House
File
633
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
633
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
508)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
29)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
shared
operational
functions
for
purposes
of
1
supplementary
weighting
for
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
Shared
operational
functions
——
increased
student
3
opportunities
——
budget
years
beginning
in
2014
through
2019
.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
paragraphs
c
and
d,
5
Code
2017,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
c.
Supplementary
weighting
pursuant
to
this
subsection
7
shall
be
available
to
a
school
district
for
a
maximum
of
8
five
years
during
the
period
commencing
with
the
budget
year
9
beginning
July
1,
2014,
through
the
budget
year
beginning
10
July
1,
2019
and
succeeding
budget
years
.
The
maximum
amount
11
of
additional
weighting
for
which
a
school
district
shall
be
12
eligible
in
a
budget
year
is
twenty-one
additional
pupils.
13
Criteria
for
determining
the
qualification
of
operational
14
functions
for
supplementary
weighting
shall
be
determined
by
15
the
department
by
rule,
through
consideration
of
increased
16
student
opportunities.
17
d.
Supplementary
weighting
pursuant
to
this
subsection
18
shall
be
available
to
an
area
education
agency
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
July
21
1,
2019
and
succeeding
budget
years
.
The
minimum
amount
of
22
additional
funding
for
which
an
area
education
agency
shall
23
be
eligible
in
a
budget
year
is
thirty
thousand
dollars,
and
24
the
maximum
amount
of
additional
funding
for
which
an
area
25
education
agency
shall
be
eligible
is
two
hundred
thousand
26
dollars.
The
department
of
management
shall
annually
set
27
a
weighting
for
each
area
education
agency
to
generate
the
28
approved
operational
sharing
expense
using
the
area
education
29
agency’s
special
education
cost
per
pupil
amount
and
foundation
30
level.
Criteria
for
determining
the
qualification
of
31
operational
functions
for
supplementary
weighting
shall
be
32
determined
by
the
department
by
rule,
through
consideration
of
33
increased
student
opportunities.
34
Sec.
3.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
e,
Code
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2017,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
1
EXPLANATION
2
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
3
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
4
Code
section
257.11(5)
provides
supplementary
weighting
5
for
school
districts
and
area
education
agencies
that
share
6
operational
functions.
A
district
that
shares
with
a
political
7
subdivision
one
or
more
operational
functions
of
a
curriculum
8
director
or
school
counselor,
or
one
or
more
operational
9
functions
in
the
areas
of
superintendent
management,
business
10
management,
human
resources,
transportation,
or
operation
and
11
maintenance
for
at
least
20
percent
of
the
school
year
is
12
assigned
a
supplementary
weighting
for
each
shared
operational
13
function.
Supplementary
weighting
under
this
provision
is
14
available
for
a
maximum
of
five
school
budget
years
beginning
15
July
1,
2014,
through
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019.
16
This
bill
strikes
the
provisions
limiting
the
number
of
17
years
for
which
the
supplemental
weighting
may
be
claimed
18
and
the
provisions
establishing
the
period
of
school
budget
19
years
during
which
the
supplementary
weighting
may
be
claimed,
20
including
the
future
repeal
of
such
provisions.
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