What changed in SF 2368

7 passages reworded, 14 added and 29 removed; 19 of 69 unchanged.

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DIVISION I FUNDING FORMULA

Section 1. Section 256E.8, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:

a. The charter school in which the student is enrolled shall receive under paragraph “c” an amount equal to the sum of the regular program state cost per pupil for the previous school budget year plus the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil, the teacher salary supplement cost per pupil, the professional development supplement state cost per pupil, and the early intervention supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal budget year as provided in section 257.9 plus any moneys received by that would be due to the school district of residence for the student as a result of the non-English speaking weighting under section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school budget year multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous budget 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.

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2. Section 282.18, subsection 5, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:

(1) The board of directors of the district of residence shall pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost per pupil for the previous school budget year plus either the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil, the teacher salary supplement cost per pupil, the professional development supplement state cost per pupil, and the early intervention supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal budget year as provided in section 257.9 or the teacher leadership supplement foundation aid for the previous fiscal year as provided in section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, if both the district of residence and the receiving district are receiving such supplements, plus any moneys received that would be due to the school district of residence for the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking weighting under section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school budget year multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous budget year. If the pupil participating in open enrollment is also an eligible pupil under section 261E.6, the receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in section 261E.7. DIVISION II SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY

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3. Section 256E.7, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs:

NEW PARAGRAPH.

j. Purchase or lease underutilized property or vacant property pursuant to a right of first refusal granted by the board of directors of a school district under section 297.24, subsection 3.

NEW PARAGRAPH.

k. Access underutilized property or vacant property owned by a school district pursuant to section 279.39, subsection 2.

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4. 3. Section 278.1, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:

b. Except when restricted by section 297.24 or 297.25, direct the sale, lease, or other disposition of any schoolhouse or school site or other property belonging to the corporation, and the application to be made of the proceeds thereof. However, nothing in this section shall not be construed to prevent the sale, lease, exchange, gift, or grant and acceptance of any interest in real or other property of the corporation to the extent authorized in section 297.22 or 297.24.

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5. Section 279.39, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 279.39 School buildings —— reasonable access for charter schools.

1. The board of any school corporation directors of a school district shall establish attendance centers and provide suitable buildings for each school in the district and may at the regular or a special meeting resolve to submit to the registered voters of the district at an election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, the question of voting a tax or authorizing the board to issue bonds, or both.

2. The board of directors of a school district shall allow charter schools established under chapter 256E reasonable access to underutilized property and vacant property, as those terms are defined in section 297.24, for educational purposes.

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6. Section 297.22, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:

NEW SUBSECTION.

4. The provisions in subsections 1 through 3 relating to the sale or lease of school district property do not apply to underutilized property or vacant property that the board of directors of a school district sells or leases to a charter school pursuant to section 297.24.

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NEW SECTION. 297.23 Publication of information related to real property. The board of directors of a school district shall publish information related to all of the following on the school district’s internet site:

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NEW SECTION. 297.24 Real property —— sale to other schools —— right of first refusal for charter schools.

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1. For purposes of this section:

NEW SECTION. 297.24 Sale of real property to other educational institutions.

a. “Underutilized property” means real property owned by the school district that the school district has determined is not being used to the fullest extent reasonably possible by the school district because the school district uses the real property irregularly or intermittently or because the school district uses the real property for purposes that only require a portion of the real property.

1. The board of directors of a school district shall not enter into any agreement that prohibits the sale of real property to an educational institution.

b. “Vacant property” means real property owned by the school district that the school district has determined is not occupied by the school district or is not being put to use by the school district.

2. If the board of directors of a school district offers to sell real property that contains a building or structure, and an educational institution offers to purchase such real property for a purchase price that represents the highest bid the board of directors of the school district received for the real property, then the board of directors of the school district shall sell the real property to the educational institution for such purchase price.

2. The board of directors of a school district shall not enter into any agreement that prohibits the sale of real property to any of the following:

3. For purposes of this section, “educational institution” means all of the following:

a. A school district.

b. An accredited A nonpublic school.

c. A charter school established pursuant to chapter 256E.

d. A charter school or innovation zone school established pursuant to chapter 256F.

e. The An institution of higher education under the control of the state board of regents.

f. An institution of higher education under the control of the state board of regents.

g. An accredited private institution as defined in section 256.183.

h. An eligible institution as defined in section 256.183.

f. A community college established under chapter 260C.

