HF 407 (LSB 2524YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 407

BY  GOLDING

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to open enrollment by requiring the payment of certain moneys received from the secure an advanced vision for education fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0c.  For school years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, for each pupil participating in open enrollment, the board of directors of the district of residence shall also pay to the receiving district from the total amount received under section 423F.2 an amount equal to the per pupil amount distributed to the district of residence from the secure an advanced vision for education fund under section 423F.2, subsection 3, for the previous school year. Moneys received by the receiving district under this paragraph shall be used solely for the purposes authorized under chapter 423F.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current Code section 282.18 provides that as a condition of open enrollment, the board of directors of the district of residence shall pay to the receiving district certain funding amounts described in Code section 282.18(7). This bill provides that for school years beginning on or after July 1, 2025, for each pupil participating in open enrollment, the board of directors of the district of residence shall also pay to the receiving district from the total amount received from the secure an advanced vision for education (SAVE) fund, an amount equal to the per pupil amount distributed to the district of residence from the SAVE fund for the previous school year. Moneys received by the receiving district shall be used solely for the purposes authorized under Code chapter 423F (statewide school infrastructure funding).