Amendment H-1240 to HF 813

Filed March 22, 2021 in the House by

What it changes

1. Page 3, line 1, by striking “contract” and inserting “contract, subject to the requirements of section 256E.7, subsection 10”
2. Page 6, by striking lines 12 through 15 and inserting: “z. A description of the proposed charter school’s staff performance evaluation measures and compensation structure, methods of contract oversight and dispute resolution, investment disclosures, and conflicts of interest.”
3. Page 11, by striking lines 5 through 10 and inserting: “z. If the application includes a proposal that the governing board contracts with an education service provider, a description of the education service provider’s staff performance evaluation measures and compensation structure, methods of contract oversight and dispute resolution, investment disclosures, and conflicts of interest.”
4. Page 12, line 33, by striking “ten” and inserting “five”
5. Page 16, after line 32 by inserting: “
6. A majority of the membership of each charter school’s governing board shall be residents of the geographic area served by the charter school.”
7. Page 17, by striking lines 3 through 18 and inserting “subparagraph (9), including any applicable amounts under section 256B.9. For purposes of this section, residence means a residence under section 282.1.
8. a. The school district of residence shall pay to the charter school in which the student is enrolled in the manner required under section 282.18, and pursuant to the timeline in section 282.20, subsection 3, an amount equal to the sum of the state cost per pupil for the previous school year plus the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year as provided in section 257.9 plus any moneys received for the student as a result of the non-English speaking weighting under section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year. If a student is an eligible pupil under section 261E.6, the charter school shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in section 261E.7. b. For a student requiring special education, the school district of residence shall pay to the charter school the actual costs incurred in providing the appropriate special education. c. For each student enrolled in the charter school who was not included in the actual enrollment of the district of residence under section 257.6, subsection 1, in the previous school year, the amount otherwise required to be paid under paragraph “a” or “b” shall instead be paid by the department to the charter school for the student’s initial year of enrollment in the charter school. d. There is appropriated annually from the general fund of the state to the department of education an amount necessary to pay all applicable amounts to charter schools under paragraph “c” .”
9. Page 17, by striking lines 27 through
11. Page 20, line 4, by striking “ten” and inserting “five”
12. Title page, line 1, after “programs” by inserting “and making appropriations”

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book