A bill for an act relating to school districts that share the operational functions of a school resource officer, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 122 .)

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

515

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

122)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

school

districts

that

share

the

operational

1

functions

of

a

school

resource

officer,

and

including

2

applicability

provisions.

3

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

2025,

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

health

9

professional

who

holds

a

statement

of

recognition

issued

by

the

10

board

of

educational

examiners,

college

and

career

transition

11

counselor

or

coordinator,

school

resource

officer,

or

school

12

counselor,

or

one

or

more

operational

functions

in

the

areas

13

of

superintendent

management,

business

management,

human

14

resources,

transportation,

or

operation

and

maintenance

for

at

15

least

twenty

percent

of

the

school

year

shall

be

assigned

a

16

supplementary

weighting

for

each

shared

operational

function.

17

A

school

district

that

shares

an

operational

function

in

18

the

area

of

superintendent

management

shall

be

assigned

a

19

supplementary

weighting

of

nine

pupils

for

the

function.

A

20

school

district

that

shares

an

operational

function

in

the

21

area

of

business

management,

human

resources,

transportation,

22

or

operation

and

maintenance

,

or

a

school

resource

officer,

23

shall

be

assigned

a

supplementary

weighting

of

five

pupils

for

24

the

function.

A

school

district

that

shares

the

operational

25

functions

of

a

curriculum

director;

a

master

social

worker

or

26

an

independent

social

worker

licensed

under

chapters

147

and

27

154C

;

a

work-based

learning

coordinator;

a

special

education

28

director;

a

mental

health

professional

who

holds

a

statement

29

of

recognition

issued

by

the

board

of

educational

examiners;

30

a

college

and

career

transition

counselor

or

coordinator;

31

a

school

resource

officer;

or

a

school

counselor

shall

be

32

assigned

a

supplementary

weighting

of

three

pupils

for

the

33

function.

The

additional

weighting

shall

be

assigned

for

34

each

discrete

operational

function

shared.

However,

a

school

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district

may

receive

the

additional

weighting

under

this

1

subsection

for

sharing

the

services

of

an

individual

with

2

a

political

subdivision

or

another

school

district

even

if

3

the

type

of

operational

function

performed

by

the

individual

4

for

the

school

district

and

the

type

of

operational

function

5

performed

by

the

individual

for

the

political

subdivision

or

6

another

school

district

are

not

the

same

operational

function,

7

so

long

as

either

both

operational

functions

are

eligible

for

8

weighting

under

this

subsection

or

the

operational

function

9

the

individual

performs

for

the

school

district

is

special

10

education

director.

In

either

case,

the

school

district

11

shall

be

assigned

the

additional

weighting

for

the

type

of

12

operational

function

that

the

individual

performs

for

the

13

school

district,

and

the

school

district

shall

not

receive

14

additional

weighting

for

any

other

function

performed

by

the

15

individual.

The

operational

function

sharing

arrangement

does

16

not

need

to

be

a

newly

implemented

sharing

arrangement

to

17

receive

supplementary

weighting

under

this

subsection

.

18

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

July

1,

2025,

for

19

school

budget

years

beginning

on

or

after

that

date.

20

EXPLANATION

21

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

22

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

23

This

bill

relates

to

school

districts

that

share

the

24

operational

functions

of

a

school

resource

officer.

25

Current

law

provides

that,

through

the

budget

year

beginning

26

July

1,

2034,

a

school

district

that

shares

with

a

political

27

subdivision

one

or

more

operational

functions

in

certain

28

specified

areas

for

at

least

20

percent

of

the

school

year

29

shall

be

assigned

a

supplementary

weighting

for

each

shared

30

operational

function.

The

purpose

of

the

supplementary

31

weighting

is

to

provide

additional

funding

to

increase

32

student

opportunities

and

redirect

more

resources

to

student

33

programming

for

school

districts.

Under

current

law,

the

34

supplementary

weighting

associated

with

a

school

resource

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officer

is

two

pupils

for

the

school

budget

years

beginning

1

on

or

after

July

1,

2022,

but

before

July

1,

2035.

The

bill

2

increases

the

supplementary

weighting

associated

with

a

school

3

resource

officer

to

four

pupils.

The

bill

applies

July

1,

4

2025,

for

school

budget

years

beginning

on

or

after

that

date.

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