House
File
64
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
64
BY
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
department
of
education
to
conduct
a
1
study
relating
to
certain
per
pupil
expenditures
by
school
2
districts
and
making
an
appropriation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
PER
PUPIL
EXPENDITURE
1
EXAMINATION
——
REPORT.
2
1.
The
department
of
education
shall
examine
and
analyze
3
the
per
pupil
expenditures
by
school
districts
in
the
areas
4
of
math,
English-language
arts,
science,
reading,
social
5
studies,
vocational
education,
foreign
language,
visual
6
arts,
music,
library
services,
student
counseling,
physical
7
education,
extracurricular
activities,
and
consumer
sciences.
8
The
department’s
examination
and
analysis
shall
include
a
9
comparison
of
per
pupil
expenditures
based
upon
differences
10
in
school
district
enrollments
and
a
comparison
of
per
pupil
11
expenditures
between
rural
school
districts
and
urban
school
12
districts.
13
2.
The
department
may
retain
a
consultant
to
assist
in
14
the
examination
and
analysis
required
under
this
section
and
15
to
assist
in
preparing
the
report
required
under
subsection
16
3.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2015,
there
is
17
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
18
department
of
education
an
amount
necessary,
but
not
more
than
19
fifty
thousand
dollars,
for
purposes
of
retaining
a
consultant
20
for
the
purposes
of
this
section.
21
3.
The
department
of
education
shall
submit
a
report
with
22
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
on
or
23
before
January
1,
2016.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
education
to
examine
28
and
analyze
the
per
pupil
expenditures
by
school
districts
in
29
specified
curricular
and
extracurricular
areas.
30
The
bill
requires
the
department’s
examination
and
analysis
31
to
include
a
comparison
of
per
pupil
expenditures
based
upon
32
differences
in
school
district
enrollments
and
a
comparison
of
33
per
pupil
expenditures
between
rural
school
districts
and
urban
34
school
districts.
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The
bill
authorizes
the
department
of
education
to
retain
a
1
consultant
to
assist
in
the
examination
and
analysis
required
2
in
the
bill
and
to
assist
in
preparing
the
report
required
in
3
the
bill.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2015,
the
4
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
5
department
of
education
an
amount
necessary,
but
not
more
than
6
$50,000,
to
the
department
to
retain
a
consultant.
7
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
education
to
submit
8
a
report
with
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
general
9
assembly
on
or
before
January
1,
2016.
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