House File 306 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY MAY Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing school districts to count limited numbers of 2 foreign exchange pupils in certified enrollment counts for 3 budget and funding purposes. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2243HH 83 6 ak/rj/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2009, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 1 3 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (8) Foreign exchange pupils under the 1 4 federal exchange visa program enrolled in public schools 1 5 within the district. School districts with an actual 1 6 enrollment of one thousand or fewer pupils may count no more 1 7 than one foreign exchange pupil based on the school district's 1 8 actual enrollment from the base year. School districts with 1 9 an actual enrollment of more than one thousand pupils may 1 10 count one foreign exchange pupil per one thousand pupils based 1 11 on the school district's actual enrollment from the base year. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill allows school districts to be compensated for 1 14 services provided to foreign exchange students by including 1 15 them in the actual student enrollment count each October. 1 16 These students, who are part of the federal J=1 visa program, 1 17 are not presently counted in the actual enrollment of a 1 18 school, which is one factor in determining state and local 1 19 financial support for schools. School districts with 1,000 or 1 20 fewer students may count one foreign exchange student based on 1 21 the district's enrollment from the preceding year. School 1 22 districts with more than 1,000 students may count one foreign 1 23 exchange student per 1,000 students based on the district's 1 24 enrollment from the preceding year. 1 25 LSB 2243HH 83 1 26 ak/rj/24