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2051
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HOUSE
FILE
2051
BY
COLLINS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
supplementary
weighting
for
school
1
districts
that
share
school
and
career
specialists.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
In
order
to
provide
additional
funding
to
increase
3
student
opportunities
and
redirect
more
resources
to
student
4
programming
for
school
districts
that
share
operational
5
functions,
a
district
that
shares
with
a
political
subdivision
6
one
or
more
operational
functions
of
a
curriculum
director,
7
master
social
worker,
independent
social
worker,
work-based
8
learning
coordinator,
special
education
director,
mental
9
health
professional
who
holds
a
statement
of
recognition
10
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners,
college
11
and
career
transition
counselor
or
coordinator,
school
12
and
career
specialist,
school
resource
officer,
or
school
13
counselor,
or
one
or
more
operational
functions
in
the
areas
14
of
superintendent
management,
business
management,
human
15
resources,
transportation,
or
operation
and
maintenance
for
at
16
least
twenty
percent
of
the
school
year
shall
be
assigned
a
17
supplementary
weighting
for
each
shared
operational
function.
18
A
school
district
that
shares
an
operational
function
in
19
the
area
of
superintendent
management
shall
be
assigned
a
20
supplementary
weighting
of
nine
pupils
for
the
function.
A
21
school
district
that
shares
an
operational
function
in
the
area
22
of
business
management,
human
resources,
transportation,
or
23
operation
and
maintenance
shall
be
assigned
a
supplementary
24
weighting
of
five
pupils
for
the
function.
A
school
district
25
that
shares
the
operational
functions
of
a
curriculum
director;
26
a
master
social
worker
or
an
independent
social
worker
licensed
27
under
chapters
147
and
154C
;
a
work-based
learning
coordinator;
28
a
special
education
director;
a
mental
health
professional
29
who
holds
a
statement
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
30
of
educational
examiners;
a
college
and
career
transition
31
counselor
or
coordinator;
a
school
and
career
specialist;
32
a
school
resource
officer;
or
a
school
counselor
shall
be
33
assigned
a
supplementary
weighting
of
three
pupils
for
the
34
function.
The
additional
weighting
shall
be
assigned
for
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each
discrete
operational
function
shared.
However,
a
school
1
district
may
receive
the
additional
weighting
under
this
2
subsection
for
sharing
the
services
of
an
individual
with
3
a
political
subdivision
or
another
school
district
even
if
4
the
type
of
operational
function
performed
by
the
individual
5
for
the
school
district
and
the
type
of
operational
function
6
performed
by
the
individual
for
the
political
subdivision
or
7
another
school
district
are
not
the
same
operational
function,
8
so
long
as
either
both
operational
functions
are
eligible
for
9
weighting
under
this
subsection
or
the
operational
function
10
the
individual
performs
for
the
school
district
is
special
11
education
director.
In
either
case,
the
school
district
12
shall
be
assigned
the
additional
weighting
for
the
type
of
13
operational
function
that
the
individual
performs
for
the
14
school
district,
and
the
school
district
shall
not
receive
15
additional
weighting
for
any
other
function
performed
by
the
16
individual.
The
operational
function
sharing
arrangement
does
17
not
need
to
be
a
newly
implemented
sharing
arrangement
to
18
receive
supplementary
weighting
under
this
subsection
.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
20
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
21
new
subparagraph
division:
22
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
DIVISION
.
(0c)
“School
and
career
23
specialist”
means
an
individual
employed
by
a
state-based
24
national
nonprofit
organization
that
works
with
students
at
25
risk
of
dropping
out
of
school
or
failing
to
transition
into
26
postsecondary
education,
the
workforce,
or
military
service
by
27
providing
direct
services
to
students
to
support
success
in
28
school
and
the
workplace,
including
life
skills
instruction,
29
academic
and
career
development
programming,
postsecondary
30
transition
assistance,
leadership
training,
and
employer
31
engagement.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
provides
that
school
and
career
specialists
are
1
eligible
for
shared
operational
functions
for
purposes
of
2
supplementary
weighting.
Under
current
law,
school
districts
3
that
share
certain
operational
functions
with
another
political
4
subdivision
are
assigned
a
supplementary
weighting
for
each
5
shared
operational
function
in
order
to
provide
additional
6
funding
to
increase
student
opportunities
and
redirect
more
7
resources
to
student
programming.
8
The
bill
adds
school
and
career
specialist
to
the
list
of
9
positions
that
qualify
for
supplementary
weighting
when
shared
10
between
a
school
district
and
another
political
subdivision
for
11
at
least
twenty
percent
of
the
school
year.
The
bill
provides
12
that
a
school
district
that
shares
the
operational
function
of
13
a
school
and
career
specialist
will
receive
a
supplementary
14
weighting
of
two
pupils.
15
The
bill
defines
“school
and
career
specialist”
as
an
16
individual
employed
by
a
state-based
national
nonprofit
17
organization
that
works
with
students
at
risk
of
dropping
18
out
of
school
or
failing
to
transition
into
postsecondary
19
education,
the
workforce,
or
military
service
by
providing
20
direct
services
to
students
to
support
success
in
school
and
21
the
workplace,
including
life
skills
instruction,
academic
22
and
career
development
programming,
postsecondary
transition
23
assistance,
leadership
training,
and
employer
engagement.
24
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