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BY
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A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
the
determination
1
of
school
enrollment,
and
including
effective
date
and
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
Actual
enrollment
is
determined
annually
by
calculating
the
4
average
of
the
sum
of
all
of
the
following
on
October
1,
or
the
5
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
6
Sunday,
and
includes
all
of
the
following
and
the
sum
of
all
7
of
the
following
on
March
1
immediately
succeeding
the
October
8
determination,
or
the
succeeding
Monday
if
March
1
falls
on
a
9
Saturday
or
Sunday
:
10
Sec.
2.
Section
257.6,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
3.
Additional
enrollment
because
of
special
education.
13
a.
A
school
district
shall
determine
its
additional
14
enrollment
because
of
special
education,
as
defined
in
this
15
section
,
by
November
October
1
of
each
year
,
or
by
the
first
16
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
17
and
shall
certify
its
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
18
education
to
the
department
of
education
by
November
October
15
19
of
each
year,
or
by
the
succeeding
Monday
if
October
15
falls
20
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
the
department
shall
promptly
21
forward
the
information
to
the
department
of
management.
22
b.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter
,
“additional
enrollment
23
because
of
special
education”
is
determined
by
calculating
the
24
average
of
the
following:
25
(1)
An
amount
determined
by
multiplying
the
weighting
of
26
each
category
of
child
under
section
256B.9
times
the
number
of
27
children
in
each
category
totaled
for
all
categories
minus
the
28
total
number
of
children
in
all
categories
,
as
determined
on
29
March
1
immediately
succeeding
the
October
determination
under
30
subparagraph
(2),
or
the
succeeding
Monday
if
March
1
falls
on
31
a
Saturday
or
Sunday
.
32
(2)
An
amount
determined
by
multiplying
the
weighting
of
33
each
category
of
child
under
section
256B.9
times
the
number
34
of
children
in
each
category
totaled
for
all
categories
minus
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the
total
number
of
children
in
all
categories,
as
determined
1
on
October
1
of
each
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
2
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
3
Sec.
3.
Section
257.6,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
2025,
4
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
a.
Weighted
enrollment
is
the
budget
enrollment
plus
6
the
district’s
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
7
education
calculated
by
November
1
in
October
of
the
base
year
8
under
subsection
3
plus
additional
pupils
added
due
to
the
9
application
of
the
supplementary
weighting
as
determined
under
10
subsection
5A
.
11
Sec.
4.
Section
257.6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
12
following
new
subsection:
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
Pupils
added
due
to
application
of
14
supplementary
weighting.
15
a.
A
school
district
shall
determine
its
pupils
added
due
16
to
application
of
supplementary
weighting
by
October
1
of
each
17
year,
or
by
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
18
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
shall
certify
its
pupils
added
due
to
19
the
application
of
supplementary
weighting
to
the
department
20
of
education
by
October
15
of
each
year,
or
by
the
succeeding
21
Monday
if
October
15
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
the
22
department
shall
promptly
forward
the
information
to
the
23
department
of
management.
24
b.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter,
“pupils
added
due
25
to
application
of
supplementary
weighting”
is
determined
by
26
calculating
the
average
of
the
following:
27
(1)
The
sum
of
the
number
of
additional
pupils
assigned
to
28
a
student
or
to
the
school
district
under
section
257.11
or
29
280.4,
or
other
provision
of
law
providing
for
supplementary
30
weighting,
but
excluding
those
under
subsection
1,
as
31
determined
on
March
1
immediately
succeeding
the
October
32
determination
under
subparagraph
(2),
or
the
succeeding
Monday
33
if
March
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
34
(2)
The
sum
of
the
number
of
additional
pupils
assigned
to
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a
student
or
to
the
school
district
under
section
257.11
or
1
280.4,
or
other
provision
of
law
providing
for
supplementary
2
weighting,
but
excluding
those
under
subsection
1,
as
3
determined
on
October
1
of
each
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
4
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
5
Sec.
5.
Section
261E.7,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
6
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
Not
later
than
June
30
of
each
year,
a
school
district
8
shall
pay
a
tuition
reimbursement
amount
to
a
postsecondary
9
institution
that
has
enrolled
its
resident
eligible
10
students
under
this
chapter
,
unless
the
eligible
student
is
11
participating
in
open
enrollment
under
section
282.18
,
in
12
which
case,
the
tuition
reimbursement
amount
shall
be
paid
13
by
the
receiving
district.
