Senate Amendment 3127


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 416 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 15 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 257.11, subsection 6, paragraph
     1  5 b, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    b.  (1)  Supplementary weighting pursuant to this
     1  7 subsection shall be available to a school district for
     1  8 a maximum of five years during the period commencing
     1  9 with the budget year beginning July 1, 2008, through
     1 10 the budget year beginning July 1, 2013.
     1 11    (2)  The minimum amount of additional weighting for
     1 12 which a school district shall be eligible is an amount
     1 13 equivalent to ten additional pupils, and the maximum
     1 14 amount of additional weighting for which a school
     1 15 district shall be eligible is an amount equivalent to
     1 16 forty additional pupils.
     1 17    (3)  When noncontiguous school districts seek to
     1 18 share operational functions, the school districts
     1 19 shall submit to the department at least six months
     1 20 before the next school budget year begins a report
     1 21 documenting the expected cost savings directly
     1 22 attributable to the anticipated shared operational
     1 23 functions between the school districts.  The
     1 24 department shall determine whether the shared
     1 25 operational plan between the noncontiguous districts
     1 26 is approved.
     1 27    (4)  Receipt of supplementary weighting by a school
     1 28 district pursuant to this subsection for more than one
     1 29 year shall be contingent upon the annual submission of
     1 30 information by the district to the department
     1 31 documenting cost savings directly attributable to the
     1 32 shared operational functions.  Criteria for
     1 33 determining the number of years for which
     1 34 supplementary weighting shall be received pursuant to
     1 35 this subsection, subject to the five=year maximum, and
     1 36 for determining qualification of operational functions
     1 37 for supplementary weighting shall be determined by the
     1 38 department by rule, through consideration of long=term
     1 39 savings by the school district or increased student
     1 40 opportunities.>
     1 41 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 45 BECKY SCHMITZ
     1 46 SF 416.202 83
     1 47 ak/sc/23145
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