House
File
394
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
394
BY
WINCKLER
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
ANDERSON
,
BEARINGER
,
BRECKENRIDGE
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
COHOON
,
DONAHUE
,
EHLERT
,
FORBES
,
GAINES
,
GASKILL
,
HALL
,
HEDDENS
,
HUNTER
,
JACOBY
,
JUDGE
,
KACENA
,
KONFRST
,
KRESSIG
,
KURTH
,
KURTZ
,
LENSING
,
MASCHER
,
MATSON
,
McCONKEY
,
B.
MEYER
,
NIELSEN
,
OLDSON
,
OLSON
,
OURTH
,
PRICHARD
,
M.
SMITH
,
R.
SMITH
,
STAED
,
STECKMAN
,
SUNDE
,
THEDE
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
WILLIAMS
,
and
WOLFE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
finance
by
modifying
1
provisions
relating
to
the
calculation
of
the
regular
2
program
state
cost
per
pupil,
establishing
a
supplementary
3
weighting
plan
for
certain
mandatory
school
district
4
transportation
costs,
and
including
effective
date
5
provisions.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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DIVISION
I
1
STATE
COST
PER
PUPIL
2
Section
1.
Section
257.8,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
3
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
b.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
and
5
subsequent
budget
years,
references
to
“supplemental
state
aid”
6
and
“regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil”
shall
mean
those
7
terms
as
calculated
including
the
additional
amount
amounts
for
8
the
specified
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
years
under
9
section
257.9,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“b”
,
and
references
to
10
“regular
program
district
cost
per
pupil”
shall
mean
that
term
as
11
calculated
including
any
adjustments
made
under
section
257.10,
12
subsection
2
.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
257.9,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
2.
Regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
1992-1993
and
16
succeeding
years.
17
a.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
1992,
and
18
succeeding
budget
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2018,
the
19
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
a
budget
year
is
the
20
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
21
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year.
22
b.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
the
regular
23
program
state
cost
per
pupil
is
the
regular
program
state
24
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
25
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year,
plus
five
dollars.
26
c.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
the
regular
27
program
state
cost
per
pupil
is
the
regular
program
state
28
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
29
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year,
plus
ten
dollars.
30
d.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
31
succeeding
budget
years
beginning
before
July
1,
2028,
the
32
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
a
budget
year
is
the
33
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
34
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year,
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plus
twenty
dollars.
1
c.
e.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019
2028
,
and
2
succeeding
budget
years,
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
3
pupil
for
a
budget
year
is
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
4
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
supplemental
5
state
aid
for
the
budget
year.
6
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
division
of
this
Act,
being
7
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
8
DIVISION
II
9
TRANSPORTATION
SUPPLEMENTARY
WEIGHTING
10
Sec.
4.
Section
257.11,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
School
district
transportation
costs.
13
a.
In
order
to
provide
additional
funds
for
school
district
14
transportation
costs
resulting
from
the
transportation
of
15
resident
pupils
required
by
chapter
285
and
paid
from
sources
16
other
than
the
district’s
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
17
fund
under
section
298A.4
or
revenue
received
from
the
secure
18
an
advanced
vision
for
education
fund
under
section
423F.2,
a
19
supplementary
weighting
plan
for
such
pupils
is
adopted.
20
b.
Each
school
district
shall
be
assigned
a
supplementary
21
weighting
amount
as
follows:
22
(1)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
ten
percent
23
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
paragraph
24
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
25
(2)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
twenty
26
percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
27
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
28
(3)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
thirty
29
percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
30
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
31
(4)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
forty
32
percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
33
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
34
(5)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
fifty
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percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
1
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
2
(6)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
sixty
3
percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
4
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
5
(7)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
seventy
6
percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
7
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
8
(8)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
eighty
9
percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
10
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
11
(9)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2027,
ninety
12
percent
of
the
combined
weighting
amount
calculated
under
13
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
14
(10)
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2028,
and
each
15
succeeding
budget
year,
one
hundred
percent
of
the
combined
16
weighting
amount
calculated
under
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
17
(2),
for
that
budget
year.
18
c.
(1)
(a)
Transportation
cost
factor.
