Senate File 451 H-8278 Amend Senate File 451, as amended, passed, and 1 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 3 and inserting: 4 < Section 1. Section 257.41, Code 2011, is amended 5 to read as follows: 6 257.41 Funding for programs for returning dropouts 7 and dropout prevention. 8 1. Budget. The budget of an approved program for 9 returning dropouts and dropout prevention for a school 10 district, after subtracting funds received from other 11 sources for that purpose, shall be funded annually on 12 a basis of one-fourth or more from the district cost 13 of the school district and up to three-fourths by an 14 increase in allowable growth as defined in section 15 257.8 . Annually, the department of management shall 16 establish a modified allowable growth for each such 17 school district equal to the difference between the 18 approved budget for the program for returning dropouts 19 and dropout prevention for that district and the sum of 20 the amount funded from the district cost of the school 21 district plus funds received from other sources. 22 2. Appropriate uses of funding. Appropriate uses of 23 the returning dropout and dropout prevention program 24 funding include but are not limited to the following: 25 a. Salary and benefits for instructional staff, 26 instructional support staff, and school-based youth 27 services staff who are working with students who 28 are participating in dropout prevention programs, 29 alternative programs, and alternative schools, in 30 a traditional or alternative setting, if the staff 31 person’s time is dedicated to working with returning 32 dropouts or students who are deemed, at any time 33 during the school year, to be at risk of dropping out, 34 in order to provide services beyond those which are 35 provided by the school district to students who are 36 not identified as at risk of dropping out. However, 37 if the staff person works part-time with students who 38 are participating in returning dropout and dropout 39 prevention programs, alternative programs, and 40 alternative schools and has another unrelated staff 41 assignment, only the portion of the staff person’s 42 time that is related to the returning dropout and 43 dropout prevention program, alternative program, or 44 alternative school may be charged to the program. For 45 purposes of this paragraph, if an alternative setting 46 is necessary to provide for a program which is offered 47 at a location off school grounds and which is intended 48 to serve student needs by improving relationships 49 and connections to school, decreasing truancy and 50 -1- SF451.5126 (3) 84 kh/rj 1/ 2 #1.

tardiness, providing opportunities for course credit 1 recovery, or helping students identified as at risk 2 of dropping out to accelerate through multiple grade 3 levels of achievement within a shortened time frame, 4 the tuition costs for a student identified as at risk 5 of dropping out shall be considered an appropriate use 6 of the returning dropout and dropout prevention program 7 funding. 8 b. Professional development for all teachers and 9 staff working with at-risk students and programs 10 involving dropout prevention strategies. 11 c. Research-based resources, materials, software, 12 supplies, and purchased services that meet all of the 13 following criteria: 14 (1) Meets the needs of kindergarten through grade 15 twelve students identified as at risk of dropping out 16 and of returning dropouts. 17 (2) Are beyond those provided by the regular school 18 program. 19 (3) Are necessary to provide the services listed in 20 the school district’s dropout prevention plan. 21 (4) Will remain with the kindergarten through 22 grade twelve returning dropout and dropout prevention 23 program. 24 d. Up to five percent of the total budgeted amount 25 received pursuant to subsection 1 may be used for 26 purposes of providing district-wide or building-wide 27 returning dropout and dropout prevention programming 28 targeted to students who are not deemed at risk of 29 dropping out. 30 3. Limitation. For the fiscal year beginning July 31 1, 2013, and each succeeding fiscal year, the ratio of 32 the amount of modified allowable growth established by 33 the department of management compared to the school 34 district’s total regular program district cost shall 35 not exceed the highest such ratio for the school 36 district for any fiscal year beginning before July 1, 37 2013. 38 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act is applicable to 39 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2013. > 40 2. Title page, line 3, after < prevention > by 41 inserting < and including applicability provisions > 42 ______________________________ COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FORRISTALL of Pottawattamie, Chairperson -2- SF451.5126 (3) 84 kh/rj 2/ 2 #2.