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SENATE
FILE
404
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
266)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
18,
2013
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
supplementary
weighting
for
limited
English
1
proficient
students
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
257.31,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Unusual
need
to
continue
providing
a
program
or
other
3
special
assistance
to
non-English
speaking
pupils
after
4
the
expiration
of
the
four-year
applicable
period
of
years
5
specified
in
section
280.4
.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
280.4,
subsection
3,
Code
2013,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
3.
a.
In
order
to
provide
funds
for
the
excess
costs
9
of
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
students
above
10
the
costs
of
instruction
of
pupils
in
a
regular
curriculum,
11
students
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
shall
be
12
assigned
an
additional
weighting
of
twenty-two
hundredths,
and
13
that
weighting
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
14
the
school
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
15
four
the
number
of
years
specified
in
paragraph
“b
”
.
However,
16
the
school
budget
review
committee
may
grant
supplemental
aid
17
or
modified
allowable
growth
to
a
school
district
to
continue
18
funding
a
program
for
students
after
the
expiration
of
the
19
four-year
specified
period
of
years
in
paragraph
“b”
.
20
b.
(1)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
21
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
before
July
1,
2013,
22
the
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
23
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
24
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
four
years.
25
(2)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
26
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
the
27
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
28
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
29
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
five
years.
30
(3)
For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
31
proficient
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
the
32
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
33
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
district
of
34
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
six
years.
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For
students
first
determined
to
be
limited
English
1
proficient
for
a
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2
2015,
the
additional
weighting
provided
under
paragraph
“a”
3
shall
be
included
in
the
weighted
enrollment
of
the
school
4
district
of
residence
for
a
period
not
exceeding
seven
years.
5
Sec.
3.
LIMITED
ENGLISH
PROFICIENT
WEIGHTING
6
ADJUSTMENT.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
7
and
ending
June
30,
2014,
there
shall
be
allocated
to
the
8
department
of
education
from
the
amount
appropriated
pursuant
9
to
section
257.16,
subsection
1,
based
upon
the
increase
10
from
four
to
five
years
in
the
availability
of
supplementary
11
weighting
for
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
12
students
pursuant
to
section
280.4,
an
amount
to
be
determined
13
by
the
department
of
management
in
consultation
with
the
14
legislative
services
agency.
The
funds
shall
be
used
to
adjust
15
the
weighted
enrollment
of
a
school
district
with
students
16
identified
as
limited
English
proficient
on
a
prorated
basis.
17
Sec.
4.
LIMITED
ENGLISH
PROFICIENT
STUDENTS
——
STUDY
AND
18
REPORT.
The
department
of
education
shall
conduct
a
study
19
regarding
the
special
instruction
of
limited
English
proficient
20
students
that
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
an
examination
21
of
the
best
practices
for
such
instruction
and
an
examination
22
of
possible
accountability
measures
related
to
providing
23
additional
funding
for
limited
English
proficient
students
24
under
section
280.4.
The
department
shall
solicit
and
accept
25
input
from
all
relevant
stakeholders.
The
department
shall
26
submit
a
report
on
the
study
and
make
recommendations
to
the
27
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
December
15,
2013.
28
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
29
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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