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5 or jointly by the affected boards, action to bring
6 about a reorganization or dissolution to take effect
7 on or after July 1, 2002, and on or before July 1,
8 2006, shall certify the date and the nature of the
9 action taken to the department of education by January
10 1 of the year in which the reorganization or
11 dissolution takes effect.
12 Sec. . Section 257.11, subsection 2, paragraph
13 c, subparagraph (2), Code 2003, is amended to read as
14 follows:
15 (2) A school district which was not participating
16 in a whole grade sharing arrangement during the budget
17 year beginning July 1, 2000, which executes a whole
18 grade sharing agreement pursuant to sections 282.10
19 through 282.12 for the budget year beginning July 1,
20 2002, or July 1, 2003, July 1, 2004, or July 1, 2005,
21 and which adopts a resolution jointly with the other
22 affected boards to study the question of undergoing a
23 reorganization or dissolution to take effect on or
24 before July 1, 2006, shall receive a weighting of one-
25 tenth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
26 during which the pupil attends classes in another
27 district, attends classes taught by a teacher who is
28 jointly employed under section 280.15, or attends
29 classes taught by a teacher who is employed by another
30 school district. A district shall be eligible for
31 supplementary weighting pursuant to this subparagraph
32 for a maximum of three years. Receipt of
33 supplementary weighting for a second and third year
34 shall be conditioned upon submission of information
35 resulting from the study to the school budget review
36 committee indicating progress toward the objective of
37 reorganization on or before July 1, 2006.
38 Sec. . Section 258.17, subsection 4, Code 2003,
39 is amended to read as follows:
40 4. Each workstart program shall include a written
41 agreement by the school or school district with one or
42 more businesses from the surrounding community to
43 provide workplace-specific training and learning
44 programs which are related to the skills needed to
45 succeed in those occupational areas. The proposed
46 plan for implementation of the workstart program shall
47 include a copy of the written agreement between the
48 school or school district and the business or
49 businesses and a business support component, which
50 shall consist of financial or in-kind support, or both
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1 financial and in-kind support, from the businesses
2 that have entered into the agreement with the school
3 or school district. The plan may provide for the
4 utilization of phase III and other available school

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