House File 720 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 720 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 445) A BILL FOR An Act relating to education funding weighting for children 1 living in certain facilities and including effective date 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1674HV (4) 88 md/jh

H.F. 720 Section 1. Section 282.31, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 2019, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. (1) A child who lives in a facility or other placement 3 pursuant to section 282.19 , and who does not require special 4 education and who is enrolled in the educational program of 5 the district of residence at the time the child is placed, 6 shall be included in the basic enrollment of the school 7 district in which the child is enrolled. A child who lives in 8 a facility or other placement pursuant to section 282.19 , and 9 who does not require special education and who is not enrolled 10 in the educational program of the district of residence of 11 the child, shall be included in the basic enrollment of the 12 school district in which the facility or other placement is 13 located. However, for school budget years beginning on or 14 after July 1, 2019, if a child under this paragraph “b” , is 15 living in an agency child care facility, as provided in section 16 282.19, subsection 2, and, following a juvenile court or agency 17 determination under section 282.19, subsection 2, the child is 18 enrolled in the school district where the facility or placement 19 is located, the child shall be assigned a weighting equal to 20 the weighting established in section 256B.9, subsection 1, 21 paragraph “b” , as if the child required special education. 22 (2) However, on June 30 of a school year, if the board 23 of directors of a school district determines that the number 24 of children under this paragraph “b” who were counted in the 25 basic enrollment of the school district in that school year 26 in accordance with section 257.6, subsection 1 , is fewer than 27 the sum of the number of months all children were enrolled 28 in the school district under this paragraph “b” during the 29 school year divided by nine, the secretary of the school 30 district may submit a claim to the department of education by 31 August 1 following the school year for an amount equal to the 32 district cost per pupil of the district for the previous school 33 year , including any amount attributable to weighting assigned 34 under subparagraph (1), multiplied by the difference between 35 -1- LSB 1674HV (4) 88 md/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 720 the number of children counted and the number of children 1 calculated by the number of months of enrollment. The amount 2 of the claim shall be paid by the department of administrative 3 services to the school district by October 1. The department 4 of administrative services shall transfer the total amount 5 of the approved claim of a school district from the moneys 6 appropriated under section 257.16 and the amount paid shall 7 be deducted monthly from the state foundation aid paid to all 8 school districts in the state during the remainder of the 9 subsequent fiscal year in the manner provided in paragraph “a” . 10 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 11 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 Current Code section 282.31 provides that a child who lives 16 in certain residential or foster care facilities or placements 17 pursuant to Code section 282.19, and who does not require 18 special education and who is enrolled in the educational 19 program of the district of residence at the time the child 20 is placed, is included in the basic enrollment of the school 21 district in which the child is enrolled. Additionally, such 22 a child who is not enrolled in the educational program of the 23 district of residence of the child is included in the basic 24 enrollment of the school district in which the facility or 25 other placement is located. 26 This bill provides that for school budget years beginning 27 on or after July 1, 2019, if such a child is living in an 28 agency child foster care facility and if the juvenile court 29 or responsible agency has determined that remaining in the 30 child’s prior school is not in the best interest of the child, 31 the child shall be assigned a weighting equal to the weighting 32 established in Code section 256B.9(1)(b), as if the child 33 required special education. 34 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 35 -2- LSB 1674HV (4) 88 md/jh 2/ 2