House File 49 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 49 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 1551YH (2) 87 md/sc
H.F. 49 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2017, 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 sum of the state cost 8 per pupil for the previous school year plus either the teacher 9 leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous 10 fiscal year as provided in section 257.9 or the teacher 11 leadership supplement foundation aid for the previous fiscal 12 year as provided in section 284.13, subsection 1 , paragraph “e” , 13 if both the district of residence and the receiving district 14 are receiving such supplements, plus any moneys received for 15 the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking limited 16 English proficient weighting under section 280.4, subsection 17 3 , for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost 18 per pupil for the previous year. If the pupil participating in 19 open enrollment is also an eligible pupil under section 261E.6 , 20 the receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement 21 amount to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in 22 section 261E.7 . 23 b. For school years beginning on or after July 1, 2018, 24 for each pupil participating in open enrollment, the board of 25 directors of the district of residence shall also pay to the 26 receiving district from the total amount received under section 27 423F.2 an amount equal to the per pupil amount distributed to 28 the district of residence from the secure an advanced vision 29 for education fund under section 423F.2, subsection 3, for 30 the previous school year. Moneys received by the receiving 31 district under this paragraph shall be used solely for the 32 purposes authorized under chapter 423F. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 1551YH (2) 87 md/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 49 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 Current Code section 282.18 provides that as a condition 2 of open enrollment the board of directors of the district of 3 residence shall pay to the receiving district the state cost 4 per pupil for the previous school year plus either the teacher 5 leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous 6 fiscal year or the teacher leadership foundation aid for the 7 previous fiscal year, if both the district of residence and 8 receiving district are receiving such payments, plus moneys 9 received for the pupil as a result of the limited English 10 proficient supplementary weighting for the previous school 11 year. 12 This bill provides that for school years beginning on 13 or after July 1, 2018, for each pupil participating in 14 open enrollment, the board of directors of the district of 15 residence shall also pay to the receiving district from the 16 total amount received from the secure an advanced vision 17 for education (SAVE) fund an amount equal to the per pupil 18 amount distributed to the district of residence from the SAVE 19 fund for the previous school year. Moneys received by the 20 receiving district under the bill must be used solely for the 21 purposes authorized under Code chapter 423F (statewide school 22 infrastructure funding). 23 -2- LSB 1551YH (2) 87 md/sc 2/ 2