S-5232

   Amend House File 633, as passed by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 2, by striking <2017> and inserting <2018>
   2.  Page 1, by striking line 4 and inserting <opportunities —— budget years beginning in 2014 through 2019 2024.>
   3.  By striking page 1, line 5, through page 2, line 1, and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraphs c, d, and e, Code 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   c.  Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall be available to a school district for a maximum of five years during the period commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019 2024. The maximum amount of additional weighting for which a school district shall be eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils. Criteria for determining the qualification of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by the department by rule, through consideration of increased student opportunities.
   d.  Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall be available to an area education agency for a maximum of five years during the period commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019 2024. The minimum amount of additional funding for which an area education agency shall be eligible in a budget year is thirty thousand dollars, and the maximum amount of additional funding for which an area education agency shall be eligible is two hundred thousand dollars. The department of management shall annually set a weighting for each area education agency to generate the approved operational sharing expense using the area education agency’s special education cost per pupil amount and foundation level. Criteria for determining the qualification of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by the department by rule, through consideration of increased student opportunities.
   e.  This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2020 2025.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

CHARLES SCHNEIDER, CHAIRPERSON