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Senate File 321      



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                    (SUCCESSOR TO SF 120)

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act modifying the funding requirements for whole grade
     2    sharing agreements and including applicability provisions.
     3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 282.12, subsection 2, Code 2013, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  For one=way sharing, the sending district shall pay no
  1  4 less than one=half a percentage of the district cost per pupil
  1  5 of the sending district that is proportionate to the percentage
  1  6 of the pupil's school day during which the pupil attends
  1  7 classes in the receiving district minus any actual costs
  1  8 incurred by the sending district including but not limited to
  1  9 transportation and administration costs, if such costs are
  1 10 specified in the agreement.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to sharing
  1 12 agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2013.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    Current Code section 282.12 requires a sending district in a
  1 15 one=way whole grade sharing agreement to pay to the receiving
  1 16 district not less than one=half of the sending district's
  1 17 cost per pupil. This bill requires a sending district in a
  1 18 one=way whole grade sharing agreement to pay a percentage of
  1 19 the sending district's cost per pupil that is proportionate
  1 20 to the percentage of the pupil's school day during which the
  1 21 pupil attends classes in the receiving district minus any
  1 22 actual costs incurred by the sending district including but not
  1 23 limited to transportation and administration costs, if such
  1 24 costs are specified in the agreement.
  1 25    The bill applies to sharing agreements entered into on or
  1 26 after July 1, 2013.
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