House Amendment 1653
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, H=1645, to the Senate
1 2 amendment, H=1635, to House File 816, as amended,
1 3 passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 4 #1. Page 21, by inserting after line 17, the
1 5 following:
1 6 <Sec. . SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS ==
1 7 SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING == APPROPRIATION. For the
1 8 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June
1 9 30, 2006, there is appropriated from the general fund
1 10 of the state to the department of education the
1 11 following amount, or so much thereof as may be
1 12 necessary, to be utilized for the purpose designated:
1 13 .................................................. $ 6,100,000
1 14 The funds appropriated pursuant to this section
1 15 shall be allocated on or about November 15, 2005, to
1 16 school districts that have established shared
1 17 operational functions pursuant to section 257.11,
1 18 subsection 5A. If the amount appropriated is
1 19 insufficient to fully fund the amount of supplementary
1 20 weighting requested and approved, the funds shall be
1 21 allocated to each requesting and approved school
1 22 district based on the ratio that each district's
1 23 actual enrollment bears to the total actual enrollment
1 24 of all requesting and approved school districts.
1 25 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
1 26 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated
1 27 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but
1 28 shall remain available for expenditure for the
1 29 purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
1 30 fiscal year.>
1 31 #2. Page 24, by inserting after line 41, the
1 32 following:
1 33 <Sec. . Section 257.11, Code 2005, is amended
1 34 by adding the following new subsection:
1 35 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS
1 36 == INCREASED STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES.
1 37 a. In order to provide additional funding to
1 38 increase student opportunities for school districts
1 39 that share operational functions, a supplementary
1 40 weighting plan for determining enrollment is adopted.
1 41 A supplementary weighting of two hundredths per pupil
1 42 shall be assigned to pupils enrolled in a district
1 43 that shares with one or more other districts one or
1 44 more operational functions in the areas of business
1 45 management, human resources, transportation, or
1 46 operation and maintenance for at least twenty percent
1 47 of the school year.
1 48 b. The minimum amount of additional weighting for
1 49 which a school district shall be eligible is an amount
1 50 corresponding to ten additional pupils, and the
2 1 maximum amount of additional weighting for which a
2 2 school district shall be eligible is an amount
2 3 corresponding to twenty additional pupils. Criteria
2 4 for determining qualification of operational functions
2 5 for additional weighting shall be determined by the
2 6 department of education by rule.
2 7 c. Amounts received as supplementary weighting for
2 8 sharing operational functions pursuant to paragraph
2 9 "a" and for any savings realized through the sharing
2 10 of such functions shall be utilized by a school
2 11 district to improve teacher salaries, and offer
2 12 additional courses to maximize the access of every
2 13 high school student to four years of mathematics,
2 14 science, and English or language arts, with the intent
2 15 that additional course offerings will include advanced
2 16 content and advanced placement opportunities.>
2 17 #3. Page 30, by inserting after line 48, the
2 18 following:
2 19 < . The section of this Act amending section
2 20 257.11 by enacting subsection 5A, being deemed of
2 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment, and
2 22 first applies to supplementary weighting for the
2 23 school year beginning July 1, 2005.>
2 24
2 25
2 26
2 27 WENDT of Woodbury
2 28 HF 816.527 81
2 29 mg/pj/4973
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