Senate File 2151 SENATE FILE BY WARNSTADT, KREIMAN, QUIRMBACH, BEALL, STEWART, DVORSKY, CONNOLLY, GRONSTAL, KIBBIE, BLACK, COURTNEY, HOLVECK, RAGAN, DOTZLER, and SENG Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the amount of weighting assigned to certain 2 students. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5094XS 80 5 rn/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 225C.40, subsection 1, paragraph d, 1 2 Code 2003, is amended as follows: 1 3 d. The family member is no longer eligible for special 1 4 education pursuant to section 256B.9, subsection 1, paragraph 1 5"c" or "d""c", "d", or "f". 1 6 Sec. 2. Section 256B.9, subsection 1, paragraph d, 1 7 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 8 follows: 1 9 Children requiring special education who have severe 1 10 disabilitiesor who have multiple disabilitiesare assigned a 1 11 weighting of four and four=tenths for the school year 1 12 commencing July 1, 1975. 1 13 Sec. 3. Section 256B.9, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 14 amended by adding the following new paragraphs: 1 15 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. Children requiring special education 1 16 who have multiple disabilities shall be assigned a cumulative 1 17 weighting comprised of the sum of the weightings to which each 1 18 disability possessed by the child would individually be 1 19 assigned pursuant to this subsection. 1 20 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. Weightings assigned pursuant to this 1 21 subsection shall be in addition to amounts received as 1 22 supplementary weighting pursuant to sections 257.11 and 1 23 257.11A, amounts received for limited English proficiency 1 24 instruction pursuant to section 280.4, or amounts received 1 25 pursuant to any other provision authorizing additional 1 26 weighting for specified purposes. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 This bill relates to the manner in which additional 1 29 weighting for school funding purposes, which is receivable by 1 30 special education students with multiple disabilities or who 1 31 qualify for more than one type of weighting, is authorized or 1 32 calculated. 1 33 The bill provides that children requiring special education 1 34 who have multiple disabilities shall be assigned a cumulative 1 35 weighting comprised of the sum of the weightings to which each 2 1 disability possessed by the child would individually be 2 2 assigned pursuant to Code section 256B.9. Currently, children 2 3 with multiple disabilities are grouped together with children 2 4 with severe disabilities and assigned a weighting of four and 2 5 four=tenths. The bill additionally provides that the 2 6 weightings assigned pursuant to Code section 256B.9 shall be 2 7 in addition to amounts received as supplementary weighting 2 8 pursuant to Code sections 257.11 and 257.11A, amounts received 2 9 for limited English proficiency instruction pursuant to Code 2 10 section 280.4, or amounts received pursuant to any other 2 11 provision authorizing additional weighting for specified 2 12 purposes. The bill includes a reference to the new multiple 2 13 disability weighting in Code section 225C.40, relating to the 2 14 basis for termination of the family support subsidy if a 2 15 family member is no longer eligible for special education. 2 16 Code section 225C.40 currently references the special 2 17 education weighting provisions of Code section 256B.9, 2 18 subsection 1, paragraphs "c" and "d". 2 19 LSB 5094XS 80 2 20 rn/pj/5 2 21