House File 2037 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2037 BY DOLECHECK A BILL FOR An Act relating to school districts that share an operational 1 function in the area of superintendent management and 2 including effective date and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5697YH (3) 89 jda/jh

H.F. 2037 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) In order to provide additional funding to increase 3 student opportunities and redirect more resources to student 4 programming for school districts that share operational 5 functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision 6 one or more operational functions of a curriculum director, 7 master social worker, independent social worker, work-based 8 learning coordinator, special education director, mental 9 health professional who holds a statement of recognition 10 issued by the board of educational examiners, or school 11 counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas 12 of superintendent management, business management, human 13 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at 14 least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a 15 supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. 16 A school district that shares an operational function in 17 the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a 18 supplementary weighting of eight nine pupils for the function. 19 A school district that shares an operational function in the 20 area of business management, human resources, transportation, 21 or operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary 22 weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district 23 that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director; 24 a master social worker or an independent social worker licensed 25 under chapters 147 and 154C ; a work-based learning coordinator; 26 a special education director; a mental health professional 27 who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board of 28 educational examiners; or a school counselor shall be assigned 29 a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the function. 30 The additional weighting shall be assigned for each discrete 31 operational function shared. However, a school district 32 may receive the additional weighting under this subsection 33 for sharing the services of an individual with a political 34 subdivision even if the type of operational function performed 35 -1- LSB 5697YH (3) 89 jda/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 2037 by the individual for the school district and the type of 1 operational function performed by the individual for the 2 political subdivision are not the same operational function, so 3 long as both operational functions are eligible for weighting 4 under this subsection . In such case, the school district 5 shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of 6 operational function that the individual performs for the 7 school district, and the school district shall not receive 8 additional weighting for any other function performed by the 9 individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does 10 not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to 11 receive supplementary weighting under this subsection . 12 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 13 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 14 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 15 years beginning on or after July 1, 2022, subject to the school 16 budget year limitations of section 257.11, subsection 5. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill relates to school districts that share an 21 operational function in the area of superintendent management. 22 Pursuant to Code section 257.11, in order to provide 23 additional funding to increase student opportunities and 24 redirect resources to student programming for school districts 25 that share operational functions, a school district that shares 26 with a political subdivision one or more operational functions 27 of certain specified persons, or one or more operational 28 functions in the area of superintendent management or other 29 specified areas for at least 20 percent of the school year, is 30 assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational 31 function up to a maximum of 21 additional pupils. Current law 32 provides that a school district that shares an operational 33 function in the area of superintendent management is assigned a 34 supplementary weighting of eight pupils for the function. The 35 -2- LSB 5697YH (3) 89 jda/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 2037 bill increases this supplementary weighting to nine pupils. 1 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 2 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022, through the 3 school budget year beginning July 1, 2024. 4 -3- LSB 5697YH (3) 89 jda/jh 3/ 3