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Modifying provisions related to shared operational functions and school district supplementary weighting
Temas:State budgetK–12 education
La misma legislación: SF 168
Dónde está ahora
- Hecho: Presentado21 de enero de 2025
- Hecho: Subcomité21 de enero de 2025
- Hecho: Comité del Senado30 de enero de 2025
- Se saltó: Lo aprueba el SenadoSigue como SF 168
- Sigue: Comité de la Cámara
- Sigue: Lo aprueba la Cámara
- Sigue: A gobernador(a)
- Sigue: Firmado como ley
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Qué contiene
Resumen con IA School districts currently have a limit on how much extra funding they can receive for sharing certain services. Starting in July 2025, this new rule would allow districts to get extra money for hiring social workers, mental health professionals, or school resource officers without that money counting toward their total limit. This change helps schools get more resources for these specific staff members. (Todavía no está traducido al español.)1
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This bill modifies provisions related to shared operational functions and school district supplementary weighting. Current law provides that a school district that shares with a political subdivision one or more operational functions in certain specified areas for at least percent of the school year shall be assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. The purpose of the supplementary weighting is to provide additional funding to increase student opportunities and redirect more resources to student programming for school districts. Under current law, the supplementary weighting associated with a master social worker, independent social worker, a mental health professional, and a school resource officer is two pupils for the school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022, but before July 1, 2035. In addition, under current law the maximum amount of additional weighting for which a school district is eligible in a budget year is additional pupils. The bill provides that the supplementary weighting associated with a shared operational function in the area of a master social worker, an independent social worker, a mental health professional, or a school resource officer shall not count toward the maximum amount of additional weighting for budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
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Nota fiscal
Resumen con IA This bill changes how school districts receive extra funding for sharing certain staff, such as social workers, mental health professionals, and school resource officers, by excluding these roles from the maximum pupil weighting cap. It is estimated to cost school districts a total of $368,000 annually starting in fiscal year 2026 and ending after fiscal year 2035. This cost would be funded by approximately $336,000 from the State General Fund and $32,000 from local property taxes. (en inglés)3
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Description
Senate File 168 modifies the amount of additional weighting a school district may receive for sharing operational functions by excluding the following shared operational functions from the maximum of 21.0-pupil additional weighting that a school district may receive in one year.
- Social worker
- Mental health professional
- School resource officer
The Bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2025 (FY 2026).
Background
Pursuant to Iowa Code section 257.11, a school district that shares one or more specified operational functions with another political subdivision is assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational function. The maximum additional weighting that a school district may receive in one year is 21.0 additional pupils. Iowa Code section 257.11(5) allows for supplementary weighting for school districts and AEAs that share Iowa Code-specified job positions for at least 20.0% of the school year. Iowa Code section 257.11(5) sunsets the availability of supplementary weighting following the school budget year beginning July 1, 2034 (FY 2035).
Iowa Code section 257.11(5) establishes a list of eligible operational functions and positions eligible for a supplementary weighting for school districts. Legislation in 2021 established a reduction in the number of pupils assigned for certain functions and positions, and 2023 Iowa Acts, House File 68 (Education Savings Accounts Act), extended the Program until the end of the school budget year beginning July 1, 2034. For school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2022, until the end of the school budget year beginning July 1, 2034, each operational function assigned a supplementary weighting of 5.0 pupils will be assigned 4.0 pupils and each operational function assigned a supplementary weighting of 3.0 pupils will be assigned 2.0 pupils. Iowa Code section 257.11(5)(d) specifies that college and career transition counselors or coordinators do not count toward this maximum amount.
Based on preliminary FY 2026 data, of the 325 school districts, 11 school districts exceed the 21.0-pupil additional weighting maximum and 314 school districts are utilizing 21.0 or fewer additional pupils, including 24 school districts that are not currently participating in operational sharing and 85 school districts that are at the 21.0-pupil additional weightings maximum.
Assumptions
- Funding for eligible school districts will begin in FY 2026 and end after FY 2035.
- School districts that are not at or under the 21.0-pupil additional weighting maximum will not utilize the additional weighting authorized by the Bill.
- If a school district is not utilizing a weighting, it will not utilize the additional weighting authorized by the Bill.
- School districts using additional weighting will utilize all the additional weighting authorized by the Bill, subject to the overall cap.
- The State cost per pupil (SCPP) will remain at $7,826.
- Any legislative changes to the SCPP will alter the fiscal impact.
- The FY 2026 SCPP is $7,826, with $6,918 funded from the State General Fund, $223 funded from Property Tax Replacement Payments funded from the State General Fund, and $685 funded from local property tax. The amount by which the district cost per pupil (DCPP) exceeds the SCPP is funded from local property tax.
Fiscal Impact
Senate File 168 is estimated to increase the operational function sharing supplementary weighting by a total of approximately 47.0 pupils among 21 school districts at a total annual cost of $368,000 beginning with FY 2026 and ending after FY 2035. The estimated increase will be funded with approximately $336,000 from the State General Fund and $32,000 from local property tax through the school aid formula.
Sources
- Department of Education, Certified Enrollment and Enrollment Projections File
- Department of Management, School Aid Files
- Iowa Association of School Boards
- LSA analysis and calculations
- Supplementary Shared Operational Functions · 13 de febrero de 2025 · $368,000
Lo que cambia del Código de Iowa (Iowa Code)
Modifica§257.11
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