Iowa HSB 178: A bill for an act relating to school district funding and authorized expenditures and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See HF 564.)

Bill Text

House
Study
Bill
178
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE

ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY

CHAIRPERSON
ROGERS)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
school
district
funding
and
authorized
1

expenditures
and
including
effective
date
and
applicability
2

provisions.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1

PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
2

Section
1.
Section
284.6,
subsections
8
and
9,
Code
2017,
3

are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4

8.
For
each
year
in
which
a
school
district
receives
funds
5

calculated
and
paid
to
school
districts
for
professional
6

development
pursuant
to
section
257.10,
subsection
10
,
or
7

section
257.37A,
subsection
2
,
the
school
district
shall
8

create
quality
professional
development
opportunities.
Not
9

less
than
thirty-six
hours
in
the
school
calendar,
held
10

outside
of
the
minimum
school
day,
shall
be
set
aside
during
11

nonpreparation
time
or
designated
professional
development
12

time
to
allow
practitioners
to
collaborate
with
each
other
to
13

deliver
educational
programs
and
assess
student
learning,
or
14

to
engage
in
peer
review
pursuant
to
section
284.8,
subsection
15

1
.
The
funds
may
be
used
to
implement
the
professional
16

development
provisions
of
the
teacher
career
paths
and
17

leadership
roles
specified
in
section
284.15
,
including
but
18

not
limited
to
providing
professional
development
to
teachers,
19

including
additional
salaries
for
time
beyond
the
normal
20

negotiated
agreement;
pay
for
substitute
teachers,
professional
21

development
materials,
speakers,
and
professional
development
22

content;
textbooks
and
curriculum
materials
used
for
classroom

23

purposes
if
such
textbooks
and
curriculum
materials
include
24

professional
development;
administering
assessments
pursuant
to
25

section
256.7,
subsection
21,
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraphs
(1)
26

and
(2),
if
such
assessments
include
professional
development;
27

and
costs
associated
with
implementing
the
individual
28

professional
development
plans.
The
use
of
the
funds
shall
29

be
balanced
between
school
district,
attendance
center,

30

and
individual
professional
development
plans,
making
every
31

reasonable
effort
to
provide
equal
access
to
all
teachers.
32

9.
Moneys
received
pursuant
to
section
257.10,
subsection
33

10
,
or
section
257.37A,
subsection
2
,
shall
be
maintained
34

as
a
separate
listing
within
a
school
district’s
or
area
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education
agency’s
budget
for
funds
received
and
expenditures
1

made
pursuant
to
this
subsection
.
The
department
shall
not

2

require
a
school
district
or
area
education
agency
to
allocate
3

a
specific
amount
or
percentage
of
moneys
received
pursuant
to
4

section
257.10,
subsection
10,
or
section
257.37A,
subsection

5

2,
for
professional
development
related
to
implementation
of

6

the
core
curriculum
under
section
256.7,
subsection
26.
A
7

school
district
shall
certify
to
the
department
of
education
8

how
the
school
district
allocated
the
funds
and
that
moneys
9

received
under
this
subsection
were
used
to
supplement,
not
10

supplant,
the
professional
development
opportunities
the
school
11

district
would
otherwise
make
available.
12

Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
division
of
this
13

Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
14

enactment.
15

Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
division
of
this
Act
applies
to
16

school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
17

DIVISION
II
18

AT-RISK
AND
DROPOUT
PREVENTION
19

Sec.
4.
Section
257.11,
subsection
4,
paragraph
d,
Code
20

2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21

d.
Up
to
five
percent
of
the
total
amount

Amounts
that
a
22

school
district
receives
as
supplementary
weighting
pursuant
23

to
this
subsection
or
as
a
modified
supplemental
amount
24

received
under
section
257.41
may
be
used
in
the
budget
year
25

for
purposes
of
providing
district-wide
,

or
building-wide
,
26

or
grade-specific
at-risk
and
dropout
prevention
programming
27

targeted
to
pupils
who
are
not
deemed
at
risk.
28

Sec.
5.
Section
257.41,
subsection
2,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
29

Code
2017,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30

a.
Salary
and
benefits
for
instructional
staff,
31

instructional
support
staff,
guidance
counselors,

and
32

school-based
youth
services
staff
who
are
working
with
33

students
who
are
participating
in
at-risk
or
dropout
prevention
34

programs,
alternative
programs,
and
alternative
schools,
in
a
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traditional
or
alternative
setting,
if
the
staff
person’s
or
1

counselor’s

time
is
dedicated
to
working
with
such
students
in
2

order
to
provide
services
beyond
those
which
are
provided
by
3

the
school
district
to
students
who
are
not
participating
in
4

such
programs
or
alternative
schools.
However,
if
the
staff
5

person
or
counselor
works
part-time
with
students
who
are
6

participa