Bills › 89th General Assembly

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2021
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 8, 2021
  4. Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 287
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 287 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 287 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill modifies the methodology used to calculate the amount of funding a school district may request from the S.F. _____ H.F. _____ 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 passed1

Senate subcommittee

Named January 21, 2021. On February 8, 2021 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§282.31

How the Code works2

Lobbying

1 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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