Bill Text: IA SF421 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a pilot program relating to state aid funding for special education support services, media services, educational services, area education agency professional development supplement, and area education agency teacher salary supplement, allowing certain school districts to select the method of providing services the funding supports, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 382.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF421 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF421-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
382)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
pilot
program
relating
to
state
aid
1
funding
for
special
education
support
services,
media
2
services,
educational
services,
area
education
agency
3
professional
development
supplement,
and
area
education
4
agency
teacher
salary
supplement,
allowing
certain
school
5
districts
to
select
the
method
of
providing
services
the
6
funding
supports,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
7
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
SERVICES
AND
FUNDING
——
PILOT
1
PROGRAM.
2
1.
a.
The
department
of
education
shall
establish
a
pilot
3
program
for
school
districts
to
provide
special
education
4
support
services,
media
services,
and
educational
services
in
5
accordance
with
this
section.
A
school
district
interested
6
in
participating
in
the
pilot
program
shall
prepare
a
plan
7
for
providing
such
services
and
submit
the
plan
along
with
8
an
application
to
the
department
of
education,
on
a
form
9
prescribed
by
the
department,
not
later
than
February
1,
2012.
10
The
department
shall
not
approve
more
than
ten
applications
11
for
participation
in
the
pilot
program,
and
not
more
than
two
12
applications
may
be
approved
for
school
districts
located
13
within
the
same
area
education
agency.
14
b.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
chapter
257
to
the
15
contrary,
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
July
1,
2012,
16
July
1,
2013,
and
July
1,
2014,
the
state
aid
funding
for
17
special
education
support
services,
media
services,
and
18
educational
services,
as
calculated
under
chapter
257,
shall
be
19
paid
directly
to
the
applicable
school
districts
approved
under
20
paragraph
“a”.
21
2.
A
school
district
approved
by
the
department
of
education
22
and
receiving
funding
under
subsection
1
shall
choose
one
of
23
the
following
options:
24
a.
A
school
district
may
provide
its
own
special
education
25
services,
media
services,
and
educational
services,
as
those
26
services
are
described
in
chapter
273.
However,
the
school
27
district
shall
not
receive
funding
for
its
costs
that
exceeds
28
the
amount
determined
under
subsection
1,
except
for
funds
29
received
from
another
school
district
for
providing
special
30
education
services,
media
services,
or
educational
services
to
31
such
other
school
district.
32
b.
A
school
district
may
contract
with
organizations,
33
including
other
school
districts
and
area
education
agencies,
34
to
provide
special
education
services,
media
services,
and
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educational
services,
as
those
services
are
described
in
1
chapter
273.
However,
the
school
district
contracting
for
such
2
services
shall
not
receive
funding
for
its
costs
that
exceeds
3
the
amount
determined
under
subsection
1.
4
3.
The
department
of
education
shall
distribute
the
5
appropriate
amount
of
area
education
agency
professional
6
development
supplement
and
area
education
agency
teacher
salary
7
supplement
funding
to
a
school
district
if
an
area
education
8
agency
contracts
to
provide
the
services.
9
4.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
chapter
273
to
the
10
contrary,
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
July
1,
11
2012,
July
1,
2013,
and
July
1,
2014,
an
area
education
12
agency
or
other
organization
shall
receive
state
aid
funding
13
for
providing
special
education
support
services,
media
14
services,
and
educational
services
from
the
school
districts
15
participating
in
the
pilot
program
and
for
which
the
area
16
education
agency
or
organization
has
contracted
to
provide
such
17
services.
Area
education
agencies
and
other
organizations
18
may
submit
bids
for
providing
special
education
support
19
services,
media
services,
and
educational
services
to
the
20
participating
school
districts
in
a
process
to
be
determined
by
21
the
department
of
education
by
rule
under
chapter
17A.
22
5.
School
districts
approved
to
participate
in
the
pilot
23
program
shall
provide
such
special
education
support
services,
24
media
services,
and
educational
services
in
accordance
with
25
this
section
and
rules
adopted
by
the
department
of
education
26
for
the
school
budget
years
beginning
on
July
1,
2012,
July
1,
27
2013,
and
July
1,
2014.
For
school
budget
years
beginning
on
28
or
after
July
1,
2015,
the
participating
school
districts
shall
29
provide
such
services
according
to
chapters
257
and
273.
30
6.
The
department
of
education
shall
review
and
analyze
31
the
pilot
program
and
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
32
on
or
before
October
1,
2015.
The
report
shall
include
33
recommendations
relating
to
statewide
implementation
of
the
34
pilot
program.
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EXPLANATION
1
This
bill
establishes
a
pilot
program
which
directs
2
state
aid
funding
for
special
education
support
services,
3
media
services,
educational
services,
area
education
agency
4
professional
development
supplement,
and
area
education
agency
5
teacher
salary
supplement
to
the
applicable
school
districts
6
approved
for
participation
in
the
pilot
program
by
the
7
department
of
education.
8
A
school
district
interested
in
participating
in
the
pilot
9
program
is
required
to
prepare
a
plan
for
providing
special
10
education
support
services,
media
services,
and
educational
11
services,
and
submit
the
plan
along
with
an
application
to
12
the
department
of
education
not
later
than
February
1,
2012.
13
The
department
shall
not
approve
more
than
ten
applications
14
for
participation
in
the
pilot
program,
and
not
more
than
two
15
applications
may
be
approved
for
school
districts
located
16
within
the
same
area
education
agency.
17
The
bill
allows
a
participating
school
district
to
provide
18
its
own
services.
A
school
district
may
also
bid
to
provide
19
services
to
participating
school
districts.
A
participating
20
school
district
may
also
contract
with
organizations
to
receive
21
these
services.
If
a
school
district
provides
its
own
special
22
education
support
services,
media
services,
or
educational
23
services,
it
shall
not
receive
funding
that
exceeds
the
amount
24
determined
under
Code
chapter
257.
An
area
education
agency
25
(AEA)
or
organization
that
successfully
contracts
to
provide
26
these
services
to
a
participating
school
district
will
receive
27
the
appropriate
amount
of
funding
from
the
school
district
28
with
which
the
organization
has
contracted.
The
department
of
29
education
is
tasked
with
developing
a
bid
process
by
rule.
30
Under
the
pilot
program,
participating
school
districts
31
shall
provide
such
special
education
support
services,
media
32
services,
and
educational
services
in
accordance
with
the
bill
33
for
the
school
budget
years
beginning
on
July
1,
2012,
July
1,
34
2013,
and
July
1,
2014.
For
school
budget
years
beginning
on
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or
after
July
1,
2015,
the
participating
school
districts
shall
1
provide
such
services
according
to
Code
chapters
257
and
273.
2
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
education
to
review
and
3
analyze
the
pilot
program
and
submit
a
report
to
the
general
4
assembly
on
or
before
October
1,
2015.
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