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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.46A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH
1 2 GIFTED AND TALENTED POPULATION DISTRICTS – LEVY ESTABLISHED.
1 3 1. The board of directors of an eligible school district
1 4 may certify for levy by April 15 of a school year a tax on all
1 5 taxable property in the school district for a gifted and
1 6 talented program levy. The purpose of the gifted and talented
1 7 program levy authorized in this section is to provide school
1 8 districts with a disproportionately high population of gifted
1 9 and talented students with an additional source of funding,
1 10 beyond that contained in section 257.46, to be utilized to
1 11 maintain a gifted and talented program of the same level of
1 12 quality as maintained in a district with a narrower population
1 13 base of gifted and talented students. A school district shall
1 14 determine eligibility to impose the gifted and talented
1 15 program levy, and the amount of funding which may be
1 16 authorized, according to the formula specified in subsections
1 17 2 and 3.
1 18 2. A school district shall be eligible to impose a gifted
1 19 and talented program levy pursuant to this section if the
1 20 district obtains a percentage score above one hundred percent
1 21 based upon the sum of the following:
1 22 a. Twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the quotient
1 23 resulting when the percentage of third, fourth, or fifth grade
1 24 students in the school district who score at or above the
1 25 ninety-seventh percentile national composite score on the Iowa
1 26 test of basic skills for the previous school year, is divided
1 27 by three percent of the total number of students enrolled in
1 28 the school district in the third, fourth, or fifth grade,
1 29 whichever is selected.
1 30 b. Twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the quotient
1 31 resulting when the percentage of sixth, seventh, eighth, or
1 32 ninth grade students in the school district who score at or
1 33 above the ninety-seventh percentile national composite score
1 34 on either the Iowa test of basic skills or the Iowa test of
1 35 educational development for the previous school year, is
2 1 divided by three percent of the total number of students
2 2 enrolled in the school district in the sixth, seventh, eighth,
2 3 or ninth grade, whichever is selected.
2 4 c. Twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the quotient
2 5 resulting when the percentage of tenth, eleventh, or twelfth
2 6 grade students who score at or above the ninety-seventh
2 7 percentile national composite score on the Iowa test of
2 8 educational development for the previous school year, is
2 9 divided by three percent of the total number of students
2 10 enrolled in the school district in the tenth, eleventh, or
2 11 twelfth grade, whichever is selected.
2 12 d. Twenty-five hundredths multiplied by the quotient
2 13 resulting when the percentage of tenth, eleventh, or twelfth
2 14 grade students in the school district who score at or above
2 15 thirty on the American college testing assessment test for the
2 16 previous school year, is divided by three and seven-tenths
2 17 percent of the total number of students enrolled in the school
2 18 district in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade, whichever
2 19 is selected.
2 20 3. A school district which is eligible to impose a gifted
2 21 and talented program levy pursuant to subsection 2 shall be
2 22 authorized to levy up to an amount corresponding to the
2 23 product of the per pupil funding amount for gifted and
2 24 talented students provided in section 257.46, subsection 2,
2 25 multiplied by the percentage above one hundred percent
2 26 determined in subsection 2 of this section.
2 27 4. A board of directors in an eligible school district
2 28 that wishes to impose the gifted and talented program levy
2 29 pursuant to this section shall hold a public hearing on the
2 30 question of participation. The board shall set forth its
2 31 proposal in a resolution and shall publish the notice of the
2 32 time and place of a public hearing on the resolution. Notice
2 33 of the time and place of the public hearing shall be published
2 34 not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the public
2 35 hearing in a newspaper which is a newspaper of general
3 1 circulation in the school district. At the hearing, or no
3 2 later than thirty days after the date of the hearing, the
3 3 board may take action to adopt a resolution to impose the
3 4 levy. If the resolution is adopted, the district shall impose
3 5 the levy unless within twenty-eight days following the action
3 6 of the board, the secretary of the board receives a petition
3 7 containing the required number of signatures, asking that an
3 8 election be called to approve or disapprove the action of the
3 9 board in adopting the resolution. The petition must be signed
3 10 by eligible electors equal in number to not less than one
3 11 hundred or thirty percent of the number of voters at the last
3 12 preceding regular school election, whichever is greater. The
3 13 board shall either rescind its action or direct the county
3 14 commissioner of elections to submit the question to the
3 15 registered voters of the school district at the next following
3 16 regular school election or a special election. If a majority
3 17 of those voting on the question at the election favors
3 18 disapproval of the action of the board, the district shall not
3 19 impose the levy. If a majority of those voting on the
3 20 question do not favor disapproval of the action, the board
3 21 shall certify the results of the election to the department of
3 22 management and the district shall impose the levy.
3 23 At the expiration of the twenty-eight day period, if no
3 24 petition is filed, the board shall certify its action to the
3 25 department of management and the district shall impose the
3 26 levy.
3 27 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 29 EXPLANATION
3 30 This bill provides authority to levy for additional funding
3 31 in school districts with disproportionately high gifted and
3 32 talented student populations. The bill provides that the
3 33 board of directors of an eligible school district may certify
3 34 for levy by April 15 of a school year a tax on all taxable
3 35 property in the school district for a gifted and talented
4 1 program levy. The bill provides that the purpose of the levy
4 2 is to provide school districts with a disproportionately high
4 3 population of gifted and talented students with an additional
4 4 source of funding, beyond that contained in Code section
4 5 257.46, to be utilized to maintain a gifted and talented
4 6 program of the same level of quality as maintained in a
4 7 district with a narrower population base of gifted and
4 8 talented students. The bill provides that a school district
4 9 shall be eligible to impose a gifted and talented program levy
4 10 pursuant to this section if the district obtains a percentage
4 11 score above 100 percent derived from a formula which
4 12 calculates a district's actual gifted and talented population
4 13 in comparison to the expected proportion based on student
4 14 scores on standardized tests in selected grades. A school
4 15 district shall be authorized to impose a gifted and talented
4 16 program levy up to an amount corresponding to the product of
4 17 the per pupil funding amount for gifted and talented students
4 18 provided in Code section 257.46, subsection 2, multiplied by
4 19 the percentage above 100 percent determined in the formula
4 20 calculation.
4 21 The bill provides that a board of directors in an eligible
4 22 school district that wishes to impose the gifted and talented
4 23 program levy shall hold a public hearing on the question of
4 24 participation. The bill provides that at the hearing, or no
4 25 later than 30 days after the date of the hearing, the board
4 26 may take action to adopt a resolution to impose the levy. The
4 27 bill provides that the board shall certify its action to the
4 28 department of management and the levy will be imposed unless a
4 29 reverse referendum is initiated by petition.
4 30 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
4 31 LSB 1518SS 79
4 32 rn/pj/5
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