House Amendment 8281
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2492 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 5, line 9, by striking <subparagraph (3),
1 3 Code Supplement 2009, is> and inserting <subparagraphs
1 4 (3) and (5), Code Supplement 2009, are>
1 5 #2. Page 5, after line 27 by inserting:
1 6 <(5) Resident pupils receiving competent private
1 7 instruction from a licensed practitioner provided
1 8 through a public school district pursuant to chapter
1 9 299A shall be counted as three=tenths of one pupil.
1 10 Revenues received by a school district attributed to a
1 11 school district's weighted enrollment pursuant to this
1 12 paragraph shall be expended for the purpose for which
1 13 the weighting was assigned under this paragraph. If
1 14 the school district determines that the expenditures
1 15 associated with providing competent private instruction
1 16 pursuant to chapter 299A are in excess of the
1 17 revenue attributed to the school district's weighted
1 18 enrollment for such instruction in accordance with this
1 19 subparagraph, the school district may submit a request
1 20 to the school budget review committee for modified
1 21 allowable growth in accordance with section 257.31,
1 22 subsection 5, paragraph "n". A home school assistance
1 23 program shall not provide moneys received pursuant to
1 24 this subparagraph, nor resources paid for with moneys
1 25 received pursuant to this subparagraph, to parents or
1 26 students utilizing the program. Moneys received by a
1 27 school district pursuant to this subparagraph shall be
1 28 used as provided in section 299A.12.>
1 29 #3. Page 17, after line 35 by inserting:
1 30 <Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 299A.12 Home school
1 31 assistance program.
1 32 1. The board of directors of a school district
1 33 may expend moneys received pursuant to section 257.6,
1 34 subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (5), for
1 35 purposes of providing a home school assistance program.
1 36 2. Purposes for which a school district may expend
1 37 funds received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1,
1 38 paragraph "a", subparagraph (5), shall include but not
1 39 be limited to the following:
1 40 a. Assisting parents with instruction.
1 41 b. Student and teaching=parent support services and
1 42 staff support services.
1 43 c. Salary and benefits for the supervising teacher
1 44 of the home school assistance program students. If the
1 45 teacher is a part=time home school assistance program
1 46 teacher and a part=time regular classroom teacher,
1 47 funds received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection
1 48 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (5), may be used only
1 49 for the portion of time in which the teacher is a home
1 50 school assistance program teacher.
2 1 d. Salary and benefits for clerical and office
2 2 staff of the home school assistance program. If
2 3 the staff members are shared with other programs
2 4 or functions within the district, funds received
2 5 pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph
2 6 "a", subparagraph (5), shall only be expended for
2 7 the portion of time spent providing the home school
2 8 assistance program services.
2 9 e. Staff development for the home school assistance
2 10 program teacher.
2 11 f. Travel for the home school assistance program
2 12 teacher.
2 13 g. Resources, materials, computer software and
2 14 hardware, and supplies, and purchased services that
2 15 meet the following criteria:
2 16 (1) Are necessary to provide the services of home
2 17 school assistance.
2 18 (2) Are retained as the possessions of the school
2 19 district for its prekindergarten through grade twelve
2 20 home school assistance program.
2 21 3. Purposes for which a school district shall
2 22 not expend funds received pursuant to section 257.6,
2 23 subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (5), include
2 24 but are not limited to the following:
2 25 a. Indirect costs or use charges.
2 26 b. Operational or maintenance costs in addition to
2 27 the cost of maintaining school district facilities.
2 28 c. Capital expenditures.
2 29 d. Student transportation except in cases of home
2 30 school assistance program=approved field trips or other
2 31 educational activities.
2 32 e. Administrative costs.
2 33 f. Concurrent enrollment program costs and
2 34 postsecondary enrollment options program costs.
2 35 g. Any other expenditures not directly related to
2 36 providing the home school assistance program. A home
2 37 school assistance program shall not provide moneys to
2 38 parents or students utilizing the program.>
2 39 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
KELLEY of Black Hawk
HF2492.1511 (2) 83
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