House File 123 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 123 BY KURTH A BILL FOR An Act relating to school districts and area education agencies 1 that share operational functions by adding eligibility for 2 information technology specialists and including effective 3 date and applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1766YH (2) 90 md/jh
H.F. 123 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2023, 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 information technology specialist, master social worker, 8 independent social worker, work-based learning coordinator, 9 special education director, mental health professional 10 who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board 11 of educational examiners, college and career transition 12 counselor or coordinator, school resource officer, or school 13 counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas 14 of superintendent management, business management, human 15 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance 16 for at least twenty percent of the school year shall be 17 assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational 18 function. A school district that shares an operational 19 function in the area of superintendent management shall be 20 assigned a supplementary weighting of nine pupils for the 21 function. A school district that shares the operational 22 functions of an information technology specialist or an 23 operational function in the area of business management, human 24 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance shall 25 be assigned a supplementary weighting of five pupils for the 26 function. A school district that shares the operational 27 functions of a curriculum director; a master social worker or 28 an independent social worker licensed under chapters 147 and 29 154C ; a work-based learning coordinator; a special education 30 director; a mental health professional who holds a statement 31 of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners; 32 a college and career transition counselor or coordinator; 33 a school resource officer; or a school counselor shall be 34 assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the 35 -1- LSB 1766YH (2) 90 md/jh 1/ 3
H.F. 123 function. The additional weighting shall be assigned for 1 each discrete operational function shared. However, a school 2 district may receive the additional weighting under this 3 subsection for sharing the services of an individual with 4 a political subdivision or another school district even if 5 the type of operational function performed by the individual 6 for the school district and the type of operational function 7 performed by the individual for the political subdivision or 8 another school district are not the same operational function, 9 so long as either both operational functions are eligible for 10 weighting under this subsection or the operational function 11 the individual performs for the school district is special 12 education director. In either case, the school district 13 shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of 14 operational function that the individual performs for the 15 school district, and the school district shall not receive 16 additional weighting for any other function performed by the 17 individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does 18 not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to 19 receive supplementary weighting under this subsection . 20 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 21 subparagraph (2), Code 2023, is amended by adding the following 22 new subparagraph division: 23 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (0b) Information technology 24 specialist means an individual whose assigned job duties 25 primarily include any of the following: 26 (i) Establishment of and enforcement of standards and 27 specifications for network computer systems and user support 28 for such systems. 29 (ii) Development of computer systems applications, or 30 the development, installation, and maintenance of local area 31 network and mainframe computer systems or server environments 32 and user support for such systems. 33 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 34 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 35 -2- LSB 1766YH (2) 90 md/jh 2/ 3
H.F. 123 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 1 years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, subject to the school 2 budget year limitations of section 257.11, subsection 5. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 Pursuant to Code section 257.11, in order to provide 7 additional funding to increase student opportunities 8 and redirect resources to student programming that share 9 operational functions, a school district or area education 10 agency that shares with another political subdivision 11 one or more specified operational functions is assigned 12 a supplementary weighting for each shared operational 13 function. This bill adds information technology specialist 14 to the eligible shared operational functions and provides a 15 definition for that position. By operation of Code section 16 257.11(5)(b)(1), an information technology specialist is 17 assigned a supplementary weighting of four pupils under the 18 bill. 19 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 20 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, subject to 21 the limitation of Code section 257.11(5), which sunsets the 22 availability supplementary weighting following the school 23 budget year beginning July 1, 2024. 24 -3- LSB 1766YH (2) 90 md/jh 3/ 3