House File 2015 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  D. OLSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the number of years for which supplementary
  2    weighting for limited English proficient students may be
  3    obtained, and providing an effective and applicability date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5111HH 81
  6 rn/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph j, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    j.  Unusual need to continue providing a program or other
  1  4 special assistance to non=English speaking pupils after the
  1  5 expiration of the three=year five=year period specified in
  1  6 section 280.4.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2005, is amended
  1  8 to read as follows:
  1  9    3.  In order to provide funds for the excess costs of
  1 10 instruction of limited English proficient students above the
  1 11 costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum,
  1 12 students identified as limited English proficient shall be
  1 13 assigned an additional weighting of twenty=two hundredths, and
  1 14 that weighting shall be included in the weighted enrollment of
  1 15 the school district of residence for a period not exceeding
  1 16 three five years.  However, the school budget review committee
  1 17 may grant supplemental aid or modified allowable growth to a
  1 18 school district to continue funding a program for students
  1 19 after the expiration of the three=year five=year period.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act, being
  1 21 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment
  1 22 and is applicable for the school budget year beginning July 1,
  1 23 2006, and succeeding budget years.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill extends the period of time for which a school
  1 26 district may receive supplementary weighting for limited
  1 27 English proficient students from the current period of three
  1 28 years to five years.  The bill makes a corresponding change to
  1 29 a provision that the school budget review committee may grant
  1 30 supplemental aid or modified allowable growth to a district
  1 31 after expiration of the supplementary weighting time frame.
  1 32    The bill takes effect upon enactment, and is applicable for
  1 33 the school budget year beginning July 1, 2006, and succeeding
  1 34 budget years.
  1 35 LSB 5111HH 81
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