Senate File 321 - Introduced SENATE FILE 321 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 120) A BILL FOR An Act modifying the funding requirements for whole grade 1 sharing agreements and including applicability provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1885SV (1) 85 md/sc

S.F. 321 Section 1. Section 282.12, subsection 2, Code 2013, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. For one-way sharing, the sending district shall pay no 3 less than one-half a percentage of the district cost per pupil 4 of the sending district that is proportionate to the percentage 5 of the pupil’s school day during which the pupil attends 6 classes in the receiving district minus any actual costs 7 incurred by the sending district including but not limited to 8 transportation and administration costs, if such costs are 9 specified in the agreement . 10 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to sharing 11 agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2013. 12 EXPLANATION 13 Current Code section 282.12 requires a sending district in a 14 one-way whole grade sharing agreement to pay to the receiving 15 district not less than one-half of the sending district’s 16 cost per pupil. This bill requires a sending district in a 17 one-way whole grade sharing agreement to pay a percentage of 18 the sending district’s cost per pupil that is proportionate 19 to the percentage of the pupil’s school day during which the 20 pupil attends classes in the receiving district minus any 21 actual costs incurred by the sending district including but not 22 limited to transportation and administration costs, if such 23 costs are specified in the agreement. 24 The bill applies to sharing agreements entered into on or 25 after July 1, 2013. 26 -1- LSB 1885SV (1) 85 md/sc 1/ 1