25 shall be paid by the district in which the child was enrolled 5 26 on the third Friday in September. 5 27 The bill permits the authorities in charge of a nonpublic 5 28 school to enter into an agreement with a school district or 5 29 other nonpublic school to provide for the eligibility of its 5 30 students in interscholastic activities provided by the school 5 31 district or other nonpublic school. 5 32 The bill extends from July 1 to September 1 the date by 5 33 which the department of education must annually release its 5 34 school infrastructure program calculations for the purpose of 5 35 providing grants to school districts under the program. 6 1 The bill also requires phase I payments to be based upon 6 2 the prior year's full-time equivalent teacher count, and 6 3 permits school districts and area education agencies to retain 6 4 their phase III balances for use in succeeding school years 6 5 for phase III purposes. 6 6 LSB 5360HV 79 6 7 kh/hk/91
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