Senate File 29 - Introduced SENATE FILE 29 BY ZAUN A BILL FOR An Act relating to additional weighting for limited English 1 proficient students and including effective date and 2 applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1648XS (2) 88 md/jh

S.F. 29 Section 1. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph j, Code 1 2019, is amended to read as follows: 2 j. Unusual need to continue providing a program or other 3 special assistance to non-English speaking limited English 4 proficient pupils after the expiration of the five-year period 5 of years specified in section 280.4 . 6 Sec. 2. Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 3. a. In order to provide funds for the excess costs of 9 instruction of limited English proficient students specified 10 in paragraph “b” above the costs of instruction of pupils in 11 a regular curriculum, students identified as limited English 12 proficient shall be assigned an additional weighting of 13 twenty-two thirty-nine hundredths, and that weighting shall be 14 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district of 15 residence for a period not exceeding five the period of years 16 specified in paragraph “b” . However, the school budget review 17 committee may grant supplemental aid or a modified supplemental 18 amount to a school district to continue funding a program for 19 students after the expiration of the five-year specified period 20 of years . 21 b. (1) For students first determined to be limited English 22 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 23 1, 2010, but before July 1, 2019, the additional weighting 24 provided under paragraph “a” shall be included in the weighted 25 enrollment of the school district of residence for a cumulative 26 period of time not exceeding five years beginning with the 27 budget year for which the student was first determined to be 28 limited English proficient. The five years of eligibility 29 for the additional weighting need not be consecutive and 30 a student’s eligibility for the additional weighting is 31 transferable to another district of residence. 32 (2) For students first determined to be limited English 33 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 34 2019, the additional weighting provided under paragraph “a” 35 -1- LSB 1648XS (2) 88 md/jh 1/ 4

S.F. 29 shall be included in the weighted enrollment of the school 1 district of residence for a period not exceeding seven years 2 beginning with the budget year for which the student was 3 first determined to be limited English proficient. The seven 4 years of eligibility for the additional weighting need not be 5 consecutive and a student’s eligibility for the additional 6 weighting is transferable to another district of residence. 7 Sec. 3. Section 282.18, subsection 7, paragraph b, 8 subparagraph (1), Code 2019, is amended to read as follows: 9 (1) The board of directors of the district of residence 10 shall pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost 11 per pupil for the previous school year plus either the teacher 12 leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous 13 fiscal year as provided in section 257.9 or the teacher 14 leadership supplement foundation aid for the previous fiscal 15 year as provided in section 284.13, subsection 1 , paragraph “d” , 16 if both the district of residence and the receiving district 17 are receiving such supplements, plus any moneys received for 18 the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking limited 19 English proficient weighting under section 280.4, subsection 20 3 , for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost 21 per pupil for the previous year. If the pupil participating in 22 open enrollment is also an eligible pupil under section 261E.6 , 23 the receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement 24 amount to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in 25 section 261E.7 . 26 Sec. 4. Section 282.18, subsection 16, paragraph a, Code 27 2019, is amended to read as follows: 28 a. If a request under this section is for transfer to the 29 research and development school, as described in chapter 256G , 30 the student who is the subject of the request shall be included 31 in the basic enrollment of the student’s district of residence 32 and the board of directors of the district of residence shall 33 pay to the research and development school the state cost per 34 pupil for the previous school year, plus any moneys received 35 -2- LSB 1648XS (2) 88 md/jh 2/ 4

S.F. 29 for the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking limited 1 English proficient weighting under section 280.4, subsection 2 3 , for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost 3 per pupil for the previous year. 4 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 5 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 6 Sec. 6. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 7 years beginning on or after July 1, 2019. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill relates to limited English proficient education 12 by increasing the amount of supplementary weighting and the 13 number of years of supplementary weighting for limited English 14 proficient students. 15 Current Code section 280.4 provides supplementary weighting 16 for the excess costs of instruction of limited English 17 proficient students. The current amount of the additional 18 weighting for students identified as limited English proficient 19 is 0.22 per student. The weighting is provided for those 20 students first determined to be limited English proficient for 21 a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2010, and may be 22 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district for 23 a period not exceeding five years. 24 The bill provides that for students first determined to be 25 limited English proficient for a budget year beginning on or 26 after July 1, 2010, but before July 1, 2019, the additional 27 weighting may be included for a period not exceeding five 28 years. For students first determined to be limited English 29 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 30 2019, the additional weighting may be included for a period 31 not exceeding seven years. The bill also increases the amount 32 of the additional weighting for students identified as limited 33 English proficient from 0.22 per student to 0.39 per student. 34 The bill also makes statutory changes to provide uniformity 35 -3- LSB 1648XS (2) 88 md/jh 3/ 4

S.F. 29 in referring to limited English proficient pupils. 1 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 2 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2019. 3 -4- LSB 1648XS (2) 88 md/jh 4/ 4