House File 2173 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2173 BY FISHER A BILL FOR An Act relating to open enrollment by requiring the payment of 1 certain moneys received from the secure an advanced vision 2 for education fund. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5841YH (2) 86 md/sc
H.F. 2173 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 7. a. A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be 3 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the 4 pupil’s district of residence. A pupil’s residence, for 5 purposes of this section , means a residence under section 6 282.1 . The board of directors of the district of residence 7 shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per pupil 8 for the previous school year, and the teacher leadership 9 supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year 10 as provided in section 257.9 , plus any moneys received for 11 the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking weighting 12 under section 280.4, subsection 3 , for the previous school 13 year multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous 14 year. If the pupil participating in open enrollment is also 15 an eligible pupil under section 261E.6 , the receiving district 16 shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible 17 postsecondary institution as provided in section 261E.7 . 18 b. For school years beginning on or after July 1, 2017, 19 for each pupil participating in open enrollment, the board of 20 directors of the district of residence shall also pay to the 21 receiving district from the total amount received under section 22 423F.2 an amount equal to the per pupil amount distributed to 23 the district of residence from the secure an advanced vision 24 for education fund under section 423F.2, subsection 3, for 25 the previous school year. Moneys received by the receiving 26 district under this paragraph shall be used solely for the 27 purposes authorized under chapter 423F. 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 Current Code section 282.18 provides that as a condition 32 of open enrollment the board of directors of the district of 33 residence shall pay to the receiving district the state cost 34 per pupil for the previous school year, the teacher leadership 35 -1- LSB 5841YH (2) 86 md/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 2173 supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal 1 year, and moneys received for the pupil as a result of the 2 non-English speaking supplementary weighting for the previous 3 school year. 4 This bill provides that for school years beginning on 5 or after July 1, 2017, for each pupil participating in 6 open enrollment, the board of directors of the district of 7 residence shall also pay to the receiving district from the 8 total amount received from the secure an advanced vision 9 for education (SAVE) fund an amount equal to the per pupil 10 amount distributed to the district of residence from the SAVE 11 fund for the previous school year. Moneys received by the 12 receiving district under the bill must be used solely for the 13 purposes authorized under Code chapter 423F (statewide school 14 infrastructure funding). 15 -2- LSB 5841YH (2) 86 md/sc 2/ 2