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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CERTAIN
INFORMATION
IN
PROCEEDINGS
BEFORE
THE
DIRECTOR
OF
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
AND
THE
BOARD
OF
EDUCATIONAL
EXAMINERS,
CERTAIN
REQUESTS
MADE
TO
THE
SCHOOL
BUDGET
REVIEW
COMMITTEE,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
256.9,
subsection
17,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17.
Hear
and
decide
appeals
arising
from
the
school
laws
not
otherwise
specifically
granted
to
the
state
board.
If
a
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
education
agency
requests
that
the
director
review
information
contained
in
a
basic
education
data
survey
submission
and
the
director
finds
that
an
error
in
the
basic
education
data
survey
submission
resulted
in
an
incorrect
determination
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
or
the
executive
director
of
the
board
of
educational
examiners
relating
to
licensure
of
a
practitioner,
the
director
shall
notify
the
executive
director
of
the
board
of
educational
examiners
of
the
director’s
findings.
Sec.
2.
Section
257.40,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
257.40
Approval
of
requests
for
modified
supplement
amounts
for
adopted
program
plans.
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
requesting
to
use
a
modified
supplemental
amount
for
costs
in
excess
of
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2418,
p.
2
the
funding
received
under
section
257.11,
subsection
4
,
for
programs
for
at-risk
students,
secondary
students
who
attend
alternative
programs
and
alternative
schools,
or
returning
dropouts
and
dropout
prevention
shall
submit
requests
for
a
modified
supplemental
amount,
including
budget
costs,
to
the
school
budget
review
committee
not
later
than
January
15
of
the
budget
year
preceding
the
budget
year
during
which
the
program
will
be
offered.
The
school
budget
review
committee
shall
review
the
request
and
shall
grant
approval
for
the
request
if
the
amount
requested
does
not
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
the
limitation
of
section
257.41,
subsection
3
,
minus
any
funds
for
the
adopted
program
carried
forward
from
the
year
prior
to
the
base
year.
The
board
of
directors
shall
certify
by
resolution
that
the
request
complies
with
the
school
district’s
adopted
program
plan.
If
the
amount
requested
exceeds
an
amount
equal
to
the
limitation
of
section
257.41,
subsection
3
,
minus
any
funds
for
the
adopted
program
carried
forward
from
the
year
prior
to
the
base
year,
the
amount
approved
by
the
school
budget
review
committee
shall
equal
the
limitation
amount
minus
any
funds
for
the
adopted
program
carried
forward
from
the
year
prior
to
the
base
year.
Not
later
than
March
15,
the
school
budget
review
committee
shall
notify
the
department
of
management
of
the
names
of
the
school
districts
for
which
programs
using
a
modified
supplemental
amount
for
funding
have
been
approved
and
the
approved
budget
of
each
program
listed
separately
for
each
school
district
having
an
approved
request.
If
requested,
the
board
of
directors
shall
provide
the
adopted
program
plan
for
any
audit
performed
under
chapter
11
or
other
provision
of
law.
2.
If
a
school
district
submits
a
request
after
January
15
but
before
March
1
of
the
budget
year
preceding
the
budget
year
during
which
the
program
will
be
offered,
the
school
budget
review
committee
may
grant
the
modified
supplemental
amount
request
based
on
the
specifications
under
subsection
1.
Sec.
3.
Section
272.2,
subsection
14,
paragraph
d,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
d.
An
applicant
for
a
license
or
certificate
under
this
chapter
shall
demonstrate
that
the
requirements
of
the
license
or
certificate
have
been
met
and
the
burden
of
proof
shall
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be
on
the
applicant.
However,
if
the
executive
director
of
the
board
receives
notice
from
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
under
section
256.9,
subsection
17,
that
an
error
in
the
basic
education
data
survey
submission
resulted
in
an
incorrect
determination
relating
to
licensure
of
a
practitioner,
the
executive
director
shall
initiate
corrective
action
with
the
board
and
the
findings
of
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
shall
be
sufficient
evidence
to
correct
such
error.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
Sec.
5.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
applies
retroactively
to
January
1,
2020,
for
requests
for
modified
supplemental
amounts
filed
on
or
after
that
date:
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
257.40.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
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
2418,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor