House File 2492 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2492 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2049) (COMPANION TO SF 2005 BY LOFGREN) A BILL FOR An Act providing for supplementary weighting for school 1 districts that share career and technical education 2 instructors. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5224HV (1) 91 mb/jh

H.F. 2492 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, career and 9 technical education instructor, mental health professional 10 who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board 11 of educational examiners, college and career transition 12 counselor or coordinator, 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 career and technical education 29 instructor; a mental health professional who holds a statement 30 of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners; 31 a college and career transition counselor or coordinator; 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 5224HV (1) 91 mb/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 2492 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 . (0a) “Career and technical 23 education instructor” means a licensed teacher who holds a 24 career and technical endorsement for grades five through 25 twelve, including in agriculture, family consumer sciences, 26 industrial technology, business, or information technology, 27 or an individual who holds a career and technical education 28 authorization for grades five through twelve. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill provides that career and technical education 33 instructors are eligible for shared operational functions 34 for purposes of supplementary weighting. Under current law, 35 -2- LSB 5224HV (1) 91 mb/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 2492 school districts that share certain operational functions with 1 another political subdivision are assigned a supplementary 2 weighting for each shared operational function in order to 3 provide additional funding to increase student opportunities 4 and redirect more resources to student programming. 5 The bill adds career and technical education instructors 6 to the list of positions that qualify for supplementary 7 weighting when shared between a school district and another 8 political subdivision for at least 20 percent of the school 9 year. The bill provides that a school district that shares 10 the operational function of a career and technical education 11 instructor will receive a supplementary weighting of two 12 pupils. 13 The bill defines “career and technical education instructor” 14 as a licensed teacher who holds a career and technical 15 endorsement for grades 5 through 12, including in agriculture, 16 family consumer sciences, industrial technology, business, or 17 information technology, or an individual who holds a career and 18 technical education authorization for grades 5 through 12. 19 -3- LSB 5224HV (1) 91 mb/jh 3/ 3