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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1076)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
incentives
for
whole
grade
sharing
and
1
school
district
reorganization
or
dissolution.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
d,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
d.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
a
reorganized
school
3
district
is
one
which
absorbs
at
least
thirty
percent
of
the
4
enrollment
of
the
school
district
affected
by
a
reorganization
5
or
dissolved
during
a
dissolution
and
in
which
action
to
bring
6
about
a
reorganization
or
dissolution
is
initiated
by
a
vote
7
of
the
board
of
directors
or
jointly
by
the
affected
boards
of
8
directors
to
take
effect
on
or
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
9
before
July
1,
2024
2030
.
Each
district
which
initiated,
by
10
a
vote
of
the
board
of
directors
or
jointly
by
the
affected
11
boards,
action
to
bring
about
a
reorganization
or
dissolution
12
to
take
effect
on
or
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
13
1,
2024
2030
,
shall
certify
the
date
and
the
nature
of
the
14
action
taken
to
the
department
of
education
by
January
1
of
the
15
year
in
which
the
reorganization
or
dissolution
takes
effect.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
17
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
c.
Pupils
attending
class
for
all
or
a
substantial
portion
19
of
a
school
day
pursuant
to
a
whole
grade
sharing
agreement
20
executed
under
sections
282.10
through
282.12
shall
be
eligible
21
for
supplementary
weighting
pursuant
to
this
subsection
.
A
22
school
district
which
executes
a
whole
grade
sharing
agreement
23
and
which
adopts
a
resolution
jointly
with
other
affected
24
boards
to
study
the
question
of
undergoing
a
reorganization
25
or
dissolution
to
take
effect
on
or
before
July
1,
2024
2030
,
26
shall
receive
a
weighting
of
one-tenth
of
the
percentage
of
27
the
pupil’s
school
day
during
which
the
pupil
attends
classes
28
in
another
district,
attends
classes
taught
by
a
teacher
who
29
is
jointly
employed
under
section
280.15
,
or
attends
classes
30
taught
by
a
teacher
who
is
employed
by
another
school
district.
31
A
district
shall
be
eligible
for
supplementary
weighting
32
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
for
a
maximum
of
three
years.
33
Receipt
of
supplementary
weighting
for
a
second
and
third
year
34
shall
be
conditioned
upon
submission
of
information
resulting
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from
the
study
to
the
school
budget
review
committee
indicating
1
progress
toward
the
objective
of
reorganization
on
or
before
2
July
1,
2024
2030
.
3
Sec.
3.
Section
257.11A,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2025,
are
4
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
1.
In
determining
weighted
enrollment
under
section
257.6
,
6
if
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
has
approved
a
7
contract
for
sharing
pursuant
to
section
257.11
and
the
school
8
district
has
approved
an
action
to
bring
about
a
reorganization
9
to
take
effect
on
and
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
10
1,
2024
2030
,
the
reorganized
school
district
shall
include,
11
for
a
period
of
three
years
following
the
effective
date
of
12
the
reorganization,
additional
pupils
added
by
the
application
13
of
the
supplementary
weighting
plan,
equal
to
the
pupils
added
14
by
the
application
of
the
supplementary
weighting
plan
in
the
15
year
preceding
the
reorganization.
For
the
purposes
of
this
16
subsection
,
the
weighted
enrollment
for
the
period
of
three
17
years
following
the
effective
date
of
reorganization
shall
18
include
the
supplementary
weighting
in
the
base
year
used
for
19
determining
the
combined
district
cost
for
the
first
year
of
20
the
reorganization.
However,
the
weighting
shall
be
reduced
by
21
the
supplementary
weighting
added
for
a
pupil
whose
residency
22
is
not
within
the
reorganized
district.
23
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
a
reorganized
district
is
24
one
in
which
the
reorganization
was
approved
in
an
election
25
pursuant
to
sections
275.18
and
275.20
and
takes
effect
on
or
26
after
July
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
1,
2024
2030
.
Each
27
district
which
initiates,
by
a
vote
of
the
board
of
directors
28
or
jointly
by
the
affected
boards,
action
to
bring
about
a
29
reorganization
or
dissolution
to
take
effect
on
or
after
July
30
1,
2007,
and
on
or
before
July
1,
2024
2030
,
shall
certify
the
31
date
and
the
nature
of
the
action
taken
to
the
department
of
32
education
by
January
1
of
the
year
in
which
the
reorganization
33
or
dissolution
takes
effect.
34
EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
extends
certain
incentives
for
whole
grade
sharing
3
by
school
districts
and
for
school
district
reorganization
or
4
dissolution
from
July
1,
2024,
to
July
1,
2030.
5
The
bill
provides
for
a
reduced
uniform
levy
as
an
incentive
6
for
school
districts
that
reorganize
on
or
before
July
1,
2030.
7
School
districts
that
execute
a
whole
grade
sharing
8
agreement
and
adopt
a
resolution
to
study
the
effect
of
9
undergoing
a
reorganization
or
dissolution
to
take
effect
on
10
or
before
July
1,
2030,
are
allowed
to
receive
a
weighting
of
11
one-tenth
of
the
percentage
of
a
student’s
school
day
during
12
which
the
student
attends
classes
in
another
district,
is
13
taught
by
a
teacher
jointly
employed,
or
attends
classes
taught
14
by
a
teacher
employed
by
another
district.
This
supplementary
15
weighting
is
available
for
not
more
than
three
years.
However,
16
a
school
district
that
reorganizes
before
July
1,
2030,
is
17
eligible,
for
up
to
three
years
following
reorganization,
to
18
continue
to
receive
supplementary
weighting
in
an
amount
that
19
is
equal
to
the
funding
that
the
district
received
in
the
year
20
preceding
the
effective
date
of
its
reorganization.
21
The
bill
does
not
affect
the
combined
maximum
total
six-year
22
limitation
on
a
school
district’s
eligibility
for
supplementary
23
weighting.
24
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