Bill Text: IA SF222 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school district and area education agency enrollments and school district weighting for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-03 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Quirmbach, and Rozenboom. S.J. 252. [SF222 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF222-Introduced.html
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BY
QUIRMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
and
area
education
agency
1
enrollments
and
school
district
weighting
for
the
budget
2
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
BUDGET
ENROLLMENTS,
WEIGHTED
ENROLLMENTS,
AND
1
ENROLLMENTS
SERVED
FOR
SCHOOL
BUDGET
YEAR
2021-2022.
2
1.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
if
a
school
3
district’s
budget
enrollment
otherwise
determined
under
section
4
257.6,
subsection
4,
is
less
than
the
school
district’s
budget
5
enrollment
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
the
6
department
of
management
shall,
notwithstanding
any
provision
7
of
law
to
the
contrary,
adjust
the
school
district’s
budget
8
enrollment
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
to
equal
9
the
budget
enrollment
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
10
2020.
The
adjusted
budget
enrollment
figure
shall
be
used
to
11
calculate
all
necessary
funding
amounts
for
the
school
budget
12
year
beginning
July
1,
2021.
13
2.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
if
a
school
14
district’s
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
education
15
otherwise
determined
under
section
257.6,
subsections
3
and
16
5,
is
less
than
the
school
district’s
additional
enrollment
17
because
of
special
education
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
18
1,
2020,
the
department
of
management
shall,
notwithstanding
19
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
adjust
the
school
20
district’s
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
education
21
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
to
equal
the
22
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
education
for
the
23
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
The
adjusted
additional
24
enrollment
because
of
special
education
figure
shall
be
used
to
25
calculate
all
necessary
funding
amounts
for
the
school
budget
26
year
beginning
July
1,
2021.
27
3.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
if
a
school
28
district’s
additional
pupils
added
due
to
the
application
29
of
the
supplementary
weighting
otherwise
determined
under
30
section
257.6,
subsection
5,
is
less
than
the
school
district’s
31
additional
pupils
added
due
to
the
application
of
the
32
supplementary
weighting
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
33
1,
2020,
the
department
of
management
shall,
notwithstanding
34
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
adjust
the
school
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district’s
additional
pupils
added
due
to
the
application
of
1
the
supplementary
weighting
for
the
budget
year
beginning
2
July
1,
2021,
to
equal
the
additional
pupils
added
due
to
the
3
application
of
the
supplementary
weighting
for
the
budget
4
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
The
adjusted
additional
pupils
5
added
due
to
the
application
of
the
supplementary
weighting
6
figure
shall
be
used
to
calculate
all
necessary
funding
7
amounts
for
the
school
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
8
and
the
proportions
of
supplementary
weighting
attributable
9
to
each
supplementary
weighting
category
shall
be
equal
to
10
the
proportion
of
such
weighting
for
the
school
budget
year
11
beginning
July
1,
2020.
12
4.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
if
a
13
school
district’s
preschool
budget
enrollment
otherwise
14
determined
under
section
256C.5
is
less
than
the
school
15
district’s
preschool
budget
enrollment
for
the
budget
year
16
beginning
July
1,
2020,
the
department
of
management
shall,
17
notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
adjust
18
the
school
district’s
preschool
budget
enrollment
for
the
19
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
to
equal
the
preschool
20
budget
enrollment
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
21
The
adjusted
preschool
budget
enrollment
figure
shall
be
used
22
to
calculate
all
necessary
preschool
funding
amounts
for
the
23
school
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021.
24
5.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
if
an
area
25
education
agency’s
enrollment
served
otherwise
determined
under
26
section
257.37,
subsection
4,
is
less
than
the
area
education
27
agency’s
enrollment
served
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
28
1,
2020,
the
department
of
management
shall,
notwithstanding
29
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
adjust
the
area
education
30
agency’s
enrollment
served
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
31
1,
2021,
to
equal
the
enrollment
served
for
the
budget
year
32
beginning
July
1,
2020.
The
adjusted
enrollment
served
figure
33
shall
be
used
to
calculate
all
necessary
funding
amounts
for
34
the
school
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021.
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Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
1
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
For
purposes
of
calculating
school
district
funding
under
6
Code
chapter
257,
a
school
district’s
budget
enrollment
for
a
7
budget
year
is
the
basic
enrollment
for
that
budget
year,
which
8
is
equal
to
the
school
district’s
actual
enrollment
(headcount)
9
for
the
base
year
(preceding
budget
year).
This
bill
provides
10
that
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
if
a
school
11
district’s
budget
enrollment
is
less
than
the
school
district’s
12
budget
enrollment
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
13
the
department
of
management,
notwithstanding
any
provision
14
of
law
to
the
contrary,
is
required
to
adjust
the
district’s
15
budget
enrollment
to
equal
the
budget
enrollment
for
the
budget
16
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
Similarly,
for
the
budget
year
17
beginning
July
1,
2021,
if
a
school
district’s
additional
18
enrollment
because
of
special
education,
weighted
enrollment
19
added
due
to
supplementary
weighting,
or
preschool
budget
20
enrollment
is
less
than
the
applicable
corresponding
amount
21
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
the
department
of
22
management
is
required
to
adjust
the
district’s
additional
23
enrollment
because
of
special
education,
weighted
enrollment
24
added
due
to
supplementary
weighting,
or
preschool
budget
25
enrollment,
as
applicable,
to
equal
the
corresponding
amount
26
for
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2020.
The
bill
also
27
establishes
a
similar
provision
for
the
determination
of
an
28
area
education
agency’s
“enrollment
served”
under
Code
section
29
257.37.
30
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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