For
each
budget
19
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
the
department
of
20
management
shall
calculate
for
each
school
district
all
of
the
21
following:
22
(i)
The
sum
of
the
school
district’s
total
transportation
23
costs
incurred
for
the
transportation
of
pupils
required
under
24
chapter
285,
and
paid
from
sources
other
than
the
district’s
25
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
fund
under
section
298A.4
26
or
revenue
received
from
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
27
education
fund
under
section
423F.2,
for
the
three
years
28
immediately
preceding
the
base
year.
29
(ii)
The
sum
of
the
school
district’s
regular
program
30
district
cost
for
the
three
years
immediately
preceding
the
31
base
year,
excluding
amounts
attributable
to
budget
adjustments
32
received
under
section
257.14.
33
(iii)
The
school
district’s
budget
enrollment
multiplied
by
34
the
quotient
of
the
school
district’s
amount
under
subparagraph
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subdivision
(i)
divided
by
the
school
district’s
amount
under
1
subparagraph
subdivision
(ii).
2
(iv)
The
school
district’s
amount
under
subparagraph
3
subdivision
(iii)
divided
by
the
sum
of
the
amounts
calculated
4
under
subparagraph
subdivision
(iii)
for
all
school
districts.
5
(v)
The
amount
calculated
under
subparagraph
subdivision
6
(iv)
multiplied
by
ninety
percent
of
the
sum
of
all
school
7
districts’
transportation
costs
incurred
for
the
transportation
8
of
pupils
required
under
chapter
285
for
the
year
preceding
9
the
base
year
and
paid
from
sources
other
than
the
districts’
10
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
fund
under
section
298A.4
11
or
revenue
received
from
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
12
education
fund
under
section
423F.2.
13
(vi)
The
quotient
of
the
amount
calculated
under
14
subparagraph
subdivision
(v)
divided
by
the
regular
program
15
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
budget
year.
16
(b)
Budget
enrollment
factor.
For
each
budget
year
17
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
the
department
of
18
management
shall
calculate
for
each
school
district
all
of
the
19
following:
20
(i)
The
quotient
of
the
school
district’s
budget
enrollment
21
divided
by
the
statewide
total
budget
enrollment
multiplied
by
22
five
percent
of
the
sum
of
all
school
districts’
transportation
23
costs
incurred
for
the
transportation
of
pupils
required
under
24
chapter
285
for
the
year
preceding
the
base
year
and
paid
from
25
sources
other
than
the
district’s
physical
plant
and
equipment
26
levy
fund
under
section
298A.4
or
revenue
received
from
the
27
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
education
fund
under
section
28
423F.2.
29
(ii)
The
amount
calculated
under
subparagraph
subdivision
30
(i)
divided
by
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
31
budget
year.
32
(c)
Route
miles
factor.
For
each
budget
year
beginning
33
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
the
department
of
management
shall
34
calculate
for
each
school
district
all
of
the
following:
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(i)
The
quotient
of
the
school
district’s
total
route
1
miles
traveled
for
the
transportation
of
pupils
required
under
2
chapter
285
for
the
year
preceding
the
base
year
divided
by
the
3
school
district’s
budget
enrollment.
4
(ii)
The
school
district’s
amount
under
subparagraph
5
subdivision
(i)
divided
by
the
sum
of
the
amounts
calculated
6
under
subparagraph
subdivision
(i)
for
all
school
districts.
7
(iii)
The
amount
calculated
under
subparagraph
subdivision
8
(ii)
multiplied
by
five
percent
of
the
sum
of
all
school
9
districts’
transportation
costs
incurred
for
the
transportation
10
of
pupils
required
under
chapter
285
for
the
year
preceding
11
the
base
year
and
paid
from
sources
other
than
the
districts’
12
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
fund
under
section
298A.4
13
or
revenue
received
from
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
14
education
fund
under
section
423F.2.
15
(iv)
The
amount
calculated
under
subparagraph
subdivision
16
(iii)
divided
by
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
17
the
budget
year.
18
(2)
The
combined
weighting
amount
for
each
school
district
19
is
the
sum
of
the
following:
20
(a)
The
amount
calculated
under
subparagraph
(1),
21
subparagraph
division
(a),
subparagraph
subdivision
(vi).
