Bill Text: IA SF2226 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a low-income program supplement for school districts to provide programs serving low-income pupils. (Formerly SSB 3160.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Subcommittee, L. Miller, Abdul-Samad, and Hanusa. H.J. 370. [SF2226 Detail]
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Introduced
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3160)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
low-income
program
supplement
for
school
1
districts
to
provide
programs
serving
low-income
pupils.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.1,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
1999,
and
for
each
3
succeeding
budget
year
the
regular
program
foundation
base
per
4
pupil
is
eighty-seven
and
five-tenths
percent
of
the
regular
5
program
state
cost
per
pupil.
For
the
budget
year
commencing
6
July
1,
1991,
and
for
each
succeeding
budget
year
the
special
7
education
support
services
foundation
base
is
seventy-nine
8
percent
of
the
special
education
support
services
state
cost
9
per
pupil.
The
combined
foundation
base
is
the
sum
of
the
10
regular
program
foundation
base,
the
special
education
support
11
services
foundation
base,
the
total
teacher
salary
supplement
12
district
cost,
the
total
professional
development
supplement
13
district
cost,
the
total
early
intervention
supplement
district
14
cost,
the
total
teacher
leadership
supplement
district
cost,
15
the
total
area
education
agency
teacher
salary
supplement
16
district
cost,
and
the
total
area
education
agency
professional
17
development
supplement
district
cost
,
and
the
low-income
18
program
supplement
.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
257.1,
subsection
3,
Code
2014,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
3.
Computations
rounded.
In
making
computations
and
22
payments
under
this
chapter
,
except
in
the
case
of
computations
23
relating
to
funding
of
special
education
support
services,
24
media
services,
and
educational
services
provided
through
the
25
area
education
agencies,
and
the
teacher
salary
supplement,
the
26
professional
development
supplement,
the
early
intervention
27
supplement,
and
the
teacher
leadership
supplement,
and
the
28
low-income
program
supplement,
the
department
of
management
29
shall
round
amounts
to
the
nearest
whole
dollar.
30
Sec.
3.
Section
257.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2014,
31
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
32
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(10)
The
amount
of
the
low-income
program
33
supplement
to
be
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
34
257.10A.
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Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
257.10A
Low-income
program
supplement.
1
1.
In
order
to
provide
additional
funding
to
school
2
districts
for
programs
serving
low-income
pupils,
each
district
3
shall
receive
for
each
budget
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
4
1,
2015,
a
low-income
program
supplement
as
calculated
under
5
subsection
2.
6
2.
Each
school
district’s
low-income
program
supplement
7
shall
be
an
amount
equal
to
the
number
of
pupils
in
the
school
8
district,
as
reported
by
the
school
district
on
the
basic
9
educational
data
survey
for
the
base
year,
who
are
eligible
for
10
free
and
reduced
price
meals
under
the
federal
National
School
11
Lunch
Act
and
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
12
U.S.C.
§1751-1785,
multiplied
by
four
hundredths
of
the
regular
13
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
budget
year.
14
3.
Amounts
received
under
this
section
shall
be
utilized
15
by
a
school
district
to
develop
or
maintain
programs
for
16
low-income
pupils,
including
but
not
limited
to
before
and
17
after
school
educational
programs,
summer
education
programs,
18
individual
instructional
assistance
programs,
tutoring
and
19
mentoring
programs,
programs
to
reduce
or
waive
student
fees
20
required
as
part
of
the
school
district’s
educational
program,
21
or
other
programs
or
assistance
approved
by
the
department.
22
4.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“low-income
pupils”
means
23
pupils
who
are
eligible
for
free
and
reduced
price
meals
under
24
the
federal
National
School
Lunch
Act
and
the
federal
Child
25
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1751-1785.
26
5.
Providing
programs
under
this
subsection
for
low-income
27
pupils
shall
not
restrict
a
school
district
from
offering
28
participation
in
those
programs
by
pupils
who
are
not
29
low-income
pupils,
using
other
funds
and
resources
available
to
30
the
school
district
for
such
purposes.
31
Sec.
5.
Section
257.16,
subsection
4,
Code
2014,
is
amended
32
to
read
as
follows:
33
4.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
to
the
contrary,
if
34
the
governor
orders
budget
reductions
in
accordance
with
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section
8.31
,
the
teacher
salary
supplement
district
cost,
1
the
professional
development
supplement
district
cost,
the
2
early
intervention
supplement
district
cost,
and
the
teacher
3
leadership
supplement
district
cost
as
calculated
under
4
section
257.10,
subsections
9,
10,
11,
and
12
,
and
the
area
5
education
agency
teacher
salary
supplement
district
cost
and
6
the
area
education
agency
professional
development
supplement
7
district
cost
as
calculated
under
section
257.37A,
subsections
8
1
and
2
,
and
the
low-income
program
supplement
as
calculated
9
under
section
257.10A
shall
be
paid
in
full
as
calculated
and
10
the
reductions
in
the
appropriations
provided
in
accordance
11
with
this
section
shall
be
reduced
from
the
remaining
moneys
12
appropriated
pursuant
to
this
section
and
shall
be
distributed
13
on
a
per
pupil
basis
calculated
with
the
weighted
enrollment
14
determined
in
accordance
with
section
257.6,
subsection
5
.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
provides
additional
funding
to
school
districts
19
for
programs
serving
low-income
pupils,
as
defined
in
the
bill.
20
Under
the
bill,
each
district
receives
for
each
budget
21
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2015,
a
low-income
program
22
supplement.
Each
school
district’s
low-income
program
23
supplement
is
an
amount
equal
to
the
number
of
pupils
in
the
24
school
district
who
are
eligible
for
free
and
reduced
price
25
meals
multiplied
by
four
hundredths
of
the
regular
program
26
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
budget
year.
27
Amounts
received
by
a
school
district
under
the
bill
must
be
28
utilized
by
a
school
district
to
develop
or
maintain
programs
29
for
low-income
pupils,
including
but
not
limited
to
before
and
30
after
school
educational
programs,
summer
education
programs,
31
individual
instructional
assistance
programs,
tutoring
and
32
mentoring
programs,
programs
to
reduce
or
waive
student
fees
33
required
as
part
of
the
school
district’s
educational
program,
34
or
other
programs
or
assistance
approved
by
the
department.
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The
amount
of
the
low-income
program
supplement
is
included
1
within
the
combined
foundation
base
and
is
paid
to
each
school
2
district
as
part
of
the
state
foundation
aid
under
Code
section
3
257.1.
4
The
bill
specifies
that
providing
programs
for
low-income
5
pupils
does
not
restrict
a
school
district
from
offering
6
participation
in
those
programs
to
pupils
who
are
not
7
low-income
pupils,
using
other
funds
available
to
the
school
8
district.
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