House
File
633
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Enrolled
House
File
633
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
SHARED
OPERATIONAL
FUNCTIONS
FOR
PURPOSES
OF
SUPPLEMENTARY
WEIGHTING
FOR
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
Shared
operational
functions
——
increased
student
opportunities
——
budget
years
beginning
in
2014
through
2019
2024
.
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(1)
In
order
to
provide
additional
funding
to
increase
student
opportunities
and
redirect
more
resources
to
student
programming
for
school
districts
that
share
operational
functions,
a
district
that
shares
with
a
political
subdivision
one
or
more
operational
functions
of
a
curriculum
director
,
master
social
worker,
independent
social
worker,
or
school
counselor,
or
one
or
more
operational
functions
in
the
areas
of
superintendent
management,
business
management,
human
resources,
transportation,
or
operation
and
maintenance
for
at
least
twenty
percent
of
the
school
year
shall
be
assigned
a
supplementary
weighting
for
each
shared
operational
function.
A
school
district
that
shares
an
operational
function
in
the
area
of
superintendent
management
shall
be
assigned
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p.
2
supplementary
weighting
of
eight
pupils
for
the
function.
A
school
district
that
shares
an
operational
function
in
the
area
of
business
management,
human
resources,
transportation,
or
operation
and
maintenance
shall
be
assigned
a
supplementary
weighting
of
five
pupils
for
the
function.
A
school
district
that
shares
the
operational
functions
of
a
curriculum
director
,
a
master
social
worker
or
an
independent
social
worker
licensed
under
chapters
147
and
154C,
or
a
school
counselor
shall
be
assigned
a
supplementary
weighting
of
three
pupils
for
the
function.
The
additional
weighting
shall
be
assigned
for
each
discrete
operational
function
shared.
However,
a
school
district
may
receive
the
additional
weighting
under
this
subsection
for
sharing
the
services
of
an
individual
with
a
political
subdivision
even
if
the
type
of
operational
function
performed
by
the
individual
for
the
school
district
and
the
type
of
operational
function
performed
by
the
individual
for
the
political
subdivision
are
not
the
same
operational
function,
so
long
as
both
operational
functions
are
eligible
for
weighting
under
this
subsection
.
In
such
case,
the
school
district
shall
be
assigned
the
additional
weighting
for
the
type
of
operational
function
that
the
individual
performs
for
the
school
district,
and
the
school
district
shall
not
receive
additional
weighting
for
any
other
function
performed
by
the
individual.
The
operational
function
sharing
arrangement
does
not
need
to
be
a
newly
implemented
sharing
arrangement
to
receive
supplementary
weighting
under
this
subsection
.
Sec.
3.
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.
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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
.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2018,
subject
to
the
school
budget
year
limitations
of
section
257.11,
subsection
5.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
633,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor