House File 29 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 29 BY FISHER A BILL FOR An Act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of 1 supplementary weighting for school districts and including 2 applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1572YH (3) 87 md/sc

H.F. 29 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, Code 2017, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. Shared operational functions —— increased student 3 opportunities —— budget years beginning in 2014 through 2019 . 4 a. (1) In order to provide additional funding to increase 5 student opportunities and redirect more resources to student 6 programming for school districts that share operational 7 functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision 8 one or more operational functions of a curriculum director , 9 principal, or school counselor, or one or more operational 10 functions in the areas of superintendent management, business 11 management, human resources, transportation, or operation 12 and maintenance for at least twenty percent of the school 13 year shall be assigned a supplementary weighting for each 14 shared operational function. A school district that shares an 15 operational function in the area of superintendent management 16 shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of eight pupils for 17 the function. A school district that shares the operational 18 functions of a principal or an operational function in the area 19 of business management, human resources, transportation, or 20 operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary 21 weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district 22 that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director 23 or a school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary 24 weighting of three pupils for the function. The additional 25 weighting shall be assigned for each discrete operational 26 function shared. However, a school district may receive the 27 additional weighting under this subsection for sharing the 28 services of an individual with a political subdivision even if 29 the type of operational function performed by the individual 30 for the school district and the type of operational function 31 performed by the individual for the political subdivision are 32 not the same operational function, so long as both operational 33 functions are eligible for weighting under this subsection . In 34 such case, the school district shall be assigned the additional 35 -1- LSB 1572YH (3) 87 md/sc 1/ 4

H.F. 29 weighting for the type of operational function that the 1 individual performs for the school district, and the school 2 district shall not receive additional weighting for any other 3 function performed by the individual. The operational function 4 sharing arrangement does not need to be a newly implemented 5 sharing arrangement to receive supplementary weighting under 6 this subsection . 7 (2) For the purposes of this section , “political 8 subdivision” means a city, township, county, school corporation, 9 merged area, area education agency, institution governed by the 10 state board of regents, or any other governmental subdivision. 11 b. School districts that share operational functions with 12 other school districts are not required to be contiguous school 13 districts. If two or more districts sharing operational 14 functions are not contiguous to each other, the districts 15 separating those districts are not required to be a party to 16 the operational functions sharing arrangement. 17 c. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection 18 shall be available to a school district for a maximum of 19 five years during the period commencing with the budget year 20 beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning 21 July 1, 2019 and succeeding budget years . The maximum amount 22 of additional weighting for which a school district shall be 23 eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils. 24 Criteria for determining the qualification of operational 25 functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by 26 the department by rule, through consideration of increased 27 student opportunities. 28 d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection 29 shall be available to an area education agency for a maximum of 30 five years during the period commencing with the budget year 31 beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 32 1, 2019 and succeeding budget years . The minimum amount of 33 additional funding for which an area education agency shall 34 be eligible in a budget year is thirty thousand dollars, and 35 -2- LSB 1572YH (3) 87 md/sc 2/ 4

H.F. 29 the maximum amount of additional funding for which an area 1 education agency shall be eligible is two hundred thousand 2 dollars. The department of management shall annually set 3 a weighting for each area education agency to generate the 4 approved operational sharing expense using the area education 5 agency’s special education cost per pupil amount and foundation 6 level. Criteria for determining the qualification of 7 operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be 8 determined by the department by rule, through consideration of 9 increased student opportunities. 10 e. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2020. 11 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 12 years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 Code section 257.11(5) provides supplementary weighting 17 for school districts and area education agencies that share 18 operational functions. A district that shares with a political 19 subdivision one or more operational functions of a curriculum 20 director or school counselor, or one or more operational 21 functions in the areas of superintendent management, business 22 management, human resources, transportation, or operation and 23 maintenance for at least 20 percent of the school year is 24 assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational 25 function. Supplementary weighting under this provision is 26 available for a maximum of five school budget years beginning 27 July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019. 28 This bill adds the position of principal to the category of 29 operational functions that receives supplementary weighting of 30 five pupils. The bill also strikes the provisions limiting the 31 number of years for which the supplemental weighting may be 32 claimed and the provisions establishing the period of school 33 budget years during which the supplementary weighting may be 34 claimed. 35 -3- LSB 1572YH (3) 87 md/sc 3/ 4

H.F. 29 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after 1 July 1, 2018. 2 -4- LSB 1572YH (3) 87 md/sc 4/ 4