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

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  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