HF 508 (LSB 1572HV (2) 87)

HOUSE FILE 508

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 29)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.11, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   Shared operational functions —— increased student opportunities —— budget years beginning in 2014 through 2019.
    Sec. 2.  Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraphs c and d, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   c.  Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall be available to a school district for a maximum of five years during the period commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019 and succeeding budget years. The maximum amount of additional weighting for which a school district shall be eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils. Criteria for determining the qualification of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by the department by rule, through consideration of increased student opportunities.
   d.  Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall be available to an area education agency for a maximum of five years during the period commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019 and succeeding budget years. The minimum amount of additional funding for which an area education agency shall be eligible in a budget year is thirty thousand dollars, and the maximum amount of additional funding for which an area education agency shall be eligible is two hundred thousand dollars. The department of management shall annually set a weighting for each area education agency to generate the approved operational sharing expense using the area education agency’s special education cost per pupil amount and foundation level. Criteria for determining the qualification of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by the department by rule, through consideration of increased student opportunities.
    Sec. 3.  Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph e, Code 2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Code section 257.11(5) provides supplementary weighting for school districts and area education agencies that share operational functions. A district that shares with a political subdivision one or more operational functions of a curriculum director or school counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas of superintendent management, business management, human resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at least 20 percent of the school year is assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. Supplementary weighting under this provision is available for a maximum of five school budget years beginning July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2019.
   This bill strikes the provisions limiting the number of years for which the supplemental weighting may be claimed and the provisions establishing the period of school budget years during which the supplementary weighting may be claimed, including the future repeal of such provisions.