However,
if
a
child’s
residency
14
changes
during
a
school
year,
the
tuition
shall
be
paid
by
the
15
district
in
which
the
child
was
enrolled
as
of
the
October
16
date
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
17
or
the
district
in
which
the
child
was
counted
under
section
18
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(6)
,
as
of
19
the
October
date
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1,
20
paragraph
“a”
.
For
students
enrolled
at
the
Iowa
school
for
21
the
deaf,
the
department
of
education
shall
pay
a
tuition
22
reimbursement
amount
by
June
30
of
each
year.
The
amount
of
23
tuition
reimbursement
for
each
separate
course
shall
equal
the
24
lesser
of:
25
Sec.
6.
Section
273.5,
subsection
5,
Code
2025,
is
amended
26
to
read
as
follows:
27
5.
Provide
Annually
provide
each
school
district
within
28
the
area
served
and
the
department
of
education
with
a
special
29
education
weighted
enrollment
count,
including
the
additional
30
enrollment
because
of
special
education
for
December
1
of
each
31
year
.
32
Sec.
7.
Section
279.60,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
33
to
read
as
follows:
34
1.
Each
school
district
shall
administer
the
teaching
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strategies
gold
early
childhood
assessment
to
every
resident
1
prekindergarten
or
four-year-old
child
whose
parent
or
guardian
2
enrolls
the
child
in
the
district,
and
shall
administer
a
valid
3
and
reliable
universal
screening
instrument,
as
prescribed
by
4
the
department
of
education,
to
every
kindergarten
student
5
enrolled
in
the
district
not
later
than
the
October
date
6
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
.
The
7
assessment
shall
be
aligned
with
state
early
learning
standards
8
and
preschool
programs
shall
be
encouraged
to
administer
the
9
assessment
at
least
at
the
beginning
and
end
of
the
preschool
10
program,
with
the
assessment
information
entered
into
the
11
statewide
longitudinal
data
system.
The
department
shall
work
12
to
develop
agreements
with
head
start
programs
to
incorporate
13
similar
information
about
four-year-old
children
served
by
head
14
start
into
the
statewide
longitudinal
data
system.
15
Sec.
8.
Section
282.12,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
amended
16
to
read
as
follows:
17
4.
The
number
of
pupils
participating
in
a
whole
grade
18
sharing
agreement
shall
be
determined
on
the
October
date
19
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
and
on
20
the
second
Friday
of
January
of
each
year.
21
Sec.
9.
Section
282.18,
subsection
9,
paragraph
a,
Code
22
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
a.
If
a
parent
or
guardian
of
a
child,
who
is
participating
24
in
open
enrollment
under
this
section
,
moves
to
a
different
25
school
district
during
the
course
of
either
district’s
academic
26
year,
the
child’s
first
district
of
residence
as
determined
27
on
the
October
date
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
28
paragraph
“a”
,
shall
be
responsible
for
payment
of
the
cost
29
per
pupil
plus
weightings
or
special
education
costs
to
the
30
receiving
school
district
for
the
balance
of
the
school
year
in
31
which
the
move
took
place.
The
new
district
of
residence
shall
32
be
responsible
for
the
payments
during
succeeding
years.
33
Sec.
10.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
34
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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Sec.
11.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
actual
1
enrollment
determinations
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
2
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
the
determination
7
of
school
enrollment.
8
Code
section
257.6(1)(a)
provides
that
each
school
9
district’s
actual
enrollment
is
determined
annually
on
10
October
1,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
11
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
The
bill
amends
methodology
for
12
determining
the
actual
enrollment
each
year.
Under
the
13
bill,
actual
enrollment
is
determined
annually
by
calculating
14
the
average
of
the
count
on
October
1,
or
the
first
Monday
15
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
16
the
count
on
March
1
immediately
succeeding
the
October
17
determination,
or
the
succeeding
Monday
if
March
1
falls
on
a
18
Saturday
or
Sunday.
19
The
bill
makes
similar
changes
to
the
provisions
of
Code
20
section
257.6
governing
the
calculation
of
each
school
21
district’s
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
education
22
and
each
school
district’s
pupils
added
due
to
application
23
of
supplementary
weighting,
by
requiring
an
average
of
such
24
amounts
determined
on
two
specified
dates.
25
The
bill
makes
corresponding
changes
to
other
provisions
of
26
law.
27
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
actual
28
enrollment
determinations
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
29
or
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
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