House
File
605
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House
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605
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
SUPPLEMENTARY
WEIGHTING
FOR
LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT
STUDENTS
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
280.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
a.
The
medium
of
instruction
in
all
secular
subjects
taught
in
both
public
and
nonpublic
schools
shall
be
the
English
language,
except
when
the
use
of
a
world
language
is
deemed
appropriate
in
the
teaching
of
any
subject
or
when
the
student
is
limited
English
proficient.
When
the
student
is
limited
English
proficient,
both
public
and
nonpublic
schools
shall
provide
special
instruction,
which
shall
include
but
need
not
be
limited
to
either
instruction
in
English
as
a
second
language
or
transitional
bilingual
instruction
until
the
student
is
fully
English
proficient
or
demonstrates
a
functional
ability
to
speak,
read,
write,
and
understand
the
English
language.
b.
As
used
in
this
section
,
“limited
English
proficient”
means
a
student’s
language
background
is
in
a
language
other
than
English,
and
the
student’s
proficiency
in
English
is
such
that
the
probability
of
the
student’s
academic
success
in
an
English-only
classroom
is
below
that
of
an
academically
successful
peer
with
an
English
language
background.
:
House
File
605,
p.
2
(1)
“Fully
English
proficient”
means
a
student
who
is
able
to
read,
understand,
write,
and
speak
the
English
language
and
to
use
English
to
ask
questions,
to
understand
teachers
and
reading
materials,
to
test
ideas,
and
to
challenge
what
is
being
asked
in
the
classroom
has
attained
a
level
of
English-language
skill
in
reading,
writing,
listening,
and
speaking
to
be
proficient
under
the
state’s
English
language
proficiency
standards,
as
measured
by
the
state-adopted
assessment
of
English
language
proficiency
as
required
by
section
1111
of
the
federal
Elementary
and
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965,
as
amended
by
the
federal
Every
Student
Succeeds
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
114-95
.
(2)
“Intensive
student”
means
a
limited-English-proficient
student
who,
even
with
support,
is
not
proficient
under
the
state’s
English
language
proficiency
standards,
as
measured
by
the
state-adopted
assessment
of
English
language
proficiency.
(3)
“Intermediate
student”
means
a
limited-English-proficient
student
who,
either
with
or
without
support,
approaches
being
proficient
under
the
state’s
English
language
proficiency
standards,
as
measured
by
the
state-adopted
assessment
of
English
language
proficiency.
(4)
“Limited
English
proficient”
means
a
student’s
language
background
is
in
a
language
other
than
English,
and
the
student’s
proficiency
in
English
is
such
that
the
probability
of
the
student’s
academic
success
in
an
English-only
classroom
is
below
that
of
an
academically
successful
peer
with
an
English
language
background.
Each
limited-English-proficient
student
shall
be
identified
as
either
an
intensive
student
or
an
intermediate
student.
Sec.
2.
Section
280.4,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
In
order
to
provide
funds
for
the
excess
costs
of
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
students
specified
in
paragraph
“b”
above
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
a
regular
curriculum,
students
each
limited-English-proficient
student
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
an
intensive
student
shall
be
assigned
an
additional
weighting
of
twenty-two
twenty-six
hundredths,
each
limited-English-proficient
student
identified
as
an
intermediate
student
shall
be
assigned
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an
additional
weighting
of
twenty-one
hundredths,
and
that
the
applicable
weighting
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
five
years
as
provided
in
paragraph
“b”
.
However,
the
school
budget
review
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
or
a
modified
supplemental
amount
to
a
school
district
to
continue
funding
a
program
for
students
after
the
expiration
of
the
five-year
period.
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
605,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor