House File 2017 - 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 providing for an increase in the amount of supplementary
  2    weighting granted to school districts for at=risk pupils, and
  3    providing an effective and applicability date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5110HH 81
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.11, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  In order to provide additional funding to school
  1  4 districts for programs serving at=risk pupils and alternative
  1  5 school pupils in secondary schools, a supplementary weighting
  1  6 plan for at=risk pupils is adopted.  A supplementary weighting
  1  7 of forty=eight sixty ten=thousandths per pupil shall be
  1  8 assigned to the percentage of pupils in a school district
  1  9 enrolled in grades one through six, as reported by the school
  1 10 district on the basic educational data survey for the base
  1 11 year, who are eligible for free and reduced price meals under
  1 12 the federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child
  1 13 Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751=1785, multiplied by
  1 14 the budget enrollment in the school district; and a
  1 15 supplementary weighting of one hundred fifty=six ninety=five
  1 16 one=hundred=thousandths per pupil shall be assigned to pupils
  1 17 included in the budget enrollment of the school district.
  1 18 Amounts received as supplementary weighting for at=risk pupils
  1 19 shall be utilized by a school district to develop or maintain
  1 20 at=risk pupils' programs, which may include alternative school
  1 21 programs.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act, being
  1 23 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment
  1 24 and is applicable for the school budget year beginning July 1,
  1 25 2006, and succeeding budget years.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill provides for a 25 percent increase in the level
  1 28 of supplementary weighting available to school districts
  1 29 pursuant to Code section 257.11, subsection 4, in order to
  1 30 provide additional funding for programs serving at=risk pupils
  1 31 and alternative school pupils in secondary schools.
  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 5110HH 81
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