H.F. 2051 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2026, 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, college 11 and career transition counselor or coordinator, school 12 and career specialist, school resource officer, or school 13 counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas 14 of superintendent management, business management, human 15 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at 16 least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a 17 supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. 18 A school district that shares an operational function in 19 the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a 20 supplementary weighting of nine pupils for the function. A 21 school district that shares an operational function in the area 22 of business management, human resources, transportation, or 23 operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary 24 weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district 25 that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director; 26 a master social worker or an independent social worker licensed 27 under chapters 147 and 154C ; a work-based learning coordinator; 28 a special education director; a mental health professional 29 who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board 30 of educational examiners; a college and career transition 31 counselor or coordinator; a school and career specialist; 32 a school resource officer; or a school counselor shall be 33 assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the 34 function. The additional weighting shall be assigned for 35 -1- LSB 5106YH (2) 91 mb/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 2051 each discrete operational function shared. However, a school 1 district may receive the additional weighting under this 2 subsection for sharing the services of an individual with 3 a political subdivision or another school district even if 4 the type of operational function performed by the individual 5 for the school district and the type of operational function 6 performed by the individual for the political subdivision or 7 another school district are not the same operational function, 8 so long as either both operational functions are eligible for 9 weighting under this subsection or the operational function 10 the individual performs for the school district is special 11 education director. In either case, the school district 12 shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of 13 operational function that the individual performs for the 14 school district, and the school district shall not receive 15 additional weighting for any other function performed by the 16 individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does 17 not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to 18 receive supplementary weighting under this subsection . 19 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 20 subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended by adding the following 21 new subparagraph division: 22 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (0c) “School and career 23 specialist” means an individual employed by a state-based 24 national nonprofit organization that works with students at 25 risk of dropping out of school or failing to transition into 26 postsecondary education, the workforce, or military service by 27 providing direct services to students to support success in 28 school and the workplace, including life skills instruction, 29 academic and career development programming, postsecondary 30 transition assistance, leadership training, and employer 31 engagement. 32 EXPLANATION 33 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 34 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 35 -2- LSB 5106YH (2) 91 mb/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 2051 This bill provides that school and career specialists are 1 eligible for shared operational functions for purposes of 2 supplementary weighting. Under current law, school districts 3 that share certain operational functions with another political 4 subdivision are assigned a supplementary weighting for each 5 shared operational function in order to provide additional 6 funding to increase student opportunities and redirect more 7 resources to student programming. 8 The bill adds school and career specialist to the list of 9 positions that qualify for supplementary weighting when shared 10 between a school district and another political subdivision for 11 at least twenty percent of the school year. The bill provides 12 that a school district that shares the operational function of 13 a school and career specialist will receive a supplementary 14 weighting of two pupils. 15 The bill defines “school and career specialist” as an 16 individual employed by a state-based national nonprofit 17 organization that works with students at risk of dropping 18 out of school or failing to transition into postsecondary 19 education, the workforce, or military service by providing 20 direct services to students to support success in school and 21 the workplace, including life skills instruction, academic 22 and career development programming, postsecondary transition 23 assistance, leadership training, and employer engagement. 24 -3- LSB 5106YH (2) 91 mb/jh 3/ 3