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
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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 disabilities or who have multiple disabilities are 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".
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