House File 303 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY WISE and HEATON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the inclusion of kindergarten and 2 prekindergarten pupils in the actual enrollment of a school 3 district. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2447HH 81 6 rn/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. Resident pupils who were enrolled in public schools 1 4 within the district in gradeskindergartenone through twelve, 1 5 resident pupils enrolled in kindergarten on a full=day basis, 1 6 andincludingresident prekindergarten pupils enrolled in 1 7 special education programs on a full=day basis. Resident 1 8 pupils who were enrolled in half=day kindergarten programs, 1 9 and resident prekindergarten pupils enrolled in half=day 1 10 special education programs, shall be counted as five=tenths of 1 11 one pupil. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill provides that pupils who attend kindergarten 1 14 programs which are offered on a half=day basis, and 1 15 prekindergarten pupils enrolled in special education programs 1 16 offered on a half=day basis, shall be counted for purposes of 1 17 the actual enrollment count of a school district as one=half 1 18 of one pupil. This is a change from their current full 1 19 inclusion in actual enrollment as one pupil, regardless of 1 20 whether the program is offered on a half=day or full=day 1 21 basis. 1 22 LSB 2447HH 81 1 23 rn:nh/pj/5