HF 2316 (LSB 5297YH (5) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2316

BY  PETTENGILL, DEYOE, DE BOEF, and SWEENEY

A BILL FOR

An Act creating a supplementary weighting plan for certain rural school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.11, Code Supplement 2009, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  a.  In order to provide additional funds for rural school districts, a rural supplementary weighting plan is adopted. To be eligible for supplementary weighting under this subsection, a school district must have a budget enrollment of six hundred seventy-five students or less and a district square mile per pupil ratio of greater than one hundred sixty-one thousandths.
   b.  The rural supplementary weighting, which shall be calculated by the department of management, shall be calculated by multiplying the district square mile per pupil ratio by a weighting of fourteen and eighty-two thousandths.
   c.  For purposes of this subsection, the district square mile per pupil ratio is defined as the total number of square miles in the school district divided by the school district’s budget enrollment for the budget year.
EXPLANATION
   This bill creates a rural supplementary weighting plan to provide rural school districts with additional funds. A school district that qualifies for the supplementary weighting must have a budget enrollment of 675 students or less and a district square mile per pupil ratio of greater than 0.161. The bill defines the district square mile per pupil ratio as the school district’s square miles divided by the school district’s budget enrollment for the budget year.
   The rural supplementary weighting, which is calculated by the department of management, is calculated by multiplying the district square mile per pupil ratio by a weighting of 14.082.