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SF 287Withdrawn · HF 317 became law instead · April 7, 2021

Relating to the calculation of education funding for children living in certain facilities and including applicability provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: SSB 1071, HSB 106, HF 317

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2021
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 8, 2021
  4. Done: Passes the SenateApril 7, 202144–0
  5. Skipped: House committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 10, 2021
  7. Done: To the GovernorApril 30, 2021
  8. Done: Signed into lawApril 30, 2021

HF 317 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 317, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 317 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary School districts can change how they ask for money to help children living in places like foster care, juvenile detention, or residential treatment centers. Instead of calculating funding based on how many months a child is enrolled in school, the new rule uses the number of days they are enrolled. This change affects how much money the state provides to schools for these students.1

Read the official explanation

This bill modifies the methodology used to calculate the amount of funding a school district may request from the department of education for providing services to certain children living in an approved or licensed shelter care home or an approved juvenile detention home, and by operation of law children living in certain residential treatment facilities, a psychiatric unit or institution, or in a child foster care facility or placement. The current law methodology uses, in part, a calculation based on the number of months children were enrolled in the district. The bill changes the calculation to be, in part, based on the number of days children are enrolled in the district. The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2021.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 21, 2021 (as SSB 1071). On February 8, 2021 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§282.31

How the Code works3

Lobbying

1 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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