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 grades kindergarten one through twelve,
  1  5 resident pupils enrolled in kindergarten on a full=day basis,
  1  6 and including resident 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