Bill Text: IA SF6 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to dropout prevention programs by modifying certain definitions, modifying the purposes for which dropout prevention funding may be used, and including applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-15 - Subcommittee, Quirmbach, Hogg, and Johnson. S.J. 94. [SF6 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF6-Introduced.html

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Senate File 6 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  JOHNSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to dropout prevention programs by modifying
  2    certain definitions, modifying the purposes for which
  3    dropout prevention funding may be used, and including
  4    applicability provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.39, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  Children toward whom harassment or
  1  4 bullying, as defined in section 280.28, is directed.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 257.41, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended
  1  6 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  7    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Harassment and bullying prevention
  1  8 programs, training, and initiatives.
  1  9    Sec. 3.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget
  1 10 years beginning on or after July 1, 2016.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 14    This bill relates to dropout prevention programs by
  1 15 modifying certain definitions and modifying the purposes for
  1 16 which dropout prevention funding may be used.
  1 17    Under current law, school districts may request to use
  1 18 a modified supplemental amount for programs for returning
  1 19 dropouts and dropout prevention. The budget of an approved
  1 20 program for returning dropouts and dropout prevention for
  1 21 a school district, after subtracting funds received from
  1 22 other sources for that purpose, shall be funded annually
  1 23 on a basis of one=fourth or more from the district cost
  1 24 of the school district and up to three=fourths through
  1 25 establishment of a modified supplemental amount.  Code
  1 26 section 257.39(2) defines "potential dropouts" as resident
  1 27 pupils who are enrolled in a public or nonpublic school who
  1 28 demonstrate poor school adjustment as indicated by two or more
  1 29 specified characteristics.  The bill adds children toward whom
  1 30 harassment or bullying is directed to that list of specified
  1 31 characteristics.
  1 32    Code section 257.41 specifies the appropriate uses of
  1 33 the returning dropout and dropout prevention program funding
  1 34 provided to school districts for an approved dropout prevention
  1 35 program. The bill adds harassment and bullying prevention
  2  1 programs, training, and initiatives to the list of appropriate
  2  2 uses.
  2  3    The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after
  2  4 July 1, 2016.
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