House File 2461

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2410)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act changing dates related to school district requests to the
  2    department of education for approval to use additional
  3    allowable growth for programs for returning dropouts and
  4    dropout prevention.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 6097HV 80
  7 kh/pj/5

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.40, Code 2003, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    257.40  PLANS FOR RETURNING DROPOUTS AND DROPOUT
  1  4 PREVENTION.
  1  5    The board of directors of a school district requesting to
  1  6 use additional allowable growth for programs for returning
  1  7 dropouts and dropout prevention shall submit applications for
  1  8 approval for the programs to the department not later than
  1  9 November 1 February 15 preceding the budget year during which
  1 10 the program will be offered.  The department shall review the
  1 11 program plans and shall prior to January 15 April 30 either
  1 12 grant approval for the program or return the request for
  1 13 approval with comments of the department included.  An
  1 14 unapproved request for a program may be resubmitted with
  1 15 modifications to the department not later than February 1 May
  1 16 15.  Not later than February 15 May 31, the department shall
  1 17 notify the department of management and the school budget
  1 18 review committee of the names of the school districts for
  1 19 which programs using additional allowable growth for funding
  1 20 have been approved and the approved budget of each program
  1 21 listed separately for each school district having an approved
  1 22 program.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill changes the date by which a school district must
  1 25 apply to the department of education for approval to use
  1 26 additional allowable growth for programs for returning
  1 27 dropouts and dropout prevention from November 1 to February
  1 28 15.  The bill subsequently changes the dates by which the
  1 29 department must review the program plans and either grant
  1 30 approval or return the request, the date by which requests
  1 31 must be resubmitted with modifications, and the date by which
  1 32 the department must notify the department of management and
  1 33 the school budget review committee of the names of the school
  1 34 districts whose requests have been approved.
  1 35 LSB 6097HV 80
  2  1 kh/pj/5