House File 633 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HEATON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to middle school remediation programs and support 2 services implemented by school districts and making an 3 appropriation. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1628YH 82 6 kh/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == MIDDLE SCHOOL 1 2 REMEDIAL EDUCATION GRANTS. There is appropriated from the 1 3 general fund of the state to the department of education for 1 4 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 1 5 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 1 6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 1 7 For allocation to school districts for middle school 1 8 remedial education programs and support services as provided 1 9 in this section: 1 10 .................................................. $ 30,000,000 1 11 1. Moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall be 1 12 allocated to school districts in accordance with the following 1 13 formula: 1 14 a. Fifty percent of the allocation shall be based upon the 1 15 proportion that the grades seven through nine enrollment of a 1 16 district bears to the sum of the grades seven through nine 1 17 enrollments of all school districts in the state as reported 1 18 in the basic educational data survey for the school year 1 19 ending in the 2007 calendar year. 1 20 b. Fifty percent of the allocation shall be based upon the 1 21 proportion that the number of children who are eligible for 1 22 free or reduced price meals under the federal National School 1 23 Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 1 24 U.S.C. } 1751=1785, in grades seven through nine of a school 1 25 district bears to the sum of the number of children who are 1 26 eligible for free or reduced price meals under the federal 1 27 National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act 1 28 of 1966, 42 U.S.C. } 1751=1785, in grades seven through nine 1 29 in all school districts in the state for the school year 1 30 ending in the 2007 calendar year. 1 31 2. A school district shall expend funds received pursuant 1 32 to this section to provide middle school remedial education 1 33 programs and support services, which may include but are not 1 34 limited to tutoring programs and support services offered 1 35 before and after school and during summer school, for students 2 1 enrolled in grades seven through nine. 2 2 3. The department of education shall notify the department 2 3 of administrative services of the amount of the allocation to 2 4 be paid to each school district as provided in subsection 1. 2 5 The allocation to each school district shall be made in one 2 6 payment on or about October 15, 2007, taking into 2 7 consideration the relative budget and cash position of the 2 8 state resources. Moneys received under this section shall not 2 9 be commingled with state aid payments made under section 2 10 257.16 to a school district and shall be accounted for by the 2 11 local school district separately from state aid payments. 2 12 Payments made to school districts under this section are 2 13 miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257. A school 2 14 district shall maintain a separate listing within its budget 2 15 for payments received and expenditures made pursuant to this 2 16 section. A school district shall certify to the department of 2 17 education that moneys received under this section were used to 2 18 supplement, not supplant, moneys otherwise received and used 2 19 by the school district. 2 20 4. Each school district shall submit a report to the 2 21 department of education by September 15, 2008, describing the 2 22 activities conducted with moneys distributed pursuant to this 2 23 section and whether the activities had a measurable effect on 2 24 student achievement levels by subgroup. The department shall 2 25 summarize the reports submitted pursuant to this subsection 2 26 and shall submit the summary and any recommendations to the 2 27 general assembly by December 15, 2008. 2 28 EXPLANATION 2 29 This bill appropriates $30 million from the general fund of 2 30 the state to the department of education for the 2007=2008 2 31 school year for grants to school districts for purposes of 2 32 implementing middle school remedial education programs and 2 33 support services for students enrolled in grades seven through 2 34 nine. 2 35 Fifty percent of the moneys appropriated are allocated to 3 1 school districts based upon grades seven through nine 3 2 enrollments and the remaining moneys are allocated based upon 3 3 the number of children in grades seven through nine who are 3 4 eligible for free or reduced price meals under the federal 3 5 National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act 3 6 of 1966. 3 7 The programs and support services may include but are not 3 8 limited to tutoring offered before and after school and during 3 9 summer school. 3 10 Each school district must submit a report to the department 3 11 of education by September 15, 2008, describing the programs 3 12 and support services provided and whether the programs and 3 13 services had a measurable effect on student achievement levels 3 14 by subgroup. The department is directed to summarize the 3 15 reports and to submit the summary and any recommendations to 3 16 the general assembly by December 15, 2008. 3 17 LSB 1628YH 82 3 18 kh:sc/gg/14