House File 527 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 527 BY CAHILL A BILL FOR An Act relating to funding for supplemental assistance for 1 high-need schools and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2440YH (2) 90 md/jh
H.F. 527 Section 1. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code 1 2023, is amended to read as follows: 2 g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for 3 each subsequent fiscal year, to the department, ten twenty 4 million dollars for purposes of implementing the supplemental 5 assistance for high-need schools provisions of section 284.11 . 6 Funding under this paragraph shall be given to school districts 7 with one or more attendance centers identified in the priority 8 category for one of the last three years under the attendance 9 center performance ranking system developed and adopted by the 10 department. Funding shall be apportioned to eligible school 11 districts on a per pupil basis based on the budget enrollments 12 of the priority attendance centers for the applicable fiscal 13 year. Funding received under this paragraph shall be used by 14 the school district for purposes at the priority attendance 15 centers in the district and shall be in addition to and 16 not supplant any other funding for such attendance centers. 17 Annually, of the moneys allocated to the department for 18 purposes of this paragraph, up to one hundred thousand dollars 19 may be used by the department for administrative purposes and 20 for not more than one full-time equivalent position. 21 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 22 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 Code section 284.13(1)(g) appropriates $10 million each 27 fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2023, for the 28 implementation of the supplemental assistance provisions 29 for high-need schools under Code section 284.11. This bill 30 increases the appropriation for each such fiscal year to $20 31 million. 32 Such funding shall be given to school districts with one or 33 more attendance centers identified in the priority category 34 for one of the last three years under the attendance center 35 -1- LSB 2440YH (2) 90 md/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 527 performance ranking system developed and adopted by the 1 department. Funding shall be apportioned to eligible school 2 districts on a per pupil basis based on the budget enrollments 3 of the priority attendance centers for the applicable fiscal 4 year. Funding received shall be used by the school district 5 for purposes at the priority attendance centers in the district 6 and shall be in addition to and not supplant any other funding 7 for such attendance centers. 8 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 9 -2- LSB 2440YH (2) 90 md/jh 2/ 2