House
Study
Bill
184
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HITE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
qualified
instruction
funding
supplement
1
for
the
school
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
making
2
appropriations,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
QUALIFIED
INSTRUCTION
FUNDING
SUPPLEMENT
FOR
FY
1
2020-2021
——
APPROPRIATION.
2
1.
a.
For
the
school
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
3
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
each
public
school
district
4
shall
receive
a
qualified
instruction
funding
supplement.
5
The
supplement
shall
be
in
an
amount
calculated
by
the
6
department
of
management
equal
to
the
percentage
of
the
amount
7
appropriated
under
subsection
4
that
is
proportionate
to
the
8
school
district’s
total
in-person
instruction
days
as
a
share
9
of
the
statewide
total
in-person
instruction
days.
10
b.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
11
(1)
“Total
in-person
instruction
days”
means
the
sum
of
the
12
number
of
school
days
the
school
district
offered
in-person
13
instruction
within
the
school
district
between
August
23,
2020,
14
and
January
29,
2021,
multiplied
by
the
actual
enrollment
of
15
the
school
district
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
16
Each
school
day
for
which
the
school
district
offered
in-person
17
instruction
to
all
students
within
the
school
district
for
six
18
or
more
hours
shall
be
counted
as
one
school
day.
Each
school
19
day
for
which
the
school
district
offered
in-person
instruction
20
to
all
students
within
the
school
district
for
three
or
more
21
hours
but
less
than
six
hours
shall
be
counted
as
one-half
of
22
a
school
day.
Each
school
day
for
which
the
school
district
23
offered
in-person
instruction
to
one-half
or
more
but
less
than
24
all
students
for
six
or
more
hours
shall
be
counted
as
one-half
25
of
a
school
day.
26
(2)
“Statewide
total
in-person
instruction
days”
means
the
27
sum
of
each
amount
determined
under
subparagraph
(1)
for
all
28
public
school
districts
in
the
state.
29
2.
The
qualified
instruction
funding
supplement
shall
be
30
miscellaneous
income,
shall
be
deposited
in
the
general
fund
of
31
the
school
district,
may
be
used
for
any
school
general
fund
32
purpose,
and
shall
not
be
included
in
district
cost.
33
3.
The
qualified
instruction
funding
supplement
shall
be
34
paid
at
the
same
time
and
in
the
same
manner
as
foundation
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aid
is
paid
under
section
257.16,
and
may
be
included
in
the
1
remaining
monthly
payments
of
state
aid
under
section
257.16,
2
subsection
2,
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
3
4.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
4
to
the
department
of
management
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
5
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
thirty
million
dollars
6
to
be
used
for
the
payment
of
qualified
instruction
funding
7
supplement
payments
under
this
section.
8
5.
Each
public
school
district
in
the
state
shall
certify
to
9
the
department
of
management
on
or
before
the
fourteenth
day
10
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
the
school
district’s
11
total
in-person
instruction
days
as
determined
under
subsection
12
1,
paragraph
“b”,
subparagraph
(1).
13
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
14
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
establishes
a
qualified
instruction
funding
19
supplement
for
the
school
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
20
Each
public
school
district
shall
receive
a
qualified
21
instruction
funding
supplement
in
an
amount
calculated
by
the
22
department
of
management
equal
to
the
percentage
of
the
$30
23
million
appropriated
in
the
bill
that
is
proportionate
to
the
24
school
district’s
total
in-person
instruction
days
as
a
share
25
of
the
statewide
total
in-person
instruction
days.
Under
the
26
bill,
“total
in-person
instruction
days”
means
the
sum
of
the
27
number
of
school
days
the
school
district
offered
in-person
28
instruction
within
the
school
district
between
August
23,
2020,
29
and
January
29,
2021,
multiplied
by
the
actual
enrollment
of
30
the
school
district
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
31
Each
school
day
for
which
the
school
district
offered
in-person
32
instruction
to
all
students
within
the
school
district
for
six
33
or
more
hours
shall
be
counted
as
one
school
day.
Each
school
34
day
for
which
the
school
district
offered
in-person
instruction
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to
all
students
within
the
school
district
for
three
or
more
1
hours
but
less
than
six
hours
shall
be
counted
as
one-half
of
2
a
school
day.
Each
school
day
for
which
the
school
district
3
offered
in-person
instruction
to
one-half
or
more
but
less
than
4
all
students
for
six
or
more
hours
shall
be
counted
as
one-half
5
of
a
school
day.
“Statewide
total
in-person
instruction
6
days”
means
the
sum
of
each
school
district’s
total
in-person
7
instruction
days
for
all
public
school
districts
in
the
state.
8
The
qualified
instruction
funding
supplement
is
9
miscellaneous
income,
shall
be
deposited
in
the
general
fund
of
10
the
school
district,
may
be
used
for
any
school
general
fund
11
purpose,
and
shall
not
be
included
in
district
cost.
12
The
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
13
the
department
of
management
$30
million
for
the
purpose
of
14
making
all
qualified
instruction
funding
supplement
payments
15
under
the
bill.
16
The
bill
requires
each
public
school
district
in
the
state
17
to
certify
to
the
department
of
management
on
or
before
the
18
14th
day
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill,
the
school
19
district’s
total
in-person
instruction
days
as
determined
under
20
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
21
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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