House File 2566 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 678) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the funding of school district programs for 2 returning dropouts and dropout prevention. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6417HV 82 5 ak/sc/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.38, subsection 2, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that 1 4 will be implemented first upon approval of the request. If a 1 5 district is requesting to use modified allowable growth to 1 6 finance the program, the school district shall not identify 1 7 more thanfiveseven percent of its budget enrollment for the 1 8 budget year as returning dropouts and potential dropouts. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill allows a school district to identify up to 7 1 11 percent of the district's budget enrollment as returning 1 12 dropouts and potential dropouts when the district is 1 13 requesting to use modified allowable growth to fund a program 1 14 for returning dropouts and dropout prevention. A school 1 15 district was previously allowed to identify only 5 percent of 1 16 the district's budget enrollment as returning dropouts or 1 17 potential dropouts. 1 18 LSB 6417HV 82 1 19 ak/sc/8