House Study Bill 655 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DOLECHECK) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the amounts a district of residence pays 1 to a receiving district for a pupil participating in open 2 enrollment and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6298YC (3) 88 md/jh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 7, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) (a) The board of directors of the district of residence 3 shall pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost 4 per pupil for the previous school year plus either an amount 5 equal to the sum of the following: 6 (i) Either the teacher leadership supplement state cost per 7 pupil for the previous fiscal year as provided in section 257.9 8 or the teacher leadership supplement foundation aid for the 9 previous fiscal year as provided in section 284.13, subsection 10 1 , paragraph “d” , if both the district of residence and the 11 receiving district are receiving such supplements , plus any . 12 (ii) Any moneys received for the pupil as a result of the 13 non-English speaking limited English proficient weighting under 14 section 280.4, subsection 3 , for the previous school year 15 multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year. 16 (iii) An amount equal to the lesser of the receiving 17 district’s teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil 18 for the previous fiscal year or the district of residence’s 19 teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for the 20 previous fiscal year, unless the pupil participating in open 21 enrollment is receiving educational instruction and course 22 content primarily over the internet in accordance with section 23 256.7, subsection 32. 24 (b) If the pupil participating in open enrollment is also 25 an eligible pupil under section 261E.6 , the receiving district 26 shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible 27 postsecondary institution as provided in section 261E.7 . 28 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 29 years beginning on or after July 1, 2020. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 Current Code section 282.18(7) provides that a pupil 34 participating in open enrollment shall be counted, for state 35 -1- LSB 6298YC (3) 88 md/jh 1/ 2

H.F. _____ school foundation aid purposes, in the pupil’s district of 1 residence. The school district of residence is then required 2 to pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost per 3 pupil for the previous school year plus either the teacher 4 leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous 5 fiscal year or the teacher leadership supplement foundation aid 6 for the previous fiscal year if both the district of residence 7 and the receiving district are receiving such supplements, 8 plus any moneys received for the pupil as a result of the 9 non-English speaking weighting and any eligible postsecondary 10 tuition reimbursement amounts under Code section 261E.7, if 11 applicable. 12 This bill adds to the total amount required to be paid by 13 the district of residence to the receiving district an amount 14 equal to the lesser of the receiving district’s teacher salary 15 supplement district cost per pupil for the previous fiscal 16 year or the district of residence’s teacher salary supplement 17 district cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year. However, 18 such teacher salary supplement amount is not included in the 19 amount paid by the district of residence to the receiving 20 district if the pupil participating in open enrollment is 21 receiving educational instruction and course content primarily 22 over the internet in accordance with Code section 256.7(32). 23 The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after 24 July 1, 2020. 25 -2- LSB 6298YC (3) 88 md/jh 2/ 2