22
(b)
The
amount
calculated
under
subparagraph
(1),
23
subparagraph
division
(b),
subparagraph
subdivision
(ii).
24
(c)
The
amount
calculated
under
subparagraph
(1),
25
subparagraph
division
(c),
subparagraph
subdivision
(iv).
26
d.
Funding
received
by
a
school
district
as
the
result
of
27
supplementary
weighting
under
this
subsection
shall
not
affect
28
a
school
district’s
eligibility
for
transportation
funding
29
under
section
257.16C
or
transportation
assistance
under
30
section
257.31,
subsection
17.
31
e.
Amounts
received
by
a
school
district
as
the
result
32
of
supplementary
weighting
under
this
subsection
shall
be
33
deposited
in
the
school
district’s
general
fund
and
may
be
used
34
for
any
general
fund
purpose.
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f.
If
a
school
district
established
as
the
result
of
a
1
reorganization
under
chapter
275
does
not
have
sufficient
2
transportation
cost
data,
regular
program
district
cost
per
3
pupil
data,
or
enrollment
data
for
the
calculation
of
amounts
4
required
under
this
subsection,
the
department
of
management
5
shall
use
estimated
transportation
cost
data,
regular
program
6
district
cost
per
pupil
data,
and
enrollment
data
derived
from
7
data
for
prior
budget
years
from
each
district
involved
in
8
the
reorganization
until
such
amounts
can
be
calculated
using
9
actual
data
for
the
reorganized
school
district.
10
g.
For
the
budget
years
beginning
July
1,
2019,
July
1,
11
2020,
and
July
1,
2021,
and
if
necessary,
any
subsequent
budget
12
years,
if
insufficient
or
incomplete
transportation
cost
data
13
makes
the
implementation
of
this
subsection
impractical,
the
14
department
of
management
shall,
in
consultation
with
the
15
department
of
education
and
the
legislative
services
agency,
16
establish
procedures
and
modified
methodologies
for
calculating
17
supplementary
weighting
and
funding
amounts
under
this
18
subsection.
19
Sec.
5.
Section
257.11,
subsection
8,
Code
2019,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
8.
Pupils
ineligible.
A
Except
for
transportation
weighting
22
under
subsection
7A,
a
pupil
eligible
for
the
weighting
plan
23
provided
in
section
256B.9
is
not
eligible
for
supplementary
24
weighting
pursuant
to
this
section
unless
it
is
determined
25
that
the
course
generating
the
supplemental
weighting
has
no
26
relationship
to
the
pupil’s
disability.
A
pupil
attending
an
27
alternative
program
or
an
at-risk
pupils’
program,
including
28
alternative
high
school
programs,
is
not
eligible
for
29
supplementary
weighting
under
subsection
2
.
30
Sec.
6.
Section
257.31,
subsection
17,
paragraphs
a
and
d,
31
Code
2019,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
32
a.
If
a
district’s
average
transportation
costs
per
33
pupil
exceed
the
state
average
transportation
costs
per
34
pupil
determined
under
paragraph
“c”
by
one
hundred
fifty
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percent,
the
committee
may
grant
transportation
assistance
aid
1
to
the
district
using
exclusively
the
funds
transferred
to
2
the
committee
in
accordance
with
section
321.34,
subsection
3
22
.
Such
aid
shall
be
miscellaneous
income
and
shall
not
be
4
included
in
district
cost.
5
d.
Funds
transferred
to
the
committee
in
accordance
with
6
section
321.34,
subsection
22
,
are
appropriated
to
and
may
be
7
expended
for
the
purposes
of
the
committee,
as
described
in
8
this
section
subsection
.
However,
highest
priority
shall
be
9
given
to
districts
that
meet
the
conditions
described
in
this
10
subsection
.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
the
Code,
11
unencumbered
or
unobligated
funds
transferred
to
the
committee
12
pursuant
to
section
321.34,
subsection
22
,
remaining
on
June
13
30
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
funds
were
transferred,
14
shall
not
revert
but
shall
be
available
for
expenditure
for
the
15
purposes
of
this
subsection
in
subsequent
fiscal
years.
