House File 2080 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2080 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2037) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 21, 2022 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to school districts that share operational 1 functions, including operational functions in the areas of 2 superintendent management and special education director, 3 and including effective date and applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 2080 (2) 89 jda/jh/md
H.F. 2080 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2022, 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, or school 11 counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas 12 of superintendent management, business management, human 13 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at 14 least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a 15 supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. 16 A school district that shares an operational function in 17 the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a 18 supplementary weighting of eight nine pupils for the function. 19 A school district that shares an operational function in the 20 area of business management, human resources, transportation, 21 or operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary 22 weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district 23 that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director; 24 a master social worker or an independent social worker 25 licensed under chapters 147 and 154C ; a work-based learning 26 coordinator; a special education director; a mental health 27 professional who holds a statement of recognition issued by 28 the board of educational examiners; or a school counselor 29 shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils 30 for the function. The additional weighting shall be assigned 31 for each discrete operational function shared. However, a 32 school district may receive the additional weighting under 33 this subsection for sharing the services of an individual with 34 a political subdivision or another school district even if 35 -1- HF 2080 (2) 89 jda/jh/md 1/ 2
H.F. 2080 the type of operational function performed by the individual 1 for the school district and the type of operational function 2 performed by the individual for the political subdivision or 3 another school district are not the same operational function, 4 so long as either both operational functions are eligible for 5 weighting under this subsection or the operational function 6 the individual performs for the school district is special 7 education director . In such either case, the school district 8 shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of 9 operational function that the individual performs for the 10 school district, and the school district shall not receive 11 additional weighting for any other function performed by the 12 individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does 13 not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to 14 receive supplementary weighting under this subsection . 15 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 16 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 17 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 18 years beginning on or after July 1, 2022, subject to the school 19 budget year limitations of section 257.11, subsection 5. 20 -2- HF 2080 (2) 89 jda/jh/md 2/ 2