House File 306 - Introduced



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                                       BY  MAY


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                 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