Bills › 89th General Assembly
Providing low-income pupil supplementary weighting for school districts and including effective date and applicability provisions
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa school districts would receive extra money to help cover the costs of teaching students from low-income families. The amount of extra funding depends on whether a student qualifies for free or reduced-price meals under federal law. Schools can use this additional money for any general purpose in their budget.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes supplementary weighting for low-income pupils to provide additional funding through the school funding formula to school districts for the increased costs related to providing educational instruction and services to low-income pupils. Under the bill, a supplementary weighting of 0.2 is assigned to each pupil in the school district who is eligible for reduced price meals under federal law and a supplementary weighting of 0.4 is assigned to each pupil in the school district who is eligible for free meals under federal law. Amounts received as supplementary weighting under the bill may be used by the school district for any school general fund purpose. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2021.