House Study Bill 69 



                                     SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  (PROPOSED IOWA
                                          TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
                                          TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  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 an
  5    applicability date.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  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 class to a pupil in
  1  7 another school district via the Iowa communications network
  1  8 and a school district receiving that class for a pupil from
  1  9 the other school district via the Iowa communications network
  1 10 shall each receive a supplemental funding weighting of
  1 11 one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
  1 12 during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
  1 13    b.  Fifty percent of the funding the school district
  1 14 providing the virtual class receives as a result of this
  1 15 subsection shall be reserved as additional pay for the virtual
  1 16 class instructor.
  1 17    c.  A school district receiving a community college class
  1 18 for a pupil via the Iowa communications network, which class
  1 19 meets the sharing agreement requirements in section 257.11,
  1 20 subsection 3, shall receive a supplemental funding weighting
  1 21 of one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
  1 22 during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.  This Act takes
  1 24 effect July 1, 2008, and is applicable to school budget years
  1 25 beginning on or after July 1, 2008.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill treats virtual shared classes like other types of
  1 28 shared classes that receive supplemental funding by providing
  1 29 that both the school district that provides the class and the
  1 30 instructor and the school district that receives the class
  1 31 over the Iowa communications network receive supplemental
  1 32 funding of one=twentieth of the percentage of a student's
  1 33 school day spent in the virtual class.
  1 34    The bill provides the same percentage of supplemental
  1 35 funding for a school district that receives a community
  2  1 college class meeting the criteria under Code section 257.11,
  2  2 subsection 3, over the Iowa communications network.
  2  3    The bill provides for a teacher incentive, requiring that
  2  4 the school district that provides the instructor and class
  2  5 reserves 50 percent of the supplemental funding it receives
  2  6 for extra pay to the instructor.
  2  7    The bill takes effect July 1, 2008.
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