House
File
2783
H-8443
Amend
the
amendment,
H-8439,
to
House
File
2783,
as
follows:
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Page
28,
after
line
18
by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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SPECIAL
EDUCATION
WEIGHTING
WORK
GROUP
4
Sec.
___.
SPECIAL
EDUCATION
WEIGHTING
WORK
GROUP.
5
1.
School
funding
in
Iowa
has
not
evolved
as
the
6
demographics
of
Iowa
students
have
changed
significantly,
with
7
little
attention
paid
to
supporting
the
special
education
needs
8
of
students.
In
order
to
meet
the
needs
of
such
students
and
9
to
ensure
access
to
special
education
across
school
districts,
10
the
special
education
weighting
work
group
shall
review
the
11
special
education
weighting
plan
under
section
256B.9,
which
12
has
not
been
altered
since
2004,
and
shall
consider
all
of
the
13
following:
14
a.
How
to
increase
special
education
weightings
in
a
way
15
that
both
meets
the
needs
of
students
and
minimizes
the
need
16
for
school
districts
to
increase
property
taxes.
17
b.
The
standards
associated
with
each
special
education
18
weighting.
19
c.
Best
practices
in
the
United
States
related
to
funding
20
special
education.
21
2.
The
school
finance
review
committee
met
on
December
22
16,
2024,
and
received
a
memo
from
the
school
budget
review
23
committee
that
discussed
how
a
review
of
special
education
24
funding
should
be
conducted.
25
3.
The
director
of
the
department
of
education
shall
26
establish
and
appoint
members
to
a
work
group
to
make
27
recommendations
to
modify
the
special
education
weighting
plan.
28
The
department
of
education
shall
work
cooperatively
to
provide
29
staffing
assistance
for
the
work
group.
The
work
group
shall
30
be
composed
of
at
least
all
of
the
following:
31
a.
One
member
representing
the
Iowa
association
of
school
32
boards.
33
b.
One
member
representing
the
area
education
agencies.
34
c.
One
member
representing
the
Iowa
state
education
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association.
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d.
One
member
representing
the
school
administrators
of
2
Iowa.
3
e.
One
member
representing
the
urban
education
network
of
4
Iowa.
5
f.
One
member
representing
the
rural
school
advocates
of
6
Iowa.
7
g.
One
member
representing
the
professional
educators
of
8
Iowa.
9
h.
One
representative
of
the
school
district
with
the
10
highest
basic
enrollment
under
section
257.6
for
the
school
11
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2025.
12
i.
One
representative
of
a
school
district
with
a
basic
13
enrollment
under
section
257.6
for
the
school
budget
year
14
beginning
July
1,
2025,
that
is
ranked
in
the
highest
one-third
15
among
all
school
districts
in
the
state.
16
j.
One
representative
of
a
school
district
with
a
basic
17
enrollment
under
section
257.6
for
the
school
budget
year
18
beginning
July
1,
2025,
that
is
ranked
in
the
middle
one-third
19
among
all
school
districts
in
the
state.
20
k.
One
representative
of
a
school
district
with
a
basic
21
enrollment
under
section
257.6
for
the
school
budget
year
22
beginning
July
1,
2025,
that
is
ranked
in
the
lowest
one-third
23
among
all
school
districts
in
the
state.
24
l.
One
representative
of
a
school
district
located
in
whole
25
or
in
part
less
than
one
hundred
miles
from
the
eastern
border
26
of
this
state.
27
m.
One
representative
of
a
school
district
located
in
whole
28
or
in
part
more
than
one
hundred
miles
from
both
the
eastern
29
border
of
this
state
and
the
western
border
of
this
state.
30
n.
One
representative
of
a
school
district
located
in
whole
31
or
in
part
less
than
one
hundred
miles
from
the
western
border
32
of
this
state.
33
o.
Four
ex
officio,
nonvoting
legislative
members
34
consisting
of
the
following:
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Two
state
senators,
one
appointed
by
the
majority
leader
1
of
the
senate
and
one
appointed
by
the
minority
leader
of
the
2
senate.
3
(2)
Two
state
representatives,
one
appointed
by
the
speaker
4
and
one
appointed
by
the
minority
leader
of
the
house
of
5
representatives.
6
4.
By
January
4,
2027,
the
work
group
shall
submit
7
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
and
the
governor
for
8
adjustments
to
the
special
education
weightings.
>
9
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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