House File 248 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY WORTHAN Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring certain school districts with more than four 2 percent of students participating in open enrollment to pay a 3 portion of its student achievement and teacher quality program 4 funds to the receiving school district. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 2178YH 83 7 ak/sc/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2009, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 7. A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be 1 4 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the 1 5 pupil's district of residence. A pupil's residence, for 1 6 purposes of this section, means a residence under section 1 7 282.1. The board of directors of the district of residence 1 8 shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per pupil 1 9 for the previous school year, plus any moneys received for the 1 10 pupil as a result of the non=English speaking weighting under 1 11 section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year 1 12 multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year. 1 13 If the pupil participating in open enrollment is also an 1 14 eligible pupil under section 261E.6, the receiving district 1 15 shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible 1 16 postsecondary institution as provided in section 261E.7. If 1 17 four percent or more of the pupils residing in a school 1 18 district participate in open enrollment and enroll in the same 1 19 receiving district, the district of residence shall pay to the 1 20 receiving district the percentage of the amount the district 1 21 of residence receives under section 284.13, subsection 1, 1 22 paragraph "h", equal to the proportion that the number of 1 23 students enrolled in the receiving district under this section 1 24 bears to the basic enrollment of the district of residence. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill requires a school district with 4 percent or more 1 27 of its students participating in open enrollment and enrolling 1 28 in the same receiving district to pay the receiving district 1 29 the percentage of a portion of student achievement and teacher 1 30 quality program funds, under Code section 284.13(1)(h), equal 1 31 to the proportion that the number of students enrolled in the 1 32 receiving district bears to the basic enrollment of the 1 33 district where the students live. 1 34 LSB 2178YH 83 1 35 ak/sc/5