3. The board of directors of a school district shall give a right of first refusal to an existing charter school established pursuant to chapter 256E that is located within the school district to purchase or lease underutilized property and vacant property that the school district is offering to sell or lease.

g. The state training school established under chapter 233A.

4. Subsection 3 shall be construed as independent of the power vested in the electors by section 278.1, and as additional to such power. If a board of directors of a school district has exercised its independent power under subsection 3 regarding the granting of a right of first refusal to an existing charter school established pursuant to chapter 256E that is located within the school district to purchase or lease underutilized property or vacant property, and has by resolution approved such action, the electors shall not subsequently proceed to exercise their power under section 278.1 for a purpose directly contrary to the action previously approved by the board of directors in accordance with subsection 3.

h. An accredited private institution as defined in section 256.183.

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9. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 3, shall not apply to this division of this Act. DIVISION III CHARTER SCHOOL START DATE STUDENTS —— PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS

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NEW SECTION. 256E.13 Students receiving instruction over the internet —— participation in activities in district of residence.

10. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:

1. A student enrolled in a charter school who receives educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet may participate in any cocurricular or extracurricular activities offered to children in the student’s grade or group and sponsored by the district of residence under the same conditions and requirements as the students enrolled in the district of residence. The student may participate in not more than two cocurricular or extracurricular activities during a school year unless the resident district approves the student’s participation in additional activities. The student shall comply with the eligibility, conduct, and other requirements relating to the activity that are established by the district of residence for any student who applies to participate or who is participating in the activity.

1. The school year for each school district and accredited nonpublic school shall begin on July 1 and the school calendar shall begin no sooner than August 23 the first Tuesday following the final day of the Iowa state fair and no later than the first Monday in December. The school calendar shall include not less than one hundred eighty days or one thousand eighty hours of instruction during the calendar year, of which not more than five days or thirty hours of instruction may be delivered primarily over the internet except as otherwise provided in section 256.43 or in rules adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 32. The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall determine the school start date for the school calendar in accordance with this subsection and shall set the number of days or hours of required attendance for the school year as provided in section 299.1, subsection 2, but the board of directors of a school district shall hold a public hearing on any proposed school calendar prior to adopting the school calendar. If the board of directors of a district or the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school extends the school calendar because inclement weather caused the school district or accredited nonpublic school to temporarily close during the regular school calendar, the school district or accredited nonpublic school may excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school requirements for graduation from attendance during the extended school calendar. A school corporation may begin employment of personnel for in-service training and development purposes before the date to begin elementary and secondary school. DIVISION IV CHARTER SCHOOLS —— BOARD MEMBER RESIDENCE

2. If a student participates in a cocurricular or extracurricular activity in accordance with this section, the district of residence may charge the charter school up to two hundred dollars per activity, for up to two activities. For a cocurricular activity, one semester shall equal one activity. Extracurricular activities for which a resident district may charge up to two hundred dollars per activity for up to two activities under this section include interscholastic athletics, music, drama, and any other activity with a general fund expenditure exceeding five thousand dollars annually. A student may participate in additional extracurricular activities at the discretion of the resident district. The resident district may charge the student a fee for participation in such cocurricular or extracurricular activities equivalent to the fee charged to and paid in the same manner by other resident students.

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11. 8. Section 256E.7, 280.13A, subsection 11, 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:

11. A majority of the membership of each charter school’s governing board shall be residents of the geographic area served by the charter school. Each member of the governing board who is not a resident of the geographic area served by the charter school must be a resident of this state.

1. If a school district, or nonpublic school, or charter school operating under section 256E.5 does not provide an interscholastic activity for its students, the board of directors of that school district, or the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school, or governing board of the charter school may complete an agreement with another school district, or nonpublic school, or charter school operating under section 256E.5 to provide for the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities provided by that other school district, or nonpublic school, or charter school. A copy of each agreement completed under this section shall be filed with the appropriate organization as organization is defined in section 280.13 not later than April 30 of the school year preceding the school year in which the agreement takes effect, unless an exception is granted by the organization for good cause. An agreement completed under this section shall be deemed approved unless denied by the organization within ten days after its receipt. The organization shall determine whether an agreement would substantially prejudice the interscholastic activities of other schools. An agreement denied by the organization under this section may be appealed to the state board of education under chapter 290.