16
Sec.
7.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
division
of
this
Act,
being
17
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
school
district
finance
by
modifying
22
provisions
relating
to
the
calculation
of
the
regular
program
23
state
cost
per
pupil
and
by
establishing
a
supplementary
24
weighting
plan
for
certain
school
district
transportation
25
costs.
26
Division
I
of
the
bill
relates
to
the
determination
of
the
27
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
and,
by
operation
of
law,
28
the
determination
of
regular
program
district
cost
per
pupil
29
for
school
districts.
Those
amounts
are
used
to
determine
30
supplemental
state
aid
amounts
for
each
school
budget
year,
31
determining
the
budget
authority
for
each
school
district,
32
and
determining
amounts
of
preschool
foundation
aid
for
33
schools
participating
in
the
statewide
preschool
program
for
34
four-year-old
children
under
Code
chapter
256C.
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Current
Code
section
257.9
provides
that
for
the
budget
1
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
the
regular
program
state
cost
2
per
pupil
is
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
3
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
4
the
budget
year,
plus
$5.
Under
the
bill,
for
the
budget
5
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
the
regular
program
state
cost
6
per
pupil
is
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
7
base
year
plus
the
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
8
the
budget
year,
plus
$10.
Additionally,
for
the
budget
year
9
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
succeeding
budget
years
beginning
10
before
July
1,
2028,
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
11
is
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
12
year
plus
the
regular
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
13
budget
year,
plus
$20.
Then
with
the
budget
year
beginning
14
July
1,
2028,
and
succeeding
budget
years,
the
regular
program
15
state
cost
per
pupil
will
again
be
calculated
as
the
regular
16
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
base
year
plus
the
regular
17
program
supplemental
state
aid
for
the
budget
year
without
any
18
additional
amount
added.
19
Division
I
of
the
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
Division
II
of
the
bill
establishes
a
supplementary
21
weighting
plan
for
school
district
transportation
costs
22
resulting
from
the
transportation
of
pupils
as
required
under
23
Code
chapter
285.
24
The
bill
establishes
a
methodology
for
calculating
the
25
amount
of
supplementary
weighting
assigned
to
each
school
26
district.
The
calculation
is
made
using
school
district
27
transportation
cost
data,
school
district
enrollment
data,
28
and
school
district
transportation
route
mile
data.
The
29
amount
of
the
supplementary
weighting
is
phased
in
over
a
30
period
of
10
school
budget
years
beginning
with
the
budget
31
year
beginning
July
1,
2019.
Under
the
bill,
if
a
school
32
district
established
as
the
result
of
a
reorganization
does
not
33
have
sufficient
data
for
the
calculation
of
amounts
required
34
under
the
bill,
the
department
of
management
is
required
to
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use
estimated
data
derived
from
data
for
prior
budget
years
1
from
each
district
involved
in
the
reorganization
until
such
2
amounts
can
be
calculated
using
actual
data
for
the
reorganized
3
school
district.
In
addition,
for
specified
budget
years,
4
if
insufficient
or
incomplete
transportation
cost
data
makes
5
the
implementation
of
the
bill
impractical,
the
department
6
of
management
is
required
to,
in
consultation
with
the
7
department
of
education
and
the
legislative
services
agency,
8
establish
procedures
and
modified
methodologies
for
calculating
9
supplementary
weighting
and
funding
amounts
under
the
bill.
10
The
bill
specifies
that
funding
received
by
a
school
11
district
as
the
result
of
supplementary
weighting
in
the
12
bill
does
not
affect
a
school
district’s
eligibility
for
13
transportation
funding
under
Code
section
257.16C
or
assistance
14
granted
by
the
school
budget
review
committee
and
specifies
15
that
transportation
assistance
granted
by
the
school
budget
16
review
committee
may
only
be
granted
using
funds
transferred
to
17
the
committee
in
accordance
with
Code
section
321.34(22).
The
18
bill
also
provides
that
funding
received
by
a
school
district
19
as
the
result
of
the
supplementary
weighting
must
be
deposited
20
in
the
school
district’s
general
fund
and
may
be
used
for
any
21
general
fund
purpose.
22
Division
II
of
the
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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