House File 714 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 69)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing school districts with supplemental funding for
2 students who attend virtual shared classes via the Iowa
3 communications network, and providing a monetary incentive for
4 teachers who instruct virtual shared classes, and providing
5 effective and applicability dates.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
1 2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
1 3 thereof the following:
1 4 6. SHARED CLASSES DELIVERED OVER THE IOWA COMMUNICATIONS
1 5 NETWORK.
1 6 a. A school district that provides a virtual class to a
1 7 pupil in another school district and the school district
1 8 receiving that virtual class for a pupil shall each receive a
1 9 supplemental funding weighting of one=twentieth of the
1 10 percentage of the pupil's school day during which the pupil
1 11 attends the virtual class.
1 12 b. Fifty percent of the funding the school district
1 13 providing the virtual class receives as a result of this
1 14 subsection shall be reserved as additional pay for the virtual
1 15 classroom instructor. If an instructor's contract provides
1 16 additional pay for teaching a virtual class, the instructor
1 17 shall receive the greater amount of either the amount provided
1 18 for in this paragraph or the amount provided for in the
1 19 instructor's contract.
1 20 c. A school district receiving a virtual class for a pupil
1 21 from a community college, which class meets the sharing
1 22 agreement requirements in section 257.11, subsection 3, shall
1 23 receive a supplemental funding weighting of one=twentieth of
1 24 the percentage of the pupil's school day during which the
1 25 pupil attends the virtual class.
1 26 d. For the purposes of this subsection, "virtual class"
1 27 means either of the following:
1 28 (1) A class provided by a school district to a pupil in
1 29 another school district via the Iowa communications network's
1 30 video services.
1 31 (2) A class provided by a community college to a pupil in
1 32 a school district via the Iowa communications network's video
1 33 services.
1 34 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act takes
1 35 effect July 1, 2008, and is applicable to school budget years
2 1 beginning on or after July 1, 2008.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill treats virtual shared classes like other types of
2 4 shared classes that receive supplemental funding by providing
2 5 that both the school district that provides the class and the
2 6 instructor and the school district that receives the class
2 7 over the Iowa communications network's video services receive
2 8 supplemental funding of one=twentieth of the percentage of a
2 9 student's school day spent in the virtual class.
2 10 The bill provides the same percentage of supplemental
2 11 funding for a school district that receives a community
2 12 college class meeting the criteria under Code section 257.11,
2 13 subsection 3, over the Iowa communications network's video
2 14 services.
2 15 The bill provides for a teacher incentive, requiring that
2 16 the school district that provides the instructor and class
2 17 reserves 50 percent of the supplemental funding it receives
2 18 for extra pay to the instructor. However, if an instructor's
2 19 contract provides additional pay for teaching a virtual class,
2 20 the instructor shall receive the greater amount of either the
2 21 amount provided for in the bill or the amount provided for in
2 22 the instructor's contract.
2 23 The bill takes effect July 1, 2008.
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