Senate
File
77
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
77
BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
the
supplementary
weighting
for
limited
1
English
proficient
students
and
including
effective
date
and
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.31,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Unusual
need
to
continue
providing
a
program
or
other
3
special
assistance
to
non-English
speaking
pupils
after
the
4
expiration
of
the
five-year
period
of
years
specified
in
5
section
280.4
.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
280.4,
subsection
3,
Code
2015,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
3.
a.
In
order
to
provide
funds
for
the
excess
costs
of
9
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
students
specified
10
in
paragraph
“b”
above
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
11
a
regular
curriculum,
students
identified
as
limited
English
12
proficient
shall
be
assigned
an
additional
weighting
of
13
twenty-two
hundredths
three-tenths
,
and
that
weighting
shall
be
14
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
15
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
five
the
period
of
years
16
specified
in
paragraph
“b”
.
However,
the
school
budget
review
17
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
or
a
modified
supplemental
18
amount
to
a
school
district
to
continue
funding
a
program
for
19
students
after
the
expiration
of
the
five-year
specified
period
20
of
years
.
21
b.
(1)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
22
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
23
1,
2010,
but
before
July
1,
2015,
the
additional
weighting
24
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
25
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
cumulative
26
period
of
time
not
exceeding
five
years
beginning
with
the
27
budget
year
for
which
the
student
was
first
determined
to
be
28
limited
English
proficient.
The
five
years
of
eligibility
29
for
the
additional
weighting
need
not
be
consecutive
and
30
a
student’s
eligibility
for
the
additional
weighting
is
31
transferable
to
another
district
of
residence.
32
(2)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
33
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
on
July
1,
2015,
the
34
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
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included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
1
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
six
years
beginning
with
2
the
budget
year
for
which
the
student
was
first
determined
to
3
be
limited
English
proficient.
4
(3)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
5
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
6
2016,
the
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
7
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
8
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
seven
years
9
beginning
with
the
budget
year
for
which
the
student
was
first
10
determined
to
be
limited
English
proficient.
11
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
12
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
13
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
budget
14
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2015.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
limited
English
proficient
education
19
by
modifying
the
supplementary
weighting
for
limited
English
20
proficient
students.
21
Current
Code
section
280.4
provides
supplementary
weighting
22
for
the
excess
costs
of
instruction
of
limited
English
23
proficient
students.
The
current
amount
of
the
supplementary
24
weighting
for
students
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
25
is
0.22
per
student.
The
weighting
is
provided
for
those
26
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
proficient
for
27
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2010,
and
may
be
28
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
for
29
a
period
not
exceeding
five
years.
30
The
bill
increases
the
amount
of
the
supplementary
weighting
31
for
those
students
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
to
32
0.30
per
student.
33
The
bill
also
specifies
the
number
of
years
during
which
the
34
additional
weighting
may
be
included
in
the
school
district’s
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weighted
enrollment.
For
students
first
determined
to
be
1
limited
English
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
2
after
July
1,
2010,
but
before
July
1,
2015,
the
additional
3
weighting
may
be
included
for
a
period
not
exceeding
five
4
years.
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
5
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
on
July
1,
2015,
the
6
additional
weighting
may
be
included
for
a
period
not
exceeding
7
six
years.
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
8
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
9
2016,
the
additional
weighting
may
be
included
for
a
period
not
10
exceeding
seven
years.
11
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
school
12
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2015.
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