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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, S-3332, to House File 549, as 1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as 1 3 follows: 1 4 #1. Page 6, by inserting after line 3 the 1 5 following: 1 6 "Sec. . Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph 1 7 b, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 8 b. A school district which establishes a regional 1 9 academy shall be eligible to assign its resident 1 10 pupils attending classes at the academy a weighting of 1 11 one-tenth of the percentage of the pupil's school day 1 12 during which the pupil attends classes at the regional 1 13 academy. For the purposes of this subsection, 1 14 "regional academy" means an educational institution 1 15 established by a school district to which multiple 1 16 schools send pupils in gradessevennine through 1 17 twelve, and may include a virtual academy. A regional 1 18 academy shall include in its curriculum advanced-level 1 19 courses and may include in its curriculum vocational- 1 20 technicalprogramscourses. The maximum amount of 1 21 additional weighting for which a school district 1 22 establishing a regional academy shall be eligible is 1 23 an amount corresponding to fifteen additional pupils. 1 24 The minimum amount of additional weighting for which a 1 25 school district establishing a regional academy shall 1 26 be eligible is an amount corresponding to ten 1 27 additional pupils if the academy provides both 1 28 advanced-level courses and vocational technical 1 29 courses. 1 30 Sec. . Section 257.11, Code 2003, is amended by 1 31 adding the following new subsection: 1 32 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. SHARED SUPPORT SERVICES. For 1 33 the school budget years beginning July 1, 2003, July 1 34 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005, a school district which 1 35 shares with or purchases from an eligible entity a 1 36 significant portion of one or more support services, 1 37 student transportation services, or personnel or other 1 38 operational types of services shall be eligible to 1 39 assign its resident students an additional weighting. 1 40 For purposes of this subsection, "significant portion" 1 41 means that at least fifty percent of the services are 1 42 shared or purchased. Eligible sharing and purchasing 1 43 entities shall include other school districts, area 1 44 education agencies, community colleges, cities, or 1 45 counties. Eligible support services shall include but 1 46 not be limited to budgeting, receiving and disbursing 1 47 funds, financial and property accounting, payroll, 1 48 planning research and evaluation, personnel services, 1 49 and administrative technology services; and shall 1 50 exclude cooperative purchasing programs and 2 1 activities. A school district shall be eligible for 2 2 additional weighting for services not previously 2 3 shared or purchased prior to July 1, 2003, from other 2 4 school districts, area education agencies, community 2 5 colleges, cities, or counties. A school district that 2 6 qualifies under this subsection shall assign to its 2 7 resident pupils an additional weight of two- 2 8 hundredths. The maximum additional weight shall be 2 9 ten additional pupils. If the sum of the funding 2 10 amount calculated for all districts under this 2 11 subsection exceeds two million dollars for the school 2 12 year beginning July 1, 2004, and each succeeding 2 13 fiscal year, the director of the department of 2 14 management shall prorate the amount calculated for 2 15 each district. The proration shall be based upon the 2 16 amount calculated for each district when compared to 2 17 the sum of the amount for all districts. 2 18 Sec. . Section 257.11A, Code 2003, is amended 2 19 by adding the following new subsection: 2 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. SHARED SUPERINTENDENTS. For 2 21 the school budget years beginning July 1, 2003, July 2 22 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005, resident pupils enrolled in 2 23 a school district in which the superintendent is 2 24 employed jointly under section 273.7A or under section 2 25 280.15, are assigned a weighting of five-hundredths 2 26 for the superintendent who is jointly employed times 2 27 the percent of the superintendent's time in which the 2 28 superintendent is employed in the school district. 2 29 However, the total additional weighting assigned under 2 30 this subsection for a budget year for a school 2 31 district shall not exceed five and the total 2 32 additional weighting added cumulatively to the 2 33 enrollment of school districts sharing a 2 34 superintendent shall not exceed fifteen. If the 2 35 school district has approved an action to bring about 2 36 a reorganization to take effect on or before July 1, 2 37 2006, the reorganized school district shall include, 2 38 for a period of one year following the effective date 2 39 of reorganization, additional pupils added by the 2 40 application of the supplementary weighting plan, equal 2 41 to the pupils added by the application of the 2 42 supplementary weighting plan in the year preceding the 2 43 effective date of reorganization. For purposes of 2 44 this subsection, the weighted enrollment for the 2 45 period of one year following the effective date of 2 46 reorganization shall include the supplementary 2 47 weighting in the base year used for determining the 2 48 combined district cost for the first year of the 2 49 reorganization. However, the weighting shall be 2 50 reduced by the supplementary weighting added for a 3 1 pupil whose residency is not within the reorganized 3 2 district." 3 3 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 MIKE CONNOLLY 3 8 HF 549.315 80 3 9 kh/cf
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