House Amendment 1031


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 61, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 3, by striking lines 23 through 29 and
     1  4 inserting the following:
     1  5    <4.  PROGRAMS.  The authorities in charge of each
     1  6 accredited nonpublic school are encouraged to
     1  7 establish programs designed to eliminate harassment
     1  8 and bullying in schools.  The board of directors of
     1  9 each school district shall establish a program
     1 10 designed to eliminate harassment and bullying, using
     1 11 moneys appropriated to the department of education and
     1 12 allocated to school districts for purposes of
     1 13 professional development, to fund professional
     1 14 development for Iowa practitioners relating to a
     1 15 proactive and pervasive process of character
     1 16 development.  School districts shall, and accredited
     1 17 nonpublic schools are encouraged to, do the
     1 18 following:>
     1 19 #2.  Page 4, by inserting after line 24 the
     1 20 following:
     1 21    <Sec.    .  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In
     1 22 accordance with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state
     1 23 cost of requiring compliance with any state mandate
     1 24 included in this Act shall be paid by a school
     1 25 district from state school foundation aid received by
     1 26 the school district under section 257.16.  This
     1 27 specification of the payment of the state cost shall
     1 28 be deemed to meet all the state funding=related
     1 29 requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no
     1 30 additional state funding shall be necessary for the
     1 31 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of
     1 32 this Act against all affected school districts.>
     1 33 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 37 RAECKER of Polk
     1 38 SF 61.513 82
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