House Amendment 1827


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 588, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  By striking page 19, line 31, through page 20,
     1  4 line 1, and inserting the following:  <adults with
     1  5 disabilities and special needs.  The funds shall be
     1  6 used for a nationally recognized program that began in
     1  7 1986 and has been replicated in at least thirty
     1  8 other>.
     1  9 #2.  By striking page 26, line 34, through page 27,
     1 10 line 15, and inserting the following:
     1 11    <a.  A school district that provides a virtual
     1 12 class to a pupil in another school district and the
     1 13 school district receiving that virtual class for a
     1 14 pupil shall each receive a supplemental weighting of
     1 15 one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school
     1 16 day during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
     1 17    b.  Fifty percent of the funding the school
     1 18 district providing the virtual class receives as a
     1 19 result of this subsection shall be reserved as
     1 20 additional pay for the virtual classroom instructor.
     1 21 If an instructor's contract provides additional pay
     1 22 for teaching a virtual class, the instructor shall
     1 23 receive the greater amount of either the amount
     1 24 provided for in this paragraph or the amount provided
     1 25 for in the instructor's contract.
     1 26    c.  A school district receiving a virtual class for
     1 27 a pupil from a community college, which class meets
     1 28 the sharing agreement requirements in section 257.11,
     1 29 subsection 3, shall receive a supplemental funding
     1 30 weighting of one=twentieth of the percentage of the
     1 31 pupil's school day during which the pupil attends the
     1 32 virtual class.
     1 33    d.  For the purposes of this subsection, "virtual
     1 34 class" means either of the following:
     1 35    (1)  A class provided by a school district to a
     1 36 pupil in another school district via the Iowa
     1 37 communications network's video services.
     1 38    (2)  A class provided by a community college to a
     1 39 pupil in a school district via the Iowa communications
     1 40 network's video services.>
     1 41 #3.  Page 45, line 13, by inserting after the word
     1 42 <EFFECTIVE> the following:  <AND APPLICABILITY>.
     1 43 #4.  Page 45, by inserting after line 16 the
     1 44 following:
     1 45    <   .  The section of this Act enacting section
     1 46 257.11, subsection 6, takes effect July 1, 2008, and
     1 47 is applicable to school budget years beginning on or
     1 48 after July 1, 2008.>
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     2  2 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
     2  3 OLDSON of Polk, CHAIRPERSON
     2  4 SF 588.215 82
     2  5 kh/es/7397

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