House
File
596
-
Enrolled
House
File
596
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
INCENTIVES
FOR
WHOLE
GRADE
SHARING
AND
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
REORGANIZATION
OR
DISSOLUTION.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
257.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
d,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
d.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
a
reorganized
school
district
is
one
which
absorbs
at
least
thirty
percent
of
the
enrollment
of
the
school
district
affected
by
a
reorganization
or
dissolved
during
a
dissolution
and
in
which
action
to
bring
about
a
reorganization
or
dissolution
is
initiated
by
a
vote
of
the
board
of
directors
or
jointly
by
the
affected
boards
of
directors
to
take
effect
on
or
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
1,
2019
2024
.
Each
district
which
initiated,
by
a
vote
of
the
board
of
directors
or
jointly
by
the
affected
boards,
action
to
bring
about
a
reorganization
or
dissolution
to
take
effect
on
or
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
1,
2019
2024
,
shall
certify
the
date
and
the
nature
of
the
action
taken
to
the
department
of
education
by
January
1
of
the
year
in
which
the
reorganization
or
dissolution
takes
effect.
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
Pupils
attending
class
for
all
or
a
substantial
portion
of
a
school
day
pursuant
to
a
whole
grade
sharing
agreement
executed
under
sections
282.10
through
282.12
shall
be
eligible
for
supplementary
weighting
pursuant
to
this
subsection
.
A
House
File
596,
p.
2
school
district
which
executes
a
whole
grade
sharing
agreement
and
which
adopts
a
resolution
jointly
with
other
affected
boards
to
study
the
question
of
undergoing
a
reorganization
or
dissolution
to
take
effect
on
or
before
July
1,
2019
2024
,
shall
receive
a
weighting
of
one-tenth
of
the
percentage
of
the
pupil’s
school
day
during
which
the
pupil
attends
classes
in
another
district,
attends
classes
taught
by
a
teacher
who
is
jointly
employed
under
section
280.15
,
or
attends
classes
taught
by
a
teacher
who
is
employed
by
another
school
district.
A
district
shall
be
eligible
for
supplementary
weighting
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
for
a
maximum
of
three
years.
Receipt
of
supplementary
weighting
for
a
second
and
third
year
shall
be
conditioned
upon
submission
of
information
resulting
from
the
study
to
the
school
budget
review
committee
indicating
progress
toward
the
objective
of
reorganization
on
or
before
July
1,
2019
2024
.
Sec.
3.
Section
257.11A,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2019,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
In
determining
weighted
enrollment
under
section
257.6
,
if
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
has
approved
a
contract
for
sharing
pursuant
to
section
257.11
and
the
school
district
has
approved
an
action
to
bring
about
a
reorganization
to
take
effect
on
and
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
1,
2019
2024
,
the
reorganized
school
district
shall
include,
for
a
period
of
three
years
following
the
effective
date
of
the
reorganization,
additional
pupils
added
by
the
application
of
the
supplementary
weighting
plan,
equal
to
the
pupils
added
by
the
application
of
the
supplementary
weighting
plan
in
the
year
preceding
the
reorganization.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
the
weighted
enrollment
for
the
period
of
three
years
following
the
effective
date
of
reorganization
shall
include
the
supplementary
weighting
in
the
base
year
used
for
determining
the
combined
district
cost
for
the
first
year
of
the
reorganization.
However,
the
weighting
shall
be
reduced
by
the
supplementary
weighting
added
for
a
pupil
whose
residency
is
not
within
the
reorganized
district.
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
a
reorganized
district
is
one
in
which
the
reorganization
was
approved
in
an
election
pursuant
to
sections
275.18
and
275.20
and
takes
effect
on
or
House
File
596,
p.
3
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
1,
2019
2024
.
Each
district
which
initiates,
by
a
vote
of
the
board
of
directors
or
jointly
by
the
affected
boards,
action
to
bring
about
a
reorganization
or
dissolution
to
take
effect
on
or
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
1,
2019
2024
,
shall
certify
the
date
and
the
nature
of
the
action
taken
to
the
department
of
education
by
January
1
of
the
year
in
which
the
reorganization
or
dissolution
takes
effect.
______________________________
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
596,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor