House File 194 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY TYMESON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring a school district to return a portion of state 2 funding for each dropout in the district. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1998HH 83 5 ak/sc/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 257.41A DROPOUT PENALTIES. 1 2 1. For each dropout in the previous school year, twenty 1 3 percent of the state cost per pupil, as defined in section 1 4 257.9, shall be refunded to the department of education for 1 5 deposit in the state treasury by June 30 of the current fiscal 1 6 year. The department of education in consultation with the 1 7 department of management shall determine the amount to be 1 8 refunded by each school district and shall notify each 1 9 district by the last day of February of each year. 1 10 2. For the purposes of this section, "dropout" means a 1 11 resident pupil who has been enrolled in a public school in any 1 12 of grades seven through twelve who withdrew from school for a 1 13 reason other than to transfer to another school or school 1 14 district. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill requires a school district to refund 20 percent 1 17 of the amount paid by the state to the district as the state 1 18 cost per pupil for each student that became a dropout in the 1 19 previous school year. The bill defines "dropout". The funds 1 20 shall be returned to the department of education by June 30 of 1 21 the current fiscal year. The department of education and 1 22 department of management shall determine the amount each 1 23 school district shall owe and shall notify each district by 1 24 the last day of February of each year. 1 25 LSB 1998HH 83 1 26 ak/sc/5