H-1063

   Amend House File 515 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, after line 18 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  (1)  Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall be available to a school district during the period commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2034. The maximum amount of additional weighting for which a school district shall be eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils; provided, however, that for budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2024, the supplementary weighting assigned for a shared operational function in the area of a college and career transition counselor or coordinator shall not count toward this the maximum amount established pursuant to this subparagraph. 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.
   (2)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2025, if a school district shares an operational function in the area of a school resource officer, then the maximum amount of additional weighting for which the school district shall be eligible in a budget year is twenty-three additional pupils.>
   2.  Page 2, by striking lines 19 and 20 and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  APPLICABILITY.  The following applies July 1, 2025, for school budget years beginning on or after that date:
   The section of this Act amending section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1).>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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GJERDE of Linn