Bill Text: IA SF6 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying the supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-12 - Subcommittee: Behn, Chelgren, and Quirmbach. S.J. 83. [SF6 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF6-Introduced.html
Senate File 6 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY QUIRMBACH A BILL FOR 1 An Act modifying the supplementary weighting for limited 2 English proficient students and including effective date and 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1512XS (2) 87 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph j, Code 1 2 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 j. Unusual need to continue providing a program or other 1 4 special assistance tonon=English speakinglimited English 1 5 proficient pupils after the expiration of thefive=yearperiod 1 6 of years specified in section 280.4. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended 1 8 to read as follows: 1 9 3. a. In order to provide funds for the excess costs of 1 10 instruction of limited English proficient students specified 1 11 in paragraph "b" above the costs of instruction of pupils in 1 12 a regular curriculum, students identified as limited English 1 13 proficient shall be assigned an additional weighting of 1 14twenty=two hundredthsthree=tenths, and that weighting shall be 1 15 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district of 1 16 residence for a period not exceedingfivethe period of years 1 17 specified in paragraph "b". However, the school budget review 1 18 committee may grant supplemental aid or a modified supplemental 1 19 amount to a school district to continue funding a program for 1 20 students after the expiration of thefive=yearspecified period 1 21 of years. 1 22 b. (1) For students first determined to be limited English 1 23 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1 24 1, 2010, but before July 1, 2017, the additional weighting 1 25 provided under paragraph "a" shall be included in the weighted 1 26 enrollment of the school district of residence for a cumulative 1 27 period of time not exceeding five years beginning with the 1 28 budget year for which the student was first determined to be 1 29 limited English proficient. The five years of eligibility 1 30 for the additional weighting need not be consecutive and 1 31 a student's eligibility for the additional weighting is 1 32 transferable to another district of residence. 1 33 (2) For students first determined to be limited English 1 34 proficient for the budget year beginning on July 1, 2017, the 1 35 additional weighting provided under paragraph "a" shall be 2 1 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district of 2 2 residence for a period not exceeding six years beginning with 2 3 the budget year for which the student was first determined to 2 4 be limited English proficient. 2 5 (3) For students first determined to be limited English 2 6 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2 7 2018, the additional weighting provided under paragraph "a" 2 8 shall be included in the weighted enrollment of the school 2 9 district of residence for a period not exceeding seven years 2 10 beginning with the budget year for which the student was first 2 11 determined to be limited English proficient. 2 12 Sec. 3. Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2017, is amended 2 13 to read as follows: 2 14 7. A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be 2 15 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the 2 16 pupil's district of residence. A pupil's residence, for 2 17 purposes of this section, means a residence under section 2 18 282.1. The board of directors of the district of residence 2 19 shall pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost 2 20 per pupil for the previous school year plus either the teacher 2 21 leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous 2 22 fiscal year as provided in section 257.9 or the teacher 2 23 leadership supplement foundation aid for the previous fiscal 2 24 year as provided in section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph "e", 2 25 if both the district of residence and the receiving district 2 26 are receiving such supplements, plus any moneys received for 2 27 the pupil as a result of thenon=English speakinglimited 2 28 English proficient weighting under section 280.4, subsection 2 29 3, for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost 2 30 per pupil for the previous year. If the pupil participating in 2 31 open enrollment is also an eligible pupil under section 261E.6, 2 32 the receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement 2 33 amount to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in 2 34 section 261E.7. 2 35 Sec. 4. Section 282.18, subsection 15, paragraph a, Code 3 1 2017, is amended to read as follows: 3 2 a. If a request under this section is for transfer to the 3 3 research and development school, as described in chapter 256G, 3 4 the student who is the subject of the request shall be included 3 5 in the basic enrollment of the student's district of residence 3 6 and the board of directors of the district of residence shall 3 7 pay to the research and development school the state cost per 3 8 pupil for the previous school year, plus any moneys received 3 9 for the pupil as a result of thenon=English speakinglimited 3 10 English proficient weighting under section 280.4, subsection 3 11 3, for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost 3 12 per pupil for the previous year. 3 13 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 3 14 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 15 Sec. 6. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 3 16 years beginning on or after July 1, 2017. 3 17 EXPLANATION 3 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 20 This bill relates to limited English proficient education 3 21 by modifying the supplementary weighting for limited English 3 22 proficient students. 3 23 Current Code section 280.4 provides supplementary weighting 3 24 for the excess costs of instruction of limited English 3 25 proficient students. The current amount of the supplementary 3 26 weighting for students identified as limited English proficient 3 27 is 0.22 per student. The weighting is provided for those 3 28 students first determined to be limited English proficient for 3 29 a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2010, and may be 3 30 included in the weighted enrollment of the school district for 3 31 a period not exceeding five years. 3 32 The bill increases the amount of the supplementary weighting 3 33 for those students identified as limited English proficient to 3 34 0.30 per student. 3 35 The bill also specifies the number of years during which the 4 1 additional weighting may be included in the school district's 4 2 weighted enrollment. For students first determined to be 4 3 limited English proficient for a budget year beginning on or 4 4 after July 1, 2010, but before July 1, 2017, the additional 4 5 weighting may be included for a period not exceeding five 4 6 years. For students first determined to be limited English 4 7 proficient for the budget year beginning on July 1, 2017, the 4 8 additional weighting may be included for a period not exceeding 4 9 six years. For students first determined to be limited English 4 10 proficient for a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 4 11 2018, the additional weighting may be included for a period not 4 12 exceeding seven years. 4 13 The bill also makes statutory changes to provide uniformity 4 14 in referring to limited English proficient pupils. 4 15 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 4 16 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2017. LSB 1512XS (2) 87 md/sc
