Senate File 397 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1023)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing school districts to count foreign exchange pupils
  2    in certified enrollment counts for budget and funding
  3    purposes.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1225SV 82
  6 ak/cf/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.6, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  Foreign exchange pupils under the
  1  4 federal exchange visa program enrolled in public schools
  1  5 within the district.  The number of foreign exchange students
  1  6 a school district may count is limited to not more than one
  1  7 percent of the school district's actual enrollment from the
  1  8 year preceding the base year.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill allows school districts to be compensated for
  1 11 services provided to foreign exchange students by including
  1 12 them in the actual student enrollment count each October.
  1 13 These students, who are part of the federal J=1 visa program,
  1 14 are not presently counted in the actual enrollment of a
  1 15 school, which is one factor in determining state and local
  1 16 financial support for schools.  The number of students that a
  1 17 school district may count is limited to not more than 1
  1 18 percent of the district's enrollment from the year preceding
  1 19 the year in which the count is made.
  1 20 LSB 1225SV 82
  1 21 ak:rj/cf/24