Bill > SSB1211

Introduced Session

Code section 257.31(5) establishes circumstances under which the school budget review committee (committee) may grant supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount to a district. This bill strikes the current provisions for school districts with high open enrollment into the district and inserts new provisions to qualify for supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount. Under the bill, if the percentage of students enrolled in the school district as the result of open enrollment is equal to or greater than 35 percent of the total number of students enrolled in the school district, such circumstance is an unusual circumstance. However, the bill excludes a district if a majority of the students enrolled as the result of open enrollment are students receiving online instruction from a private provider under Code section 256.43(2). Prior to filing a request with the school budget review committee, the school district must first hold a public hearing on the issue. The committee shall not approve supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount that exceeds an amount equal to 50 percent of the product of the net increase in the school district’s enrollment due to open enrollment multiplied by the sum of the following amounts: (1) the difference between the district’s regular program district cost per pupil minus the regular program state cost per pupil; (2) the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil; (3) the professional development supplement district cost per pupil; and (4) the S.F. _____ early intervention supplement district cost per pupil. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies July 1, 2025, for school budget years beginning on or after that date. The bill also repeals 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1152, section 45, which limited school district property tax levies for the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, if the school district received a modified supplemental amount under Code section 257.31(5) for the budget year beginning July 1, 2024.

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Subcommittee: Dawson, Bisignano, and Rowley. (on 03/07/2025)

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