Iowa-2017-SF6-Introduced
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:
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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 to non=English speaking limited English
1 5 proficient pupils after the expiration of the five=year period
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 14 twenty=two hundredths three=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 exceeding five the 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 the five=year specified 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 the non=English speaking limited
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 the non=English speaking limited
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.
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