HF 122 (LSB 1563HV (1) 86)

HOUSE FILE 122

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 5)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  In order to provide additional funding to increase student opportunities and redirect more resources to student programming for school districts that share operational functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision one or more operational functions of a curriculum director, principal, or school counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas of superintendent management, business management, human resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. A school district that shares an operational function in the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. A school district that shares the operational functions of a principal or an operational function in the area of business management, human resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director or a school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the function. The additional weighting shall be assigned for each discrete operational function shared. However, a school district may receive the additional weighting under this subsection for sharing the services of an individual with a political subdivision even if the type of operational function performed by the individual for the school district and the type of operational function performed by the individual for the political subdivision are not the same operational function, so long as both operational functions are eligible for weighting under this subsection. In such case, the school district shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of operational function that the individual performs for the school district, and the school district shall not receive additional weighting for any other function performed by the individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to receive supplementary weighting under this subsection. 
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2016.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Code section 257.11(5) provides supplementary weighting for school districts and area education agencies that share operational functions. A district that shares with a political subdivision one or more operational functions of a curriculum director or school counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas of superintendent management, business management, human resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at least 20 percent of the school year is assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. Supplementary weighting under this provision is available for a maximum of five school budget years beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019.
   This bill adds the position of principal to the category of operational functions that receives supplementary weighting of five pupils.
   The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2016.