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Relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for school districts and including effective date and applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 642
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
Code section 257.11(5) provides supplementary weighting for school districts and area education agencies that share specified operational functions for at least percent of the school year. Supplementary weighting under this provision is available for school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014, through the budget year beginning July 1, 2024. This bill adds a special education director to the list of eligible operational functions and positions eligible for a supplementary weighting of three pupils. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2021, through the school budget year beginning July 1, 2024.
House subcommittee
Named February 10, 2021. On February 16, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Fiscal note
AI summary This bill allows school districts to receive extra funding for sharing a special education director position. It is estimated to increase funding for school districts by a total of $903,375 each year from fiscal year 2023, fiscal year 2024, and fiscal year 2025 through a combination of state aid and property taxes.2
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Description
House File 845 adds a special education director to the list of eligible operational functions and job positions eligible for a supplementary weighting of 3.0 pupils. The Bill provisions would apply to the school year beginning in FY 2022. The first year of funding would begin in FY 2023.
Background
Iowa Code section 257.11(5) allows for supplementary weighting for school districts and Area Education Agencies (AEAs) that share Iowa Code-specified job positions for at least 20.0% of the school year. Supplementary weighting under this provision is available through FY 2025. For more information on shared operational functions, see the Issue Review School Aid — Supplementary Weightings.
A special education director has specific licensure requirements set by the Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE), and AEA special education directors have delineated duties under Iowa Administrative Code. Due to program oversight responsibilities, there may be a conflict with an AEA special education director sharing the position with a school district.
Assumptions
- Based on preliminary 2020-2021 school year data, 200 school districts will be eligible to receive the full weighting for the shared operational function, and 12 school districts will be eligible for partial weightings.
- For estimation purposes, it is assumed that 20.0% of the eligible districts will begin sharing in FY 2022.
- Funding for eligible school districts will begin in FY 2023, and end in FY 2025.
- Supplementary weighting is funded through a combination of State aid and property taxes.
- Under current law, the State cost per pupil (SCPP) is $7,227 and the Property Tax Replacement Payment (PTRP) is $153 for FY 2023.
- Any legislative changes to the SCPP will alter the fiscal impact provided.
Fiscal Impact
House File 845 will increase funding for school districts from the General Fund appropriation for State aid and property taxes in the estimated amounts listed below.Fiscal
Year
Number of
School Districts State Aid
Property
Taxes Total
2023 43 809,625$ 93,750$ 903,375$ 2024 43 809,625 93,750 903,375 2025 43 809,625 93,750 903,375 It is not known if any AEAs will share the special education director function with a school district. Each additional AEA that is eligible, and is not currently generating funding for supplementary weighting, will increase State aid funding by $30,000.
Sources
- Department of Education
- LSA calculations
- Special Education Sharing · March 23, 2021 · $903,375
- Special Education Sharing · February 23, 2021
- Special Education Sharing · February 22, 2021
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