Senate File 2269 S-5068 Amend Senate File 2269 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 7, paragraph 4 a, subparagraph (1), Code 2014, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 (1) In order to provide additional funding to 7 increase student opportunities and redirect more 8 resources to student programming for school districts 9 that share operational functions, a supplementary 10 weighting of two hundredths per pupil shall be 11 assigned to pupils enrolled in a district that 12 shares with a political subdivision one or more 13 operational functions of a curriculum director , 14 school administration manager, social worker, school 15 nurse, or school counselor, or school librarian, 16 or one or more operational functions in the areas 17 of superintendent management, business management, 18 human resources, transportation, or operation and 19 maintenance for at least twenty percent of the school 20 year shall be assigned a supplementary weighting 21 for each shared operational function . A school 22 district that shares an operational function in the 23 area of superintendent management shall be assigned 24 a supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the 25 function. A school district that shares an operational 26 function in the area of business management, human 27 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance 28 shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of five 29 pupils for the function. A school district that shares 30 the operational functions of a curriculum director or 31 a school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary 32 weighting of three pupils for the function. The 33 additional weighting shall be assigned for each 34 discrete operational function shared. However, a 35 school district may receive the additional weighting 36 under this subsection for sharing the services of 37 an individual with a political subdivision even if 38 the type of operational function performed by the 39 individual for the school district and the type of 40 operational function performed by the individual for 41 the political subdivision are not the same operational 42 function, so long as both operational functions are 43 eligible for weighting under this subsection. In 44 such case, the school district shall be assigned 45 the additional weighting for the type of operational 46 function that the individual performs for the school 47 district, and the school district shall not receive 48 additional weighting for any other function performed 49 by the individual. The operational function sharing 50 -1- SF2269.3350 (1) 85 (amending this SF 2269 to CONFORM to HF 2271) md/sc 1/ 3 #1.
arrangement does not need to be a newly implemented 1 sharing arrangement to receive supplementary 2 weighting under this subsection . However, to receive 3 supplementary weighting under this subsection for an 4 ongoing operational function sharing arrangement that 5 began before July 1, 2014, the district shall submit 6 information to the department documenting the cost 7 savings directly attributable to the shared operational 8 functions and describe the district’s consideration of 9 additional shared operational functions. 10 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 7, paragraphs c 11 and d, Code 2014, are amended to read as follows: 12 c. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this 13 subsection shall be available to a school district for 14 a maximum of five years during the period commencing 15 with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through 16 the budget year beginning July 1, 2019. The minimum 17 amount of additional weighting for which a school 18 district shall be eligible is an amount equivalent 19 to ten additional pupils, and the maximum amount of 20 additional weighting for which a school district shall 21 be eligible in a budget year is an amount equivalent 22 to forty twenty-one additional pupils. Receipt of 23 supplementary weighting by a school district pursuant 24 to this subsection for more than one year shall be 25 contingent upon the annual submission of information 26 by the district to the department documenting cost 27 savings directly attributable to the shared operational 28 functions. Criteria for determining the number of 29 years for which supplementary weighting shall be 30 received pursuant to this subsection , subject to the 31 five-year maximum, and for determining qualification 32 of operational functions for supplementary weighting 33 shall be determined by the department by rule, through 34 consideration of long-term savings by the school 35 district or increased student opportunities. 36 d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this 37 subsection shall be available to an area education 38 agency for a maximum of five years during the period 39 commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 40 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 41 2019. The minimum amount of additional funding for 42 which an area education agency shall be eligible in 43 a budget year is fifty thirty thousand dollars, and 44 the maximum amount of additional funding for which an 45 area education agency shall be eligible is two hundred 46 thousand dollars. The department of management shall 47 annually set a weighting for each area education agency 48 to generate the approved operational sharing expense 49 using the area education agency’s special education 50 -2- SF2269.3350 (1) 85 (amending this SF 2269 to CONFORM to HF 2271) md/sc 2/ 3
cost per pupil amount and foundation level. Receipt 1 of supplementary weighting by an area education agency 2 for more than one year shall be contingent upon the 3 annual submission of information by the district to 4 the department documenting cost savings directly 5 attributable to the shared operational functions. 6 Criteria for determining the number of years for 7 which supplementary weighting shall be received 8 pursuant to this subsection , subject to the five-year 9 maximum, and the amount generated by the supplementary 10 weighting, and for determining qualification of 11 operational functions for supplementary weighting 12 shall be determined by the department by rule, 13 through consideration of long-term savings by the area 14 education agency or increased student opportunities. 15 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being 16 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 17 enactment. > 18 2. Title page, line 1, by striking < modifying > and 19 inserting < relating to > 20 ______________________________ LIZ MATHIS -3- SF2269.3350 (1) 85 (amending this SF 2269 to CONFORM to HF 2271) md/sc 3/ 